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Died. Josiah W. Hayden of Boston, 82, vice president of Eastern Steamship Co., father of Banker Charles Hayden of Manhattan (Hayden, Stone & Co.); in Boston...
Shipping Merger. Probable sale of United States and American Merchant Lines to P. W. Chapman & Co. inspired a rumor that Mr. Chapman will next proceed to acquire the Munson Steamship Line, ships of which sail from U. S. to South American ports. Both Chapman and Munson interests, however, sharply denied this rumor...
More than 350 miles northward was the America, 21,000-ton steamship of the U. S. Lines, bound for Manhattan. Capt. George Fried, commanding, turned to the rescue. The America's radio compass (a Kolster) contradicted the reports of position sent by Capt. Favaloro, but Capt. Fried followed his compass. All night long he sailed against tumultuous waters. During that night the bridge of the Florida, with all navigating books and instruments, went overboard. Capt. Favaloro managed to keep a sextant. In the morning he took his bearings, radioed them to Capt. Fried. The master of the America calculated them...
Died. Harry Coulby, 64, of Cleveland, ("Tsar of the Great Lakes"), ship and steel tycoon (Interlakes Steamship Co., Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.); suddenly; in London...
...motor-monsters can struggle. Last September, he visioned a world which is learning the uses of the automobile: "It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world. . . . Road building is taking root in Australia, vast Africa, Spain, South America. . . . Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile...