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...Rictus of Terror. In the decade following World War I, Alabama-born William March became wealthy as a vice president of the Waterman Steamship Corp. After Company K's brief success, he left business for full-time writing, without getting any highbrow attention. His work, in addition to Company K, is well represented in this omnibus, with a short version of another novel, October Island, twelve fables and 21 short stories...
Marimos flocking back to their home in Lake Akan are cared for and carried without cost by Japan Air Lines, the Japanese National Railways and the Mitsui Steamship Co. One problem still remains. Some marimo lovers fear that newly freed marimos will contaminate Lake Akan with ills picked up in captivity. They urge that all returning captives get medical examinations. If sick, they should be restored to health before being liberated...
...biggest merchant-ship construction program ever planned by a private U.S. steamship line was launched last week. Moore-McCormack Lines signed an agreement with the Federal Maritime Board to build 33 ships at a cost of $313 million. By the late 1960s, Moore-McCormack will almost completely replace its present fleet of 35 vessels. To pay the bill, the Government will put up about one-third of the money, roughly the difference in costs between U.S. and foreign shipyards. Among the new ships: two 18,200-ton 553-passenger cargo liners, to cost $24,444,181 apiece, which will replace...
MORE TRAILER SHIPS are in the offing. For runs between New York and West Coast ports', American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. has asked the Federal Maritime Administration to approve expenditure of $115 million for ten 18-knot, 13,170-ton ships, each with a capacity of 570 trailers...
...bearing the carved likeness of a Canadian beaver. The mallet tapped a knife, which cut a cord, letting the traditional bottle of champagne swing against the white hull of a new ship. Then the duly christened Empress of Britain, a 24,000-ton passenger liner built for Canadian Pacific Steamship Ltd., went slowly down the ways into the water...