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77-/- 3l-ii4 PANAMA i =~-" CANAL, Vol 6, No. 1 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, AUGUST 5, 1955 5 cents BIDS FOR CONVERTING ATLANTIC SIDE EQUIPMENT TO 60 CYCLES WILL BE ADVERTISED DURING AUGUST Most Younger Zonians Look 'Who' Here! Will Have Salk Shots Before Polio Season More than three-quarters of Canal Zone children from 5 to 9 years old will be immunized against polio by two Salk vaccine inoculations by the time the "polio season" normally begins on the Isthmus, according to the estimates of the Health Bureau. It is min this age group that paralytic polio strikes hardest and nearly 30 percent of all cases occur in children of this age. The U. S. Public Health Service will limit vaccination to this age group until the production of vaccine and testing under the strict new standards make addi- tional vaccine available, according to Col. C. O. Bruce, Health Director. The estimates on the percentage of children vaccinated during the past few weeks were prepared following the free inoculation program for first and second grade pupils on July 26-28. Health officials expected the same percentage of participation among children in the pay program which was held this week. Salk vaccine for the first and second grade pupils was donated by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The program was administered by the Health Bureau free of charge as a public health service. Orders for the purchase of vac- cine were placed by the Canal administra- tion soon after the announcement that Salk vaccine had been found to be effective Contract Among Of Will The Largest Power Project Specifications are now being prepared for one of the key contracts in the power conversion project-the conversion of all domestic, commercial and industrial equipment on the Atlantic side from 25- cycle to 60-cycle frequency. While exact schedules are not com- pleted, it is expected that the work will be advertised for bids the latter part of this month, for about 60 days, and bids then opened. This phase of the project will be divided into two parts, one covering Company-Government indus- trial units and the other covering domestic equipment and Company-Government service units. The specifications will provide four areas will be available for the tractor or contractors after Januar and all the remaining areas after May 15. It is presently expected the first actual use of 60 cycle by do tic users will not be until late this a; t~~~eL~I~P~I -~ that con- y 2, next that mes- fiscal year. The first areas to be made available to the contractor for conversion will be Margarita townsite, Coco Solo Hospital, Mindi Dairy, and the Industrial Division. Locks, Mount Hope Separate The contract for the conversion of Canal equipment will cover all frequency sensitive units on the Atlantic side with the exception of those at Gatun Locks kLaPLBI THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW I * August 5, 1955 Employee Lowest Si turnover, Separation Rate nce Start Of World NEW War Separations from the service and turnover rates among full time U. S.-rate employ- ees of the Company-Government were the lowest during the past fiscal year of any since the beginning of World War II. Figures compiled by the Personnel Bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30, showed that the number of voluntary and involuntary separations from the service and the percentages in both categories were well below comparable statistics since 1950. The turnover rate was high throughout the war years and immediately afterwards because of the great expansion and later reduction in force necessitated by abnormal conditions. The following tabulation shows the turnover rates for the past five fiscal years: Fiscal Years FORCE SEPARATIONS: Voluntary . Involuntary Total TURNOVER RATE: Voluntary.. Involuntary Total I951 1952 1953 1954 1955 4,287 4,261 4,233 3,867 3,803 805o 239 1,o44 18.78 5.57 24.35 466 238 704 The lowering of the turnover rate during the past two years is attributed princi- pally to a stabilization of the force with relatively few force reductions; wage increases for various groups; free home leave travel; group insurance; and other fringe benefits which have been provided within the past two years. The highest turnover rates in the Canal organization for the past five years were shown in the fiscal years 1951 and 1953. In 1951 the rate was high because of the large number of voluntary separations from the service which came after income tax was applied to Government employees in the Canal Zone. Other conditions which influenced the rate that year included the extensive reorganization. The rate of involuntary separations that year was the lowest of any in the 1950-55 period with the exception of last year. Both the voluntary and involuntary rates were high in the fiscal year 1953. The voluntary rate was influenced by the threat to the 25 percent differential, increased rents, and other unsettling conditions. The rate of involuntary separations was Comptroller Leaves This Month ('OL. CHARLES O.. BRUCE, new Health Director, took over his duties early last month. He was photographed at his desk, but he has spent much of the past four weeks on field trips to the various units of the Health Bureau. His present post is his first in 'the C('anal Zone. iHe visited the Isthmus last January as a member of the group which accom- panied Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens. abnormally high b because of substantial force reductions made in some units. rate of voluntary separations front Canal service has been increased d the past 15 years by the employme married women who leave the s( when their husbands resign, retire. assigned elsewhere. paratively large num personnel have been close of the war and other voluntary sep resign because of t their husbands. n the luring nt of service r are c? , , o - The wives of a com- ber of Armed Forces employed since the these are listed with arations when they he reassignment of Push-Butto To Be in Traffic Installed Light In Balboa - tI 4 The Canal Zone's first push-button type traffic light, or "pedestrian actuated 19 Ut * f . * . - -* * HEALTH OFFICER August 5, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Intensive Cam Number, paign Ur Quality ider Of Way To Employee Increase Suggestions NEW STOCKHOLDER The opening move in an intensified campaign to increase the number and quality of employee suggestions will be made next week when U. S.-rate em- ployees receive, with their paychecks, invitations to take a greater part in the Incentive Award Program. Employees on the local-rate rolls will receive similar invitations with their paychecks the following week. The invitations are in the form of cartoon-illust They show a her own ide change that a better way. The payche innovations Program. O0 selection of rated, red-lettered ca young woman tripping as and saying: "Can condition? There mus Send in your suggest eck inserts are one of sev in the Incentive A their changes include 75 employees, strategic located in operating units, as Awards representatives and a n ardized form which will henc Incer ew st on." reral ward the ally itive and- eforth be used by all employees making suggestions. "A suggestion proposes an improve- ment in our operations by locating a problem and recommending a solution," according to a member of the Incentive Awards Committee. "It may change the way things are done and propose a new method or a new application of an old idea. Merely pointing out a difficulty or shortcoming, without providing an answer, is not a suggestion. Neither is a proposal min routine maintenance or everyday functions, such as repairing linoleum, keeping aisles clear, cleaning lights, ordering supplies, etc., unless it proposes a change in the operations or the physical facilities." What To Suggest The Canal organization, he said, is especially interested in suggestions for: Combining materials, methods, opera- tions, procedures, records, reports; Devising new applications of old ideas, new equipment, new machines, new methods, new processes, new tools; Eliminating breakage, duplication, fire, health or accident hazards, operations, waste, unnecessary work; Improving employee morale, methods, procedures, quality of product, safety, tools and machines, working conditions; and sentatives. They will be kept informed of any new developments in the awards plan by means of news-letters, which they will receive at least once a month from the committee. How To Do it The new standardized form will make submission of suggestions a much easier process than it has been in the past and also make the task of reviewing and studying the suggestions considerably simpler. Merely by checking printed squares, an employee can indicate whether his idea would simplify work, save material or time, improve methods or safety or otherwise better existing conditions. The new form is perforated; one portion of it will be torn off and returned to the suggester promptly as an acknowledg- ment that his suggestion has been received and started on the rounds of those who will study it. Any employee can ask, in a space set aside for this purpose, that his name not appear during the review period, and that the suggestion be num- bered until a decision is made as to whether it will be accepted or rejected. If a Canal employee's suggestion is one which could be used by other Federal agencies, it will be sent to the Civil Service Commission. A Canal employee may receive from $10 to $5,000 locally and additional amounts from any other Federal agency which adopts his idea. The chance for a good-sized monetary return, therefore, is much greater than it has been in the past. Started In 1946 Employee Suggestion Program, today known as an Incentive Award Program, has been used by the Canal organization since 1946. Since the enact- ment of the new overall Federal Program last year, there has been a gradual in- crease in the number of worthwhile employee suggestions and the intensified program, now getting under way, should result in a much larger number of sug- gestions submitted and approved. Between last November and June 30, 72 Canal employees had ideas which they considered good enough to pass on. Sixteen of these were approved and the mpn and wnmpn hnhind thn idnan ctivpn A CHANGE in the top command of the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government came late last month when Wilber M.Brucker took office as Secretary of the Army succeeding Robert T. Stevens. A native of Saginaw, Mich., and a former Governor of his home state, Secretary Brucker had been serv- ing as General Counsel of the Department of Defense. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and has been prominent in legal work and politics for many years. He served with the Michigan National Guard on the Mexican Border and later as an Artillery Lieutenant with the Rainbow Division in France during the first World War. approved, from those making $3,800 or less a year; 11 suggestions were received, and four approved, from those in the $3,800-$7,000 wage bracket; and four suggestions were received, and one approved, from employees who earned over $7,000. The suggestions varied as widely as the employees who suggested them. They included, among other things; an idea for having house plans available in the commissaries where rugs and furni- ture were sold; new safety devices for the locks; a new form for time slips in the Commissary Division; mechanical im- provements such as a guard on saws and the invention of a tool to remove lead sheath from cables. Committee In Charge The Canal's Incentive Awards Program is in charge of a committee headed by Henry L. Donovan, Civil Affairs Direc- tor. Other members are John Hollen, Chipf nf thn Eveniitivx Plannina Rxiff. THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5, 1955 BETTER LEARN LEFT! THE SE STOP! Most Younger Zopians Will Have Salk Shots (Contnueftfror page i) communities by personnel of the Health Bureau, while the Army, Navy, and Air Force handled the vaccinations of their dependents. Most Children Inoculated Approximately 1,000 vaccinations were administered in the free vaccination program which was limited to children between 5 and 9 years of age who were in the first or second grades prior to June 30. The Canal Zone school census dur- ing the past term shows 2,587 first and second grade pupils. In addition to those inoculated on July 26-28, more than 2,000 had been vaccinated during the summer vacation period since all children in this age group going to the States on vacation were eligible for inoculations. The percentage for the eligible children in the pay group was expected to be about the same as in the free program. The number of eligibles in the second group had been estimated at 2,100 prior to the inoculations this week. Those children eligible for Salk vaccine injections who during the tim their injections of Gorgas and the dispensaries upon application eligibility will no charge will to be vaccinated ies scheduled may receive at the Outpatient Clinics Coco Solo Hospitals, or at ks of the Armed Services, ion. The same rules of be required for them and be made for those eligible for free vaccinations. U ~ > - -~... Gatun Locks To Begin. a, Overhaul January 9 Continue Five Months A plan adopted about two years ago for increasing the Canal capacity during lock-overhaul periods will be used for the first time during the coming dry season when work begins on the five-month overhaul of Gatun Locks. Following a plan adopted by the Board of Directors in March 1953, alterations have been made in the locks so that the wall culverts and cylindrical valves can now be overhauled without emptying either of the lock chambers. This will permit double culvert oper- ations when one set of lock chambers is unwatered and will speed up the time for filling and emptying the lock chambers which are in use. Materials are already on order and the first employees have been recruited for the overhaul, which will begin soon after the first of the year. The tentative start- ing date is January 9. The overhaul period will last until about the middle of May. * __ -- ---------1.... 1 1 . P1 '1 ji- RIGHT! I w August 5, THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Check Totaling Canal Em $8,588 ployees Sent Uniform 619 Allowances Police Chief Retires A total of $8,588 was paid last month by the Panama Canal Company-Canal Zone Government organization in uniform allowances to cover the first quarter of the present fiscal year. In all, 619 em- and who wear white uniforms are allowed $30 annually as a uniform allowance. Guards who are on duty at the Com- missary Division's Mount Hope plant and who wear khaki uniforms with sun helmets ployees who are required to wear uni- forms in the course of their official duties received the allowances. Payment of the uniform allowance was in accordance with the so-called Fringe Benefits Act passed by the United States Congress last May. As uniform allowances are to be paid at the beginning of each quarter, estimated cost to the Canal organization of these benefits will total somewhat over $30,000. Similar quarterly payments will be made min October, January, and April. Panama Line Maximum The largest uniform allowance, on an annual basis, is that paid to officers on the Panama Line ships. They are the receive $26 a year as a uniform allowance. Customs guards and railroad conduc- tors are allowed $9 a year-their distinc- tive uniforms are caps -and terminals guards have a $7 annual allowance. Temporary or substitute employees are also entitled to uniform allowances; in their cases the allowances for each quar- ter will be paid immediately after the first day of each quarter in which they occupy a position for which a uniform allowance is authorized. The amounts of the allowances in each case listed above are based on the esti- mated annual uniform requirements and the current price of the uniform required. Paraiso MAJ. GEORGE HERMAN, Chief of the Police Division, retired the end of July after 42 years with the Zone force. A large number of his friends honored him last Saturday night at a farewell party at the Army-Navy Club. He and Mrs. Herman are sailing August 13 on the Panama Line. visit their daughter in San Antonio, Tex., They will but have not yet decided where they will make their home. only group required to have uniforms for seasons; their annual allowance is $100 a year, the maximum permissible. Next highest amount is the $65 allowed annually for the ladies in white-nurses, dieticians, and physical therapists em- played by the Health Bureau. Policemen, motorcycle officers and other officers of the Police Division, together with the guards at the Gamboa penitent- iary are close behind the nurses in the amount of their annual uniform allow- ances. They will receive $62 a year. Lock guards, with their distinctive khaki uni- forms, with the black stripe down the trouser leg, receive $61 a year. Guards at the Canal Zone police sta- tions and jails are allowed $48 a year as a uniform allowance. Their female counterparts, the matrons at the Canal Zone Prison for Women and Juveniles, will receive $30 for their khakis. Based on Current Price Firemen and firemen driver operators have been allowed $35 a year; the officers rrrr$ Safety Field Day ' ** * ll THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5,1955 FOR YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE -- -- as, I , IDENT PREVENTION SAFETY FIELD DAY dry season the S('ommittee s Balboa Store- uggeste d that they would like to put on a safety demonstration at the La Boca Ball Park and invite all other safety committees from other divisions to participate. However at that time they had just appointed new committeemen which delayed things somewhat until the begin- ning of the rainy season put a damper on proceedings. Such was the situation when Cleveland B. Stevens, safety committee chairman of the Paraiso Civic Council, called the Safety Branch and asked if it would be possible to get some safety films to show at one of their meetings. The next time we had a talk the idea had grown into showing some safe-driving films and put- ting on a safe-driving demonstration for the people living in Paraiso. It was only a step to get these two ideas of the Balboa Storehouse safety committee and the Paraiso Civic Council together. The HONOR ROLL Bureau Award For BEST RECORD JUNE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU HEALTH BUREAU AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR Supply ...------------------------- Community Services ..------------ Engineering and Construction . . Health ....------------------------- Civil Affairs------------------------ Transportation and Terminals .... Marine .-------------------------- Division Award For NO DISABLING INJURIES JUNE LOCKS DIVISION HOSPITALIZATION AND CLINICS MAINTENANCE DIVISION SERVICEE CENTER DIVISION Paraiso Civic Council then came up with the idea that they would sponsor a big safety field day at Paraiso to be held on July 23, at Paraiso Ball Park. Thus good things are born. Elsewhere in this issue you will find pictures of the grand event which, if one overlooked the weather usual at this time of the year, proved to be a great success. A number of dignitaries were present and the program contained many items and exhibits of unusual interest to people both in and out of the Canal Zone Govern- ment-Panama Canal Company. Since out of the 355 disabling injuries experienced by the Canal Zone Govern- ment-Panama Canal Company during 1954, approximately 70 percent were to local-rate employees; it is very gratifying to the safety people to find these em- ployees taking such a personal interest in their welfare and, what's more, doing something about it like their "Safety Field Day." There is no question that with such safety consciousness and active interest as was displayed on Saturday, July 23, the frequency rate for 1955 is going to be a lot less than it was in 1954. Many people, in addition to those safety committees from various divisions, are thanked for helping the Paraiso Civic Council and giving their active support in making this Safety Field Day a suc- cess. Difficulties always arise in trying 3 to get the proper people lined up to put 2 on a program. Such a difficulty arose 2 when the Safety Field Day Committee 2 l found that it could not get a school band 1 or a local fife-and-drum corps. Someone 0 suggested that the Army might help if asked. They were, and the 23d Infantry Division Band put on an impressive flag raising ceremony, and, of course, no parade would ever be a success without JUNE 1955 I I I a band. The Armed Forces Radio Sta- tion at Fort Clayton did a splendid job of putting on a 15-minute interview with Harold W. Williams and Mrs. Ellis Fawcett telling all about the program. Of course the International Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were present selling soft drinks, taking part in the Bicycle Safety Demonstration, and doing other jobs to help put it over. Charles Bradley was good enough to let the Aids to Navigation have his snakes as a background for their "first aid for snake bite" demonstration. Since the day as a whole proved to be such a success, it is hoped the Paraiso Civic Council can see their way to have another "Safety Field Day" next year. HIGHWAY ZOO The JACKASS This is the showoff who risks his own neck and everybody elseos by speeding and weaving. Or he may turn up as the stupid oaf who just doesn't savvy modern driving. In ici he is most any driver on thv highway except you and me! NATIONAL SAFETY co'Ncj Disabling Injuries per 1,000,000 Man-Hours Worked (Frequency Rate) Early Iu I use S ho August 5, THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Official Panama Canal Company Publication Published Monthly at BALBOA HEIGHTS. CANAL ZONE Shirtsleeve Conference Printed by the Printing Plant Mount Hope, Canal Zone S. SEYBOLD, Governor-President H. W. SCHULL, JR. Lieutenant-Governor WILLIAM G. AREY, JR. Public Information Officer J. RUFUS HARDY, Editor ELEANOR H. MclLHENNY Assistant Editor SUBSCRIPTION-$1.00 a year SINGLE COPIES-5 cents each Service ters, Commissaries, and Hotels for 10 days after publication date. SINGLE COPIES BY MAIL-10 cents each BACK COPIES-10 cents each On sale when available, from the Vault Clerk, Third Floor, Administration Building, Balboa Heights. REPRESENTATIVES of the Local Rate Civic Councils meet regularly with Governor Seybold in tie Board Room of the Administration Building to discuss community problems. At a recent meeting the Council representatives were introduced to the new Lieutenant Governor, Col. H. W. Schull, Jr. Left to right around the table are: Beresford Gittens, Rainbow City General Committee; J. J. Joseph, Rainbow City; H. A. Josephs, Rainbow City; C. D. Atherly, Paraiso; Eric Oakley, Paraiso Gen- eral Committee; E. L. Fawcett, Paraiso; Edward A. Doolan, Personnel Director; Governor Seybold; Leo B. Harrington, stenotypist; Lieutenant Governor Schull; Norman Johnson, Employee and Labor Relations Officer; G. L. A. Davis, Rupert Wilson, and Cleveland Roberts, La Boca. Also attending this meeting and Rexford Inn of Santa but not shown in the photograph were Leon Headley and R. T. Burns is of the Santa Cruz General Committee. Postal money orders should be made pay- able to the Treasurer, Panama Canal Com- pany, and mailed to Editor, THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW, Balboa Heights, C. Z. APPOINTED COROZAL > HEAD HOSPITAL A. B. Hendricks, a Rates Analyst in the Office of the Comptroller, returned to the Canal Zone last month after five months of advance training in Washington, D. C., as one of three local participants in the Fourth Senior Management Intern Program. During this period, he studied methods used by the General Accounting Office and worked out a project with the National Park Service. He also studied public administration and Federal Government accounting problems in night classes at the American University, and worked with the District of Columbia on personnel problems. In addition he took part in weekly seminars held by prominent Government officials on such subjects as management, organization and method, human factors and employees, training problems, person- nel practices and management accounting systems. ______ The first U. S.-rate salary checks pre- pared with the new machinery which makes payroll procedures and bookkeeping largely No August revocations will be accepted after 31, the Commission emphasized. After that date normal regulations will again be in effect. These provide that an employee who waives the insurance must wait one year before he can request cover- age. At that time he must be under 50 years of age and pass a physical examination. Occupants of Canal Zone quarters were advised last month that all quarters under the custody of the Housing Division will henceforth be serviced by preventive main- tenance teams. Teams of this sort have been working in Diablo Heights and Mar- garita for some time; the plan is now being extended to all quarters. Teams will inspect the interior and exterior of each quarters unit at least twice each year. The inspection will be per- formed by a U. S.-rate employee of the Maintenance Division. Necessary repairs will be made without the necessity of a request from the quarters occupant. In a memorandum to residents of Canal OF CURRENT INTEREST On sale at all Panama Canal ~Lfr, . . . .. . . - . .. . THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5, 1955 cea ving The Services Zone? Make Packing Moving And Almost ]rating Painless Crooks had been lining the provisi and he knew bef Rinker that he pounds of househi take only such needed for a hou had four dozen they didn't, the packed and th or s at hipped shipmi given a pamphlet out- ons of Public Law 600 ore he talked with Mr. was limited to 8,750 old goods, that he could possessions as were sehold-had the Crooks rocking chairs, which chairs would not be I at Company expense- ent of his automobile would be his own responsibility. Packing Parley Because a REVIEW reporter was tag- ging along to get this story, Mr. Rinker combined two sessions with the Crooks into one and met them at their house to discuss ping Mr. a come Divisi office which Along clipbo of nc he packing and crating and ship- their possessions. Ordinarily SMrs. Crooks would first have to his o on shop is hung Zonians another ice in the Maintenance irea. One wall of the ith copies of the papers ho are leaving will need. wall hangs a series of Containing the papers PLANS for packing and moving are discussed by Joseph N. Rinker, Packing and Crating Foreman, with Mr. and Mrs. Michael I. Crooks of Balboa. The Crooks are leaving the Canal Zone this month. Death and taxes, they table. In and Cratin Canal's U. Sooner c every Can when he < stances dec are mevi- .e Canal Zone, add Packing for about 99 percent of the .-rate employees. later in the life of almost employee comes the time cides, or age and circum- e for him, to go back to the United States to live. That this up- rooting is as painless as it is is due largely to the efforts of Joseph N. Rinker and the Packing and Crating Shop of the Main- tenance Division. Until Public Law in August 1946 and ing up a departing 600 became effective until the job of pack- Zonian's belongings was taken over by the Packing and Crating Shop soon thereafter, an em- ployee who was leaving had to scurry around and make his own arrangements. He had to scrounge boxes and crates, borrow a china packer from the nearest large commissary, arrange for a customs inspector to came to his quarters while the packing was going on, fill out the the end of this month after over 33 years in the Canal Zone. He and Mrs. Crooks already own a three-bedroom ranch-type home in Whittier, Calif. They do not plan to leave here until August 20, the day after Mr. Crooks' last work- ing day, but they want their furniture shipped ahead of them so they will be ready to settle down when they reach California early next month. After Mr. Crooks discussed retirement details with Robert J. Kelley, in the Personnel Bureau, and transportation arrangements with James M. Thompson, in the Transportation Section of the Administrative Branch, hie was ready to talk with Mr. Rinker, whose official title is Foreman Crater and Packer and who lives, eats, and breathes packing and crating. In the Transportation Section, Mr. of some States-bound Zonian, his pack- ing and departure dates and his destina- tion. The other day these clipboards showed that shipments were in the works for such widely separated States as Virginia, Michig ington. Surrounded b Rinker would h what he and his packing, would and would ansv had. Croo boa. estim would and would an, Texas, and Wash- y these exhibits Mr. ave explained to them crew would do about the make a "packing date," ier any questions they Later he would have gone to the ks' quarters on Akee Street in Bal- There he would make a rough iate as to whether their belongings d be within their weight allowance see if they had any furniture which d be a special packing problem. Instead, for THE REVIEW'S benefit, he sat down with them at home and went over the procedure with them there. At the same time he estimated the number of crates and barrels his men would need nd decided on a packing date, which in their case would be August 1. One-day Process on +tI+t riyr tim flrnnlo 1 ixmo ra + rl - August 5, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW with household goods, if she cared to. Pillows and blankets are satisfactory items for this interior packing but sheets and linens are too much dead weight, he said, for the light construction of the ordinary drawer. Mrs. Crooks was to keep an itemized list of what went into each drawer and these would later be checked by one of the two inspectors, Frank Turman or James Van Dyke. No Pre-packing Needed Actually though, Mr. Rinker said, there was nothing which Mrs. Crooks needed to do ahead of packing time. The packers, like Gabriel Cordoba and And- res Diaz, whose specialty is packing china and glassware, work more easily if such items are left in cupboards or on shelves. They look the situation over before they begin, see how much and what is to be packed, and begin with the larger and heavier items which go into one barrel; the lighter and more fragile things such as crystal and figurines are packed together in other barrels. Other packers, like Kenneth Harris and Ashton Russell, know from years of experience how many towels, pillow cases, or bed- spreads fit into standard cartons. All of the breakable things, Mr. Rinker said, would be wrapped in newspapers and packed in shredded paper in the barrels. Each barrel would be itemized as to its contents and a copy of the listing would be given to the Crooks. Nonbreakable items would be packed in cardboard cartons which would each have its separate itemized list. Moth- balls, brought by the packe sprinkled into each carton. rs, would be These car- tons would later be packed inside big wooden vans. Safe Handling None of the furniture and the larger pieces such as lamps and radios would be packed at the Crooks' house, they learned. Such furniture would be tag- ged in duplicate, swaddled in blankets, and taken to the Packing and Crating shop. Each item would be listed, to- gether with a value given by either Mr. or Mrs. Crooks. Mrs. Crooks was concerned over the safe handling of several large oil paintings but Mr. Rinker assured her that he and his men were equally concerned that they CHINA and glassware are wrapped in newspaper and packed into metal barrels, with shredded paper as wadding. Gabriel Cordoba and Andres Diaz, who have been packers for seven years, are doing the pack- ing while Joseph N.Rinker, Packing and Crating foreman, looks over some of the things still to be wrapped. made their long journey in good condi- tion. Special celotex boxes are available at the shop for paintings, he said; the boxed pictures would then be packed into the large vans. As each piece of furniture was taken from the truck at the shop, Mr. Rinker explained, it would be checked off by one of the inspectors who would remove, and put aside, one of the duplicate tags for further listing on the shipping manifest and the itemized list, a copy of which would later accompany the Crooks to their new home. After all of the Crooks' household belongings had been assembled in the shop, Mr. Rinker said, the actual packing for shipment would begin. After he left the Akee Street house, Mr. Rinker, REVIEW along, returned to long building at ti Maintenance's Div ure. There the sho turning salvaged crates-vans, they in which household reporter still tagging the shop in an airy he very back of the ision's fenced enclos- p gang had been busy materials into the are officially called- goods are eventually -. a - - packed. Vans like these would be used later for the Crooks' household goods. In days gone an eye to later used to have th mahogany bo crating people housewives. departing fur are made fro had encased which electric ards e a Th( nitu by some Zonians, with do-it-yourself projects, eir furniture crated in . Today's packing and re as thrifty as Dutch e vans into which most re is eventually packed m lumber which originally incoming goods; crates in ranges had been shipped to the Canal Zone have been remodeled into vans and other cases, for instance. No Termites Termite-eaten old lumber from demol- ished quarters is never used in the Pack- ing and Crating Shop. Special plywood, made in Panama for the Canal Company, makes sides for the vans. The shredded paper with which the barrels and boxes are packed is cut into ribbons by the Shop's own shredding machine. The paper is old newspapers and magazines or clean waste paper; reams of it comes from the Administration Building. The metal drums into which the dishes and glassware are packed were originally filled with alcohol or turpentine. They are cleaned. fitted with new wooden tops and lined with now nnnmar THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5, 1955 Stars And Stripes Fly From 112 Staffs When Canal Zone Celebrates Holiday Whenever a presidential proclamation or an order from the Governor directs that flags be displayed, or on national holidays like the Fourth of July, 112 United States flags flutter from poles on Canal buildings or fly from the staffs on the Canal's tugs and launches and dredges and barges. There are other United States flags in the Canal posts and and court which fly buildings ( Tropical and heavy the day it is first raised to the top of its staff. Flags are half-staffed from 7 a. m. to noon on Memorial Day, May 30; at noon they are raised to the top of their standards where they remain until the end of the day. Flags in the Canal Zone are flown at half-staff whenever the President or the Governor directs; the periods during Zone, of course-on military naval stations, and in churches rooms-but the 112 are those over Company-Government nr from marine equipment. weather rain taki with its s its toll the average life of one here nine months when it and considerably les marine equipment. sion of Storehouses flags from the Gener tration, the U. S. A Depot in Philadelpi manufacturer. is flown s than Each ye orders brilliant sun of the flags; is not over from a staff that on the ar the Divi- about 900 al Services Adminis- rmy Quartermaster hia or from a flag $3,000 A Year They range in size from those which are a little over a foot long and are used on the launches to t fly from most of the cost of U. S. flags for something over $3,0I Most of the flags i made of cotton bun flags are a mixture which lasts longer ;he five-footers which flagstaffs. The total local use amounts to )0 a year. ,n the Canal Zone are ting, but the smaller of nylon and wool here and retains its colors better than the bunting. Not all of the 112 flags fly every day. Generally, most Canal Zone buildings fly their flags on workdays, school days, holidays, or special days required by law or designated by the President or the Governor. The flag at the Governor's residence is flown only when he is present on the Isthmus. Wherever a flag is attended by a police- man or a caretaker, as at the Administra- tion Building, it is flown daily. Hours for displaying the flag are 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. Regardless of the day, the flag of the United States is always flown on the Canal's marine equipment whenever the launches and tugs etc. are underway in Canal waters. CANAL ZONE POLICEMEN raise and lower the flags at the Administration Building and in other public spots like the Balboa circle where this photo- graph of Policeman Stewart Jaddis was taken. display they are destroyed privately, as is done elsewhere. The usual method is by burning; each agency handles th& disposal of its own outworn flags. When the flags in the Canal Zone are to be half-staffed-a term in flag parlance preferred to half-masting-or are to be displayed on some special occasion, the Chief of the Administrative Branch noti- fies each Bureau of the Canal organiza- tion. A Bureau representative in turn passes on the word to the units which fly flags. The Marine Bureau, with its floating equipment, has the largest num- ber of flags, 49, Bureau, which schools, police an flags. The flags Building and in Balboa clubhouse -1 fl. . ** fl * and the Civil Affairs includes post offices, d fire stations, has 28 at the Administration the circle opposite the are under the control of *m * ** which scribe 1954 Pres flag Vice Chief h flags are ed in a Pres , When a ident of the is half-staff President, f Justice, oi Shalf-staffed were pre- ;idential Proclamation in President or Former United States dies, the ed for 30 days. For a Chief Justice, retired SSpeaker of the House, the period of half-staffing is 10 days. Lesser periods are in order for other officials. Half-Staff For Zonians In the Canal Zone flags have been flown at half-staff when local officials have died. Among those so honored were Roy R. Watson, then Chief Quarter- master, A. W. Goulet, General Manager of the Commissary Division, and George W. Green, Municipal Engineer. In December 1947, Canal Zone flags were half-staffed between 7:30 and 10 a. m. when the bodies of 15 servicemen who had been buried here during World War II were placed aboard ship for return to their homelands. The United States flag flew for the first time over an Isthmian Canal Com- mission building in May 1904, when the United States took over the rights and properties of the French Canal Company. The building was the ICC headquarters in Panama City now the Panama Central Post Office. When the Canal Zone was delineated United States flags were supplied to the alcaldes of the little towns in the Zone. One early letter, dated June 30, 1904, instructed the Alcaldes of Gatun and Gorgona to fly the flag "over the Alcaldia of your district during office hours of each day except in bad or storm weather." Flags for the school building would be furnished them later, the letter said. On Holidays Only Early Zonians apparently were not as careful of their flags as their present day successors. In February 1907. Chief l August 5, 1955 Visiting THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Oldtimer Unfamiliar Af t Fin ?r L ids Zo 2ong I rode on the Panama first time since 1906 a thr; ugh the Canpl wh be-ond the planning s saw it. As an engineer with t Commission from 19 Kenly helped build t Reservoir which supp Atlantic side commune reanent reservoir and constructed. During the time he of the streets were unp thrs were left over construction period. I and the only road from district ran around t Hill. Like most oldti ne Absence Railroad for the nd made a transit ich was not much tage when he last he Isthmian Canal 04 to 1906, Mr. ;he Brazos Brook lied water to the cities until the per- water system was worked here, most aved and the quar- from the French Balboa was a marsh Sthe Ancon-Balboa he side of Ancon ners, however, Mr. CANAL ZONE CLERGY The Rev. Carl D. Christensen has spent a quarter of a century in missionary work, the last five and a half years of it on the Isthmus of Panama. As president of the Panama Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Churches, he is in charge of the work of the approxi- mately 40 Adventist congregations in the Canal Zone and Panama. His headquar- ters, recently moved from Cristobal, are v �. on Gavilan Road in Balboa, near the office of the All-America Cables Company. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, he at- tended college in Minnesota and holds a Master's Degree in School Administra- GEORGE T. KENLY; after 50 years, he came back. After an absence o: George T. Kenly, who the Canal's oldest "old little to remind him of he visited the Canal month. f nearly 50 years, at 87 is probably timer," found very the old days when Zone briefly last Accompanied by Edwin Green, a sprightly youth of 73, he visited the Hotel Washington, which was new to him, and the Tivoli Guest House, which was one old landmark he remembered. He Packing And Crating Services Make Moving Almost Painless (Continued from page 9) For the average C packers use four of th four metal drums; if some other large obj vans or their size Fortunately, Mr. Rin for nine-foot couches the Canal Zone. all-into one van. anal household the .e vans and three or there is a piano or ect the number of may be increased. ker says, the vogue has not yet reached As soon as the packers have finished with each van, Eric George takes over the banding and stenciling. Then Cecil Ken 1 recalled that the early days were rugged but that most people had lots of fun when they weren't busy building the Panama Canal. The only real problem in those days, h" said, was what to do with all that dirt. A native of West Virginia, Mr. Kenly worked with the United States govern- ment for many years before coming to the Isthmus in 1904 to help with the Panama Canal. After leaving here in 1906 he went to California and arrived in San Francisco just four days before the historic earthquake and fire which des- troyed the city and put an end to his business plans. He returned to the East Coast and up to the time of his retirement several years ago, he was connected with a private engineering firm in Baltimore, where he now makes his home. "satisfied customers" and by the small amount paid annually in claims for breakage or damage. In one 12-month period, for instance, the belongings of 466 Canal Zonians were packed and crated by the Maintenance Division; these household goods were valued at $1,166,044.95. Only 25 claims, all of them small, were made during this period with a total dollar-wise claim of $522 or .045 percent of the total value. Until recently Pacd had two shops, one i other in Cristobal. N ration for shipment king and Crating n Balboa and the )w all of the prepa- and the shipment THE REV. CARL D. CHRISTENSEN tion from the University of Nebraska He has been in church work almost all o, his adult life. He is thoroughly familiar with the problems of the Latin-American world and equally at home in English or Span- ish; the problems and the language he learned in the 20 years he spent as a missionary in Argentine, Chile, and Peru. About 10 years ago he returned to the United States and for four years, just before his assignment to the Isthmus, he taught in an Adventist college in Walla Walla, Wash. The Panama Conference is one of the 364 local Conferences and missions of the Adventist Church. Its president, cur- rntliv Mr. Christensen. is elected by the THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August5, 1955 o1 The historic und ground. Historic s Sudden Rio Grande Act Rio (irande has his Rio Grande the shallow river bordering the southern part uf Texas; it is the Rio Grande explored 400 years ago by the Spanish in their search for an overland communica- tion between Atlantic and Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama. The disappearance of the Isthmian Rio Grande is connected with the work on Contractors Hill, only a short distance from the old Rio Grande reservoir which once supplied water for the entire Pacific side district between Culebra and Panama City. During the Contractors Hill project the main stream of the river, which drops precipitously from the old dam to the spillway near the Cucaracha Signal Sta- tion, has been partially filled with rock from Contractors Hill. The river fill is designed to stabilize the slopes of adja- cent fills behind Contractors Hill, and has raised the grade of the river 20 feet or more for a distance of several hundred feet. The Rio Grande, however, has not taken calmly to this man-made innova- tion and appears to prefer its original bed. Instead of flowing quietly along in its new raised channel, it follows the winding course of its old channel for a few feet out onto the new fill, then disappears com- pletely. It goes into no large hole or cavern but simply disappears into the ground to re-emerge at the bottom of the fill through innumerable small crevices in the rocks. The Rio Grande of the Isthmus has been tied in closely with local progress since the beginning of recorded history. If the Spaniards had found it more suit- able for water-borne traffic when they explored its course in 1527, it would undoubtedly have been the link between the Chagres and the Pacific coast, rather than the Cruces trail. Three hundred and twenty years later, surveyors of the Panama Railroad be- came convinced that construction of a railroad was possible when they found the Rio Grande valley stretching from the . ..1'* .t .1 QUIET POOL in a wooded glade? Not at all. This is the spot where the Rio Grande disappears under- ground beneath a newly-constructed rock fill. engineers country river, es is not unusual in limestone but a man-made disappearing oeciallv one created uninten- tionally, isn't commonplace. Increases Enrollment in the Canal Zone's Latin American schools, which was lower by 54 students at the beginning of the present school year than on the first day of school a year ago, took a sharp swing upward as the month progressed. On July 15, 11 days after the present school session began, a total of 4,006 students were enrolled in the Latin Amer- ican schools, in the grades from kinder- garten through high school. This figure was an increase of 72 in the ten-day period and brought the total enrollment higher by 60 students than the enrollment in the schools on the similar day of the preceding school term. The two largest of the Latin American elementary schools are Rainbow City and Paraiso; the former has over 975 students . ..* 1 . * I -C-� Conversion Project Engineer Gets Full Colonel's Eagles Edward B. Jennings, Project or the Power Conversion Proje pair of silver eagles these days, little opportunity to wear the other military men on duty Canal organization, he spends 9! of his time in civilian clothes. Engineer ct, has a and very m. Like with the 9 percent * Consequently, the eagles to which he became entitled on his promotion July 15 to full colonel in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers stay in their box. Born in Westport, Conn., Colonel Jennings is a graduate of Carson- org Institute in Pennsylvania, Syracuse Uni- versity and the Command and General Staff School. He holds his master's degree from the State University of Iowa. DIuring World War II he served as an engineer battalion commander in the New Hebrides, Okinawa and Japan. He came to the Canal Zone in June 1954, from Nashville, Tenn., where he was Assistant District Engineer of the Nash- ville Engineer District. His first Canal appointment was as Project Engineer for the work on Contractors Hill. He was named Project Engineer for the Power Conversion Project last April. Classes Start Of Rainbow City Junior High School has the largest enrollment of the junior high schools but La Boca is the larger of the two Latin American high schools. According to officials of the schools, students in the upper grades are adapting easily to the new system of all-Spanish instruction. All classes in the Latin American schools are being taught in Spanish this year for the first time; Span- ish-language instruction last year ex- tended only through grade six. English is taught as a separate subject. Walter H. Oliver is in charge of the conversion into all-Spanish instruction.) New courses in Spanish language are being constructed for the school curricu- lum under the supervision of Alfred E. Osborne for the elementary schools and Russell H. Johns for the secondary e'Cs Doe Disappearing Latin American School Enrollment After ] > August 5, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Gigantic On Co n Stairsteps tractors Hill Now Nearly Finished The finishing touches are being given to the gigantic stairsteps which have been carved into Contractors Hill during the past year. During that time the face of the hill has completely changed appear- ance and the danger of a rock fall into the Canal channel has been removed. Shovels, trucks, and bulldozers are presently working on 150-foot level, low- est of the berms or steps which is just 65 feet above the Canal water lvel. Under the working schedule, the last of the hard rock formation will be drilled, blasted, and removed before the end of this month. The work remaining after the last of the rock is removed will include the removal of the shale access road down the slope of Project 13, and the break-up and removal of a relatively small amount of rock along the Canal banks which fell during the blasting operations. This work is expected to take only a few days for completion. Cascadas At Work While the Tecon Corporation is com- pleting the work under its contract, the Dredging Division's dipper dredge Cas- cadas will be busy removing the last of Cucaracha formation in Project 13 im- mediately north of Contractors Hill. Approximately 250,000 cubic yards of this project was removed by dry excavation by the Tecon Corporation under a supple- mental agreement. The removal of the knuckle which juts into the Canal channel at that point will increase the channel width by 150 feet and will greatly improve navigation con- ditions through Gaillard Cut The chan- nel turns sharply as it passes Gold and Contractors Hill and much of the useful- ness of work already done on Project 13 has been nullified by the remaining tip of Cucaracha formation which juts into the channel. Project 13 has been in progress on a low priority basis by the Dredging Divi- sion for many years. It provides for the widening of the entire channel section known as Culebra Reach to 500 feet. Approximately one and a half miles of the i i � *i I *1 l 1 ii WITH school days just around the corner, the younger fry are learning already that it will be smart to be smart when taking a geography lesson from their well groomed teacher. These two young men, with an eye to durability as well as style, have chosen genuine Levis from fthe regular commissary stock. Their shirts are two of the smart new sports styles being placed on sale this month. The young ladies are wearing Cinderella frocks which are as washable as they are pretty. Any school girl's wardrobe should contain several of these as they will be on sale for about $3.50. The boys are wearing brown leather loafers made by Roberts, John- son and Rand, and the girls have on one-strap slippers made by Trimfoot. Teacher, not to be outdone by her pupils, is wearing a dress chosen from the large stock of misses' styles now carried by the Commissary stores. Left to right, Sandy Halliday, Gwyneth Richard, Mrs. M. W. Foscue, Glenn Rhyne, and Roger Hutchinson. HIGH marks in fashion will be given these two teenagers when they wear clothes chosen from the back-to-school collection being placed on sale this month by the Commissary Division. The junior miss has a pastel cotton dress with a crisp white collar and a Fitted midriff. It buttons up the back and has a full skirt. The high school student on the left chose a bright yellow short-sleeved sport shirt made by Campus Sport Shirts; it is one of a number of handsome styles being stocked by the Conmmisscry Division for high school and col- lege students. His trousers are navy gar- bcrdine which has been specially treated for spot and crease resistance. He also wears a pair of brown leather loofeis which have become so popular with students in all the grades from one to twelve. The models are: Barry Davison and Jean Chambers. S. a n_______________ ---. a n' .** * ** THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5, 1955 Employ ferrcd tIet listed below not li sted. PROMOTIONS ees \ *\. etc- V% xx CCIIot XXV viho Ju \\Witl were promoted c ne 15 andt July hin }r trans- 15 are -grade promotions are ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH Louis C. Caldwell, Tabulating Equipment Operation Supervisor, from Division of Storehouses to Statistical Tabulating Sec- tionl. Alfredo Lombana, Mrs. Helen M. Cicero, from Tabulating Machine Operator, Pay- roll Branch to Tabulating Equipment Operator, Statistical Tabulating Section. Mrs. Mercedes A. Borrell, from Tabu- lating Machine Operator. Division of Store- houses, to Tabulating Equipment Operator, Statistical Tabulating Section. George A. Black, Jr., from Tabulation Planner, Dlivision of Storehouses, to Tabu- lation Project Planner, Statistical Planning Section. Preston G. Gau, from chine Operation Superviso to Tabulating Equipment visor, Statistical Tabulati Jacob Plicet, Jr., from chine Operator Supervisci to Tabulating Equipment tical Tabulating Section. Tabulating Ma- r, Payroll Branch, Operation Super- ng Section. Tabulating Ma- , Payroll Branch, Operator, Statis- CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU Paul F. Karst, Jr., from Recreation Supervisor to Physical Education Teacher,. Division of Schools. Mrs. Thelma N. Scott, from Clerk-Typist to Recreation Assistant, Division of Schools. Mrs. Marcella G. Green, from Clerk- Stenographer to Clerical Assistant, Division of Schools. Thomas L. Sellers, from Relief Postmaster to Postmaster, Margarita. Lealand A. Larrison, from Postmaster, Margarita, to Relief Postmaster. ' Earl F. Unruh, from Chief, Postal Divi- sion, to Director of Posts., COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU Mrs. Susan H. Boles, to Clerk (Typing), Servi Paul J. Laing, from Center Division, to Su trative Assistant, Tivoli from Clerk-Typist ce Center Division. Steward, Service pervisory Adr Guest House. linis- OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER Norbert A. Jones, from Supervisory Accounting Clerk, Methods and Relief Assignment Staff, to Transportation Rate Auditing Clerk, Agents Accounts Branch. Stephen A. Bissell, from Transportation Rate Auditing Clerk, Agents Accounts Branch, to Supervisory Accounting Clerk, Methods and Relief Assignment Staff. Mrs. Florence M. Pierson, from Account- mn Clerk to Sunervisorv Accounting Clerk, in*�- � -^ .^-**- *-- -~ - - -I - - _ ~ Accounting Division. Helen N. Minor, from Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, to Time, Leave, and Payroll Supervisor, Payroll Branch. * . -^ w .. rf .... yr' _. - . AND Clerk (Typing), Electrical Divisio Communications Branch' HEALTH BUREAU Mrs. Lorna M. Shore, Staff Nurse, from Gorgas Hospital to Coco Solo Hospital. Nellie T. Morgan, Clerk-Typist, from Gorgas Hospital to Board of Health Labor- atory. Dr. Roy B. Stewart, Dr. Robert B. White, from Intern to Resident, Gorgas Hospital. Dr. Richard S. Ostenso, Dr. Luis A. Picard-Ami, from Intern, Gorgas Hospital, to Medical Officer, Pacific Medical Clinics. Dr. Wallace M. Snyder, from Intern, Gorgas Hospital, to Medical Officer, Coco Solo Hospital. Mrs. Ida M. McDade, from Staff Nurse to Communicable Disease Nurse, Atlantic Medical Clinics. Mrs. May B. Dodson, from Staff Nurse to Head Nurse, Coco Solo Hospital. Dr. John W. Gales, from Medical Officer (Pediatrics) to Medical Officer (Gynecology and Obstetrics), Coco Solo Hospital. Dr. William E. Prier, from Medical Officer to Hospital Resident, Gorgas Hos- pital. Mrs. Katherine H. Hall, Staff Nurse from Coco Solo Hospial to Gorgas Hospital. Mrs. Dora J. Coleman, from Medical Technician (General) to Medical Technician (General-Supervisory), Coco Solo Hospital. MARINE BUREAU Charles A. Parks, Emerson A. Cottrell, from Guard, Atlantic Locks, to Towing Locomotive Operator, Locks Division (Locks Overhaul). Carl H. Schmidt, from Towing Locomo- tive Operator, Pacific Locks, to Guard, Locks Security Branch (Atlantic). SUPPLY BUREAU Charles P. Shay, from Assistant to Chief, Retail Stores to Commissary Supervisor (Assistant to Chief, Retail Stores Branch), Commissary Division. Roy F. Burr, from Clerical Assistant (Typist), Colon Health Office, to Account- ing Clerk, Commissary Division,. Thomas G. Relihan, from Supply Officer (Drygoods), to Superintendent, General Products Branch, Commissary Division. Vincent J. Huber, from Assistant Supply Officer to Supply Officer (Drygoods), Com- missary Division. Robert L. Ranlkin, from Commissary Supervisor to Assista (Drygoods). Comnmissar Elizabeth A. Allen, Clerk to Clerk-Typist, nt Supply y Division. Officer from Accounting Commissary Divi- s1on. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS BUREAU Richard M. Conover, from Supervisory Traffic Clerk to Supervisory Freight Traffic Clerk (General), Terminals Division. John W. Manush, Jr., from Supervisory D-f..nnn.4. r -nr A^ C.1i ni.,i~1 ('ion 1*n1. 4* non ,;c�^ t 'ri'TI? TRANSFERS years, 2 n cided. months, 26 days; Address unde- Thomas McNeill, Ireland; Car Foreman, Pacific Locks; 15 years, 3 m 6 days; Pittsford, Vt. Ralph N. Stewart, Illinois; Supe Accounting Clerk, Commissary Di 29 years, 1 month, 27 days; Florida. Agnes E. Sugrue, Connecticut;: Health years, Nurse, Cola 4 months, Health Offi s; Brooklyn, penter months, rvisory vision; Public ce; 25 N.Y. ANNIVERSARIES When Emmett Zemer went to work for the Canal organization on July 10, 1913, he had no more idea than most men of that period that he would still be a Canal Zonian 42 years later. He is one of three employ- ees whose continuous service predates 1914 and one of 13 still working who had con- struction-day service. He is now Real Property Assistant in the office of the Director of the Community Services Bureau. He began his" Canal service at the Gorgona Commissary and later worked in a number of the retail commissary stores. He had hotel experi- ence at the Washington and the Tivoli, but his longest assignment was the 26 years he spent in what used to be known as the District Quartermaster's Office in Balboa. He has been at Balboa Heights since 1953. With 42 years of continuous Canal service he heads this month's list of anni- versaries. 35 YEARS Two Canal employees share honors for 35 years of government service completed last month, although in both cases their Canal service is not that long. They are ' . *� rt ** fl fl '-in. -r June 15 through July 15 w j JULY RETIREMENTS Retirement certificates were presented the end of July to the following employees who are listed alphabetically, together with their birthplaces, titles, length of Canal service and future addresses: Lester F. Bailey, Maine; Governmental Accountant, Industrial Division; 29 years, 10 months, 6 days; Schnectady, N. Y. Hallie Beavers, North Carolina; Teacher, Balboa High School; 23 years, 10 months; North Carolina. Samuel S. Blackburn, Tennessee; Police- man, Cristobal District; 35 years, 1 month, 17 days; St. Petersburg, Fla. Charles H. Fairn-brother, North Dakota; Layerout Machinist, Industrial Division; 36 years, 10 months, 17 days; Panama, R.P. Roger H. Greene, Washington, D. C.; Claims Examiner, Fiscal Division; 28 years, 8 months, 7 days; Alexandria, Va. George Herman, Illinois; Chief, Police Division; 40 years, 2 months, 23 days; Address uncertain. Ludwig A. Maurer, New York; Control House Operator, Pedro Miguel Locks; 28 I 1 [ I August 5, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Kuhrt; Washington, D. C., Kurt F. Menzel and Will R. Price; Michigan, Jerome F. Evans; Ohio, Philip S. Thornton; Wiscon- sin, Herbert F. Paddock. These nine completed 30 years of Govern- service in July. All but two, Mr. Armistead and Mr. Thornton, have continuous Canal service. Mr. Evans-Jerry to almost everyone- is manager of the Balboa Commissary; Mr. Gregory is Chief Foreman of the Dredg- ing Division's shops; Captain Kuhrt and Captain Rowe are two of the Atlantic side's senior pilots; Mr. Menzel is General Supervisory Medical Technican at the Board of Health Laboratory; Mr. Paddock is Chief Dispatcher and also Chief of the Miraflores Diesel Generation Station; Mr. Price is head of the bindery section at the Printing Plant at Mount Hope-his crew worked on this issue of THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW. EXECUTIVE REGULATION 19 EDITOR S NOTE: VI. Travel and Transportation Expenses of Em- ployees and Their Immediate Families in Connection With Leave For Returning to I Place A revision of Executive Regulation No. 19, covering travel and transportation was issued at Balboa Heights recently. It will be published in install- ments with the index and first installment carried who desire nation. in this issue for the benefit of those to clip and save the entire CANAL ZONE PANAMA CAl OFFICE Revision regu- SEC. 6.6 S-c. 6.7 GOVERNMENT NAL COMPANY OF THE GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT BALBOA HEIGHTS, C. Z. Jun.- 24, 1055. Executive Regulation No. 19 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION OF EM- PLOYEES, THEIR FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLD Mr. Armistead is Leader Molder and Maintenance Mechanic with the Industrial Division and Mr. Thornton, who held his first Canal job when he was a schoolboy, is General Manager of the Service Center Division. 25 YEARS Five of the eight employees who cornm- pleted service record quarter-century c July have had )f Government an un with the Canal organization. broken They are: Richard Conley, a native Zonian, Loco- motive Engineer with the Railroad Division; James A. Fraser, Dredging Supervisor with the Dredging Division; Stephen C. Les- sard, Accounting Clerk with the Industrial Division; C. B. McIlvaine, Senior Conductor with the Railroad Division; and Ellen Tiernan, a Staff Nurse at Gorgas Hospital. Other 25-year employees are: Woodford M. Babbitt, a Rotary Drill Operator with the Dredging Division-he was born in Alaska but grew up in the Canal Zone; William H. Hele a Contraband Control Inspector; and Elmer B. Orr, Accounting Supervisor with the Agents Accounts Branch. Mr. Hele and Mr. Orr were born in the Canal Zone. 20 YEARS The employees who completed 20 years of Government service in July are split, half and half, between those with continu- ous Canal service and those whose service was broken. Those with unbroken service are: John C. Dansby, Carpenter Foreman, Maintenance Division; George C. Dunlap, Assistant Project Engineer for the Power Conversion Project; Herman Hessell, Fire- man with the Balboa District; Irvin E. Krapfl, Assistant Relief Marine Bunkering Foreman with the Terminals Division; R. H. Masters, Sanitation Inspector, De- partment of Zone Sanitation; Floyd A. Robinson. Policeman at the Cristobal Station; Samuel Roe, Jr., also a police officer in the Balboa District; Luther B. Sartain, Jr., Chief of the Electrical-Mechan- ical Branch of the Engineering Division; and Herbert H. Tabert, Floating Crane Master with the Dredging Division. Those 20-year employees whose Canal GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS CONTENTS I. General c. 1.1 Scope. c. 1.2 Definitions. c. 1.3 Travel expense of employees. c. 1.4 Transportation expenses of employees and their families. c. 1.5 Time limits. c. 1.6 Employees not affected-. c. 1.7 Determination of transportation lighlits. II. Transportation of Household Goods and Personal Effects Maximum allowance fo Allowances for packing. r transportation. crating, unpacking and uncrating. Allowance for drayage. Items not allowable and items allowable, Temporary storage. Means of shipment. Origin and destination of shipment. Use of Government bill of lading. Use of lift vans. Preparation of vouchers- Valuation. Shipment by American vessels. Itemization of charges. Procedure for obtaining shipment of goods and effects. Customs inspection on the Certification of weights. ments and contents. disposition SEC. 2.17 Preparation and of lading. Isthmlius. cubic measure- ocean bills Routing and consignment of shipments. Customs fees. Reimbursement of expenses not authorized Billing for expenses. III. Transfers Between Official Stations Payment of expenses- Responsibility for costs. Designation of official station. IV. Travel and Transportation Expenses of New Appointees SEC. 4.1 Payment of expenses. SEC. 4.2 Agreement to remain in service- SEC. 4.3 New appointees; restored veterans not included. SEC. 4.4 New appointees; for employees not included under certain conditions. SEC. 4.5 New appointees; local employment not included SEC. 4.6 Exceptions to general policy. V. Trav el and Transportation on Termination of Employment Employees and ex-employees entitled to travel and transportation allowances. SEC. 5.2 Employees not entitled to travel and transportation. SEC. 5.3 Famtilies, household goods and personal effects, transportation of. SEc. 5.4 Prior return of immediate family and of household goods and personal effects. SEc. 5.5 Creditable service with other United States Government agencies for travel and transportation allowances. of Residence Bet Eligibility. Service period for Travel allowance. Limitations. :ween Tours of Duty teachers. Creditable service with other Government agencies for benefits. Route and mode of Departure of imm United States leave travel travel. ediate family subsequent to departure of employee. Liability of employee. Use of Government Transportation R quests. Submission Liability of compliance of voucher. employee in instances with terms of new I non- agree- mnent. VII. Prior Regulations Revoked SEc. 7.1 Prior regulations revoked. I. GENERAL I.1 Scope. The following regulations are pre- scribed to govern travel of employees and the trans- portation of their families, household gods and personal effects on appointment, change of social station, termination, and leave. In addition to implementing administrative regulations, these regu- lations incorporate certain pertinent provisions of the Administrative Expenses Act of August 2, 1946, 60 Stat. 806 ("Public Law 600"), as amended; Executive orders promulgated under such Act; regulations of the Bureau of the Budget issued under authority delegated by Executive Order 10530, of May 10, 1954, 19 F. R. 2709; and Executive Order 1888 of February 2, 1914, as amended. CROSS REFERENCE For regulations governing the transport tion of the Remains. Families, and Effects of Deceased Employees, see Executive Regula- tion No. 18 of August 18. 1951. 1.2 Definitions. As used in these regulations: (a) "Place of actual residence means, in the case of appointments made in the United States, the place at which such appointee physically resided at time of appointment. In the case of employees who were appointed while on tihe Isthmus, actual place of residence shall be deemed to be such appointee's legal residence in the United States at the time of appointment. In the case of an appointee who was born on the Isthmus or who came to the Canal Zone as a minor, place of actual residence, in the absence of subsequent acquisition of a legal residence in the United States, shall be deemed to be the legal residence of his father in the United States. (Based on Comptroller General's Decision B/62267 of January 15. 1947. 26 Cornp. Gen. 488) (b) "Employee" means a full-time employee of the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government, (c) "Immediate family" means any of the following named members of the employee's household: Spouse, children, including step- children and adopted children, unmarried and under twenty-one years of age or physically or mentally incapable of supporting themselves regardless of age, or dependent parents of the employee (From section (d) 0"O within thi as define (but not of the spouse). 1 (d) of Executive Order 9805) official station e district in d in section from which the emDoI in" includes any point which he normally works. 3.3 of these regulations. vee commutes daily to his official post of duty. (From section 8 of Executive Order 9805, by Executive Order 10196) (e) "Temporary storage" means as amended storage at point of departure, destination, or way station for nor more than 61 days. except that not more than 90 days may ba allowed where an employee pursuant to section 6.3 of these regulations, returns for leave prior to serving a new period of service outside the continental United States at a different post of duty. (Based on section 1 (c) of Executive Order 9805. as amended by Bureau of the Budget Circular A-4 of May 2, 1955) (f) "United States" means the continental United States, its territories and possessions, other than the Canal Zone. 1.3 Travel expenses of employees. Travel expenses of the employees shall be allowed in accordance with the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166), the Standardized Government Travel Regulations; and Psnanam Cannl Conmnanv rpmnilations tinnlementarv � I are: 16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5, 1955 Executive Regulation 19 ((. n , /I om page 1; ) Makes First Canal Transit ; . t e pLu ofi mpluynenrt ( Caal Zone l or I h n to cmp-e * a~ctuid residence in the I Rites ssr 10m;o" other tocatotli within ihr ! mntf' , tu 1 'i>iy oIr | TSA i(ln in wiclI -i i i>1 , wi u l resil'nce is located; pro- d{ Kl'i th< Sr<;vri d 1 U[ 11-p t 1rli~tLi expen lse.- tI� . ShIA ll not exceed those allowed over a i-i ,itlkl irloute between the post of duty a ito ih< Wuit or . fliterent pust of duty outside th cit inentaI rieed States. ;Ha� d 1 i -^ (t: 27 (bI o iExecutive Order 9S305, as vidld by HIrem oUt nthe Budget ('ircuhlair A-4 of May 2, 1i55 id) (hd ~ riy, expenses incurred prior to the ip iant' t a travl'I order ;are not reimbursable. \ A i >d ordkr i' I'ce s;ry for transportatlonl of t, frai uily anl ious1hold goods regardless of wtilh-tr r r not the e npl sye was issued a travel old I ifor tiii self. ia) The tr vel ofi terminuated employees allows able uindh these leg IIltions shall be only such travel as i< mncidenItal to the termination of tih? .'ripl)loyilent, an I shlii ll commence within a t CisiI abl2 11li', inot t )exce2,l six months, after -uch termint itimn. I an e nployee for voluntary p>r1 m il t<'onsS doe( nt t ike advantage of th? re pati rtion travel allowable under these regula- timons within such time limit, then none of the expclnst of the return of the employee (except as the proviSiios of Section 5.6 of these regula- tions may apply), his family, or his household goods or personal effects, sh ill be payable under tlihe se regui.tl ai'ns. (b) All employment, transfer or termination travel and transportation of an employee's fam- ily, h ouisehliold go:)d and personal effects, allow- able under tihes regulations, shall begin within two yeirs from thie effective date of the em- ployee's appointment or transfer, or from the time of a terminated employee s repatriation, as thie case may be. exclusive of the time spent on furlough granted: for the duration of active military, naval, or Coast Guard duty, and, in snu ar as concerns travel and transportation i outside the United State.s, exclusive of any period which shipping restrictions make the travel and transportation impossible. (Based on section 5 of Executive Order 9805 and Comptroller Generals Decision B 79912 of Novem- her 3, 1948, 28 Comp. Gen. 285) I.O Emplycet no.t affecti. These regulations shirll not apply to persons whose pay and allowances are est iblished by thie Career Compensation Act of 1949) (63 Stit. S02). (From section 11 of Executive Order 9805, as amended by Executive Order 10196) 1 7 Dlcrmination of transpfriatiwn rights. The members of an employees imnnmed ate family and tlhe household goods and personal effects to be trans- ported at Government expense shall be determined as of the effective date of the transfer or leave travel order authorizing such transportation or, in case ot terminal tion, as of the effective date of the termination. EXECUTIVEREGULATION 51 CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT PANAMA CANAL COMPANY OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT BALBOA HEIGHTS, C. Z. June 30, 1955. Executive Regulation No. 51 REGULATION OF SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS By virtue of tire authority contained in Section 52t of Title 2, of thle Canal Zone Code, as added by the Act of June 28, s1955 (Public Law 105, 84th Congress. 