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Word: matsonia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...told his men to ignore the C.I.O. pickets, and promised to supply crews to four struck Luckenbach ships. Some C.I.O. unionists apparently thought it was a phony beef also. When the Matson Navigation Co. rerouted its Matsonia from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Bridges tried to stop her from sailing to Honolulu. But members of the C.I.O. stewards' union loaded the passengers' baggage and the Matsonia, manned by Lundeberg's unionists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Phony Beef | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

...Orient was likewise impossible to get except on freighters, but the American President Lines hoped to start sending converted transports to Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila in June. The Matson Navigation Co. planned to resume sailings to New Zealand and Australia as soon as its four "white ships" (the Matsonia, Monterey, Lurline and Mariposa) are returned and reconverted from troop carriers, probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Pack Your Bag, But. . . | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

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