Fish Canning Gain Seen at Local Port
San Diego sources warn that after years of two port competition Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor gains on San Diego