1st Session), thie following regulations are prescribed for the sale and use of fireworks in the Canal Zone: . "Sec. 1. The s5le of fireworks in tihe Canal Zone is prohibited. , "Sec. 2. The use or firing of fireworks in the Canal! Zonw is prohibited, except as hereinafter provided. "zSec. 3. The term "fireworks" shall mean and inchlide any comnbustibhl or explosive composition, .. .. ,. + n rttnfc Ar emnhirat imn (if salystanc'll.- or THREE Panama Canal pilots were aboard the 28,790-ton SS Orsova when she made her maiden transit of the Panama Canal last month. The Orsova is 723 feet overall and has a beam of 90.65 feet; this gave her a clearance of less than 10 feet on each side in the lock chambers. Ten towing locomotives took her through the locks. The Orsova was en route from Sydney, Australia, to London with 992 passengers. Adantic Side Equipment Conversion Contract Among Largest Of Power Projects (Contitnue from page 1) ventilating fans, 450 pieces of hobby-shop equipment, and 260 pieces o The cast will be met funds. In ment, the o individual p to 60-cycle f miscellaneous equipment. of by the wn >iec fre accept a cash tr fo po BE pa is us actor equal t r converting 1 licy, which h )ard of Dire ny, will gove in op3ratino ed regularly 1 converting all equipment Power Conversion Project case of household equip- er may choose to have an e of equipment converted iquency or at his option settlement from the Con- Lo the contract bid-price the unit in question. This Las cta rn by been approved by the ors of the Canal Corn- on all equipment which condition and is being the owner. No technical difficulties are foreseen by Canal engineers planning the project although a maze of intricate work sched- New Division Chief 1 v.v, V T~ ules must be developed and coordinated to prevent undue delays. These sched- ules will be set up by the contractor with the concurrence of Engineering and The conversion simplified by the i mission facilities areas in the Canal cases, duplicate e Col. Hugh M. Arnold, Construction Director. work will be greatly fact that double trans- are available to most Zone. And, in many equipment is available for Company-Government service units. This equipment can be converted for 60-cycle use in advance and can be placed in operation when 60-cycle cur- rent is available. Domestic Conversion In the case of domestic equipment, the conversion will proceed in small groups of quarters fed by the same transformer. The householder will be notified in advance of the date when the change will be made from 25-cycle to 60-cycle current and all frequency sensitive equipment will be disconnected just prior to the switch- over. Conversion of such essential equip- ment as refrigerators will be completed g rn.nidlv na nnsiqihln n-owivr an.rp "' " """ "~r��:; -��~RP"I" ~, i ri"rfx~"~ August 5, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW COMMERCIAL TOTAL T SHIPPING RANSITS SETS BELOW RECORD FOR PREVIOUS CANAL; YEARS' FIGURES Commercial shipping lacked only three transit of reaching the 8,000-mark for ocean-going vessels during the past fiscal year, a new record in the Can ating history for this class of tra Most Frequent User all's oper- ffic. of Canal Traffic last year by U. S. Government shipping through the Canal was far below that of the previous years, with the result that transits by ships of all categories fell below the totals of either the two pre- vious years. Transits last year totaled 9,760 for vessels of all classes, while the totals for each of the fiscal years 1953 and 1954 exceeded 10,000. There were 296 transits by ocean-going Government ships last year, as compared with 800 the previous year. The 7,997 transits by ocean-going commercial ves- sels was over 200 above in the previous fiscal year, which also was a record. Cargo tonnage last year was at an all-time high with 40,646,301 tons, approx- imately 550,000 tons more than the total for the fiscal year 1954 when a new record was established. Tolls for the past fiscal year amounted to $35,136,529 of which $1,217,536 was for the Government ships in transit. The tolls declined from the record of $37,191,- 106 in the previous fiscal year, even though tolls on commercial shipping were slightly higher in 1955 than in 1954. The decline in the amount of Govern- ment shipping began soon after the cessa- tion of hostilities in Korea and continued throughout the past fiscal year. New Monthly Record The amount of commercial traffic through the Canal remained high through- out the year, there being only two months when there were less than 640 transits by ocean-going vessels. A new monthly record in number of ocean-going transits was set last March with 709 transits. A monthly record in amount of tolls was set in May with $3,072,000, this being the only time in the Canal's 46 years of onnratinu history that tolls on commer- MOST FREQUENT Canal visitor during the fiscal year which ended June 30 was the 3,946-ton refrig- erated ship above, the Brazilian Reefer. She made 55 Canal transits in the 12-month period on her run between the United States East Coast and banana ports in Ecuador, carrying between 1,000 and 1,500 tons of bananas on each northbound trip. She is of Danish registry; her master for most of the year has been Captain H. J. Moeller. Continental Shipping Company is her agents. Second most frequent Canal visitor was another banana carrier, the 1,250-ton Honduran ship Vanda. She made 48 Canal transits in fiscal year 1955, carrying an average of 350 tons of fruit on each northbound trip. The Vanda's master is Captain Harold Rasmussen; her agents, W. Andrews & Co. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND TOLLS Vessels of 300 tons net or over By fiscal years Month July - August .- September \ _. . L .- Transits 640 652 660 A02 638 640 612 .C1 1938 457 505 444 i.Ai (In thot 1955 $2.646 2,752 2,756 ) Qa l Tolls sands of doll 1954 $2,817 2,778 2,591 I re STATISTICS ON CANAL TRAFFIC For the purpose of comparison between pre-war and post-war traffic through the Panama Canal, statistics for the fiscal year 1938 are used in this section, as being more nearly normal for peace time than those for 1939. 1938 $2,030 2,195 1,936 1 OC1 I I , THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW August 5, 1955 Italian Line Ship Visits To Isthmus Predated Construction Of Panama Canal The Italian Line which has had offices in the Canal Zone since 1916 for its passenger-freight trade between the Med- iterranean and the west coast of South and North America makes current use of the Panama Canal with three passenger ships and five freighters which make some 53 transits a year. The three America-Pacific famous Italian men whose met chosen to hone traveled in the dimare, who ex and Amerigo probably the b since his name world and he voyages in the * .. ' tl passenger ships on the South run bear the names of navigators. no )r 0 pl Ve est The three ry the Italian Line has are Marco Polo, who rient, Antoniotto Uso- ored the African Area, spucci. The latter is t known to Americans oN WI/:n-^ /-._,_ f was given to the new made several exploration Western Hemisphere a few years after Columbus. The three ships belong to a series of six buil Societa world t Panam; opened They design, swimmi Although luxury Line or routes, lar amo t by the Italian Line ("ITALIA" di Navigazione, Cenca) for its rade, much of which has used the a Canal since the time it was to traffic in 1914. n h 1 t )n are with gpo i no mnern the hey attractive ships of n comfortable state ols, bars, and movie lo t comparable with t s operated by the North- and South-A are nevertheless very modern rooms, )unges. he big Italian tlantic popu- ig travelers on the west coast of South America. Pre-War Days During the years before II, the Italian Line was tomer of the Panama C, which grew steadily from brought from 40 to 60 freight ships through th year from Mediterranean e World War a steady cus- anal. A trade 1921 to 1939 passenger and e Canal each ports en route to the west coast of South America and the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada. In addition there were a num- ber of cruise vessels which visited Canal waters but did not transit, and several other Italian flag ships which were repre- sented here by the Italian Line. In fiscal year 1939 for instance, 59 Italian ships used the Canal, and carried 179,468 tons of cargo. That year alone. Italian DR. R. C. PERNIGOTTI, Manager of the Italian Line in Cristobal, came to the Isthmus in 1926, routes but both having Colon as their terminal points. Therefore present services of the com- pany from the Mediterranean to Carib- bean area up to and beyond the Panama Canal go back many years. When the Panama Canal opened for business, the Italian Line began service to the west coast of South America with three passenger ships. In 1915 the line obtained a lot on the water front in Cristobal for the construction of a two- story office building which would also serve as quarters for the manager. The building was constructed in 1916. The first manager to move into the building was Manfredo Pincherli, a well-known resident of Panama who had lived on the Isthmus during the construction days. His assistant was the late O. Heilbron, equally When manage: Italian Canal. in THE well known. SMr. Pincherli took r of the new office, v ships were using the According to statistics PANAMA CANAL RECORD, over as ery few Panama shown only 40 Italian ships made the Canal transit between 1915 and 1921. From that time on, however, business increased and by the end of 1921 two Italian shipping companies had estab- lished regular service between Genoa and Valparaiso. They were the Navigazione Italiara a Vapore (La Veloce), and the Navigazione Generale Italiana. La Veloce Line started its service with a steamer sailing about This was an extension th: of the service which had for a number of years and Caribbean ports by w Barcelona, and Teneriff line put a freight ship every 45 days every 60 days. rough the Canal been operating between Italian ay of Marseilles, e. The second over this trade and started a passenger service. Italian ships began operating from Europe to the west coast of the United States and Canada in 1925 with the SS Piave of the Navigazione Libera Triestina. This company put new 10,- 000-ton among which shipping The the we; 20's an motor ships them the MS Le became well-k g circles. South American st coast service d 30's with the on this service, me and MS Fella, nown min Canal service as well as grew in the late addition of the MS Orazio and the MS Virgilio, two pas- senger freight vessels of 11,700 tons which traveled regularly Canal to Valparaiso up to through 941. Pacific Coast Service In 19 senger 1 freighter coast sei Cunard tioned Californi largest between coast up In 19 and the into onl 30 rin *s "viS 'VI( lin an .a, and 1931 several large rs were added to the ready on the Pacific e. They included the to r Albania which was rect a renamed California. a 12,000-ton ship, was vessel to be placed in service Europe and the Pacific west to that time. 32 the South America service west coast service were merged i one company (See page 19) , --- . I5 i ,,. August 5, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW SHIPS AND SHIPPING Transits by Ocean-Going Vessels In June 1955 1954 Commercial. 653 660 U. S. Government.. 31 40 Total ...... 684 700 Tolls* Commercial. .... $2,811,652 $2,769,789 U. S. Government.. 149,631 144,608 Total ..-... $2,961,283 $2,914,397 *Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. Tuna boats, long a familiar sight in Balboa Harbor, have become regular transit customers of the Canal during recent months following the opening of a new tuna cannery at Ponce on the south coast of Puerto Rico. About 2,500 tons of tuna have been shipped through the Canal to the new cannery since the first of this year. Most of the sleek, white fishing craft formerly made the long haul to California with their catch. The run to Puerto Rico is made in about half the time required for the trip to California. Italian Line Ship Visits To Isthmus Predated Construction Of Panama Canal (Continued from page 18) called the Societa Italia Flotte Riunite. Almost all the fine fleet of ships was lost during World War II. The Italian Line offices in Cristobal were closed and regular shipping business was not resumed until 1947 when the MS Sebastiana Caboto arrived from Genoa en route to Valparaiso with passengers and freight. At present only one of the pre-war ships, the SS Conte Biancamano, is in the Caribbean service. This vessel is well- known locally since it was held in Cris- tobal harbor for several months at the beginning of the war and was later taken over as a troop transport by the U. S. Government. At present it operates between Genoa and La Guayra, Vene- zuela, during part of the year, and from Genoa to New York the rest of the time. Three Volcanoes In the S other Canal nean They Tritot Th addition to the three new ships on south American run, there are five Italian Line ships which transit the I on regular runs from Mediterra- ports to the Pacific west coast. are the Vesuvio, Etna, Stromboli, te, and Nereide. e Andrea Doria, one of a group of new Italian Line ships built since the war for the New York trade, visited Cristobal last year on a cruise. CANAL TRANSITS __COMMERCIAL AND U. S. GOVERNMENT IFiscal Year Commercial vessels: Ocean-going --.............. *Small..-......-.. Total commercial .-........ **U. S. Government vessels, ocean- going--------.--------.. *Small - -.. . . . -- Total commercial and U. S. Government Atlantic to Pacific 4,002 575 4,577 168 89 4,834 Pacific to Atlantic 3,995 574 4,569 128 229 4.926 Total 7,997 1,149 9,146 296 318 9.760 *Vessels under 300 net tons or 500 displacement tons. **Vessels on which tolls are credited. Prior to July 1, 1951, Government-operated ships transited free. TRAFFIC MOVEMENT OVER MAIN TRADE ROUTES The following table shows the cargo shipments in thousands of long tons segregated into eight main trade routes: 1954 Total 7,784 1,222 S9,006 800 339 10.145 1938 Total 5,524 931 6,455 441 6,896 United States Intercoastal ................. East Coast of U. S. and South America . West Indies and West Coast 1V. S./Canada... East Coast of U. S./Canada and Far East... - U. S./Canada East Coast and Australasia- -.- Europe and West Coast of U. S./Canada---- Europe and South America-- .. ...- -.�.. ... Europe and Australasia .----------- .- . ...-----..... All other routes--. . .. - -. . . . . .. ... .... Total Traffic - -... ... . I Fiscal Year 1955 5,978 5,971 1,186 8,393 1,274 5,094 2,527 2,328 7,895 40.646 1954 5,017 6,673 501 8,975 1,306 4,379 2,037 2,303 7,904 39,095 1938 6,395 2,652 669 4,912 992 4,237 2,974 1,251 3,304 27,386 Canal commercial traffic by nationality of vessels Fiscal Years 1954 Nationality Argentine -- Belgian .... Brazilian ....... British_ Chilean ..._ .. Chinese . .. Colombian ... Costa Rican - -. Cuban--------- Danish _ - ---. Ecuadorean . Estonian . Finnish _ French_.. - 1955 Num- T ber of Tons transits of cargo 15 8,908 10 35,191 1,145 6,897,789 60 323,734 38 289,543 198 261,249 31 212,055 )9 132 014.334 79,164 44,750 585.123 Num- ber of transit 1 10 275 106 2 136 Tons of cargo 7,555 12,733 7,726,640 429,245 130,112 240,640 259,137 14,828 582,989 1938 Num- ber of Tons transits of cargo 1,281 9 2 2 223 I * � . 5 SVI *U ~ I , , c: * : ' I " * p -. * Shipment Reach In Pi A1 -TiI ast Fii Cargo mne High scal Yea THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW lr The amount of cargo shipped through the Panama Canal during the fiscal year 1955, ended June 30, exceeded by more than one-and-a-half million tons the record set in the previous year. Heavy shipments of oil through the Canal from the Pacific accounted for the increase since fluctuations in the amount of other commodities were generally of a minor nature. The amount of mineral oil shipped from the Atlantic to the Pacific last year was slightly under the previous year's figures, but oil shipped from the Pacific to the Atlantic increased by approximately 1,650,000 tons. The major increase in the tanker trade from the Pacific to the Atlantic was attributed to heavy shipments of fuel and diesel oil on the United States Intercoastal route and from United States ports to the West Indies. These amounted to 1,250,- 000 tons. Coal and coke being moved through the Canal to Japan continued at a high level during the past year, although ship- ments were 500,000 tons under the pre- vious year's figures. This trade has been one of the significant factors in Canal traffic since the close of the war. Pacific-Atlantic Up The increase in commodity shipments last year was entirely in the Pacific-to- Atlantic movement. The amount of commodities shipped from the Atlantic to the Pacific, totaling 18,419,000 tons, was slightly under the total of the previous year. The comparative figures min the Pacific to Atlantic trade were 20,892,000 in 1954, and 22,227,000 tons last year. In addition to the big increase in oil shipments, gains were shown in the Pacific-to-Atlantic trade in lumber, ni- trate, pulp, comm than ments produ coffee bananas, metals, barley, wood and copra. Among the principal odities, however, these were more overbalanced by decreased ship- of ore, wheat, sugar, canned food cts, refrigerated food products, , and raw cotton, although none of August 5, 1955 Port Captains-Arriving and Departing a - *- O-- S- Io %I - Cab - a CAPT. ANTHONY ROESSLER (pronounced Ressler), new Balboa Port Captain, started the orientation tour of his new domain in the Marine Traffic Comptroller's Office at Balboa where a magnetic map board shows the location of all transiting ships. Capt. Horatio Lincoln, outgoing Port Captain, is explaining that the numbered, white tag shows that the ship which was No. 4 on the day's northbound schedule was then in Miraflores Lake. Captain Roessler arrived July 13 from command of the fleet oil tanker Ashtabula. In addition to his duties at Captain of the Port of Balboa he is a member of the Board of Local Inspectors and a member of the Board of Admeasurement. Principal commodities shipped through the Canal (All figures in thousands of long tons) ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC Fiscal Year Commodity 1955 1954 1938 Mineral oils . .. . . ... . 4,305 4,486 907 Coal and coke.. ... . .... 3,274 3,374 137 Manufactures of iron and steel- ----- 1,792 1,843 1,859 Phosphates ..-----..- -----------1,043 813 328 Soybeans and products ---.... --- ------- 557 577 3 Sugar .. ..... .... ......- ---520 497 57 Sulphur -- ----- -------- 463 417 297 Paper and paper products-- ..---.. .. 377 368 423 Cement- . - --- ----- --------------- 300 283 154 Ammonium compounds .. .. 295 184 71 Machinery . .... .... 285 289 168 Automobiles and parts 268 242 208 Chemicals, unclassified ..... ------ 233 192 109 Raw cotton . .... ..... .... 226 255 142 Wheat --.-.....-...----------.....--. -216 138 10 All others.. .-.. . . .... ... .. .......... ... - 4.265 3;820 3,653 Total ........ ... .- 18,419 18,458 9- - - 676 'Total 18,419 18,458 9,676 j |


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Shabbos 1441) THE MILK OF A WOMAN IS "METAMEI" EVEN WITHOUT INTENT QUESTION: Rebbi Akiva maintains that the milk of both a woman and an animal are Machshir even though nobody planned to drink them. The Chachamim maintain that the milk of a woman is Machshir without intent, but the milk of an animal is Machshir only when one intended to drink it. 144b2) SQUEEZING POMEGRANATES ON SHABBOSQUESTION: The Beraisa says that one may squeeze the juice out of prunes, quinces and crab-apples, but not out of pomegranates, because the people of the house of Menashya ben Menachem squeeze pomegranates for the use of the juice. The Gemara wonders, how can the conduct of just a few individuals establish for everyone that pomegranates are normally squeezed for their juice? Rav Chisda explains that when a person intends to use the pomegranate juice, he lends significance to the juice and thus he is Chayav.3) MILKING A GOAT ON SHABBOS QUESTION: The Gemara says that it is permitted to milk a goat's milk directly into food on Shabbos. Doing so is not considered to be the Melachah of Mefarek, because milk is considered Ochel (food) when it is in the goat (since it is part of the goat which can be eaten), and it remains Ochel when it is milked into the food and becomes part of the food. The Melachah of Mefarek involves taking an item that was initially Ochel and making it a *Mashkeh* (liquid).Next daf |
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Obama appears to be breaking new ground in leadership: leadership by low expectations.
While many merely focus on the football, the story of Michael Vick is worth celebrating.
Is any event so small that President Obama does not feel compelled to weigh in on it? Apparently not. Witness his recent impression of Mrs. O'Leary's famous cow when he turned Pastor Terry Jones into an international crisis. President Obama's intervention turned over a tiny lantern and set the entire world ablaze with hysteria over the pastor's plans to have his 50 church members burn a whopping 200 Korans. In Chicago, one cow's misstep set the whole city on fire. This time, thanks to the president, from a small ember in Florida came a globe-engulfing wildfire.
Surely there must be at least five optimists left in America, but so help me, I can only find Rich Karlgaard of Forbes and myself.
Despite an ever-spewing undersea oil well, another increase in weekly jobless claims, and a nation ablaze with immigration concerns, President Obama has finally received good news.
President Obama's need for continued leadership coaching astonishes me. His inexperience rears its ugly head almost daily.
Self-righteous overreaction will get you nowhere. True leadership, on the other hand, will take you nearly anywhere you need to go.
In Barack Obama, we are witnessing the second coming, not of Christ, but of Neville Chamberlain himself, the embodiment of appeasement.
merica's understanding of sexual conduct involving minors has swung from one end of a pendulum to another. From a 1970's laissez-faire Polanski approach to a fully repressed Victorian renaissance in the 2000's. As a result, in our effort to protect children, we are not only targeting predators, we are targeting almost anyone.
Barack Obama is not a Muslim. Can we all please just accept that fact? Perpetuating lies about anyone, especially a national figure, simply creates hysteria and does no one a good service, especially America.


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Feeding Raw Wildlife?
I live in the countryside and I'm a big animal fan, now previously I fed the wildlife in typical western style.Hedghogs got tinned cat food, birds got fat balls and ducks got bread etc
So, anyone got suggestions for feeding raw wild life, all animals but especially; birds, ducks, hedgehogs. I feed the wild rabbits, but the d'uh-factor in my brain says raw carrots are all good :D
Got any suggestions?
i'm not sure about raw food with those animals. i feed apples to deer and peanut butter on bread to squirrels. that's my favorite because the squirrels just eat the peanut butter and leave the bread. i think it's cute haha i'm sure you could use carrots or celery though. i know groundhogs like lettuce and carrots because i've fed them at the game preserve. how bought raw sunflower/pumpkin/hemp seeds for birds?
I read on a site that after you use wheat grass seeds and harvest the grass, that the birds will like to eat the seeds that were used. If you don't grow wheatgrass I guess you could still sprout the seeds in a jar for them. (The seeds are sprouted before they're planted.)
Feeding wildlife is highly detrimental to them Please Read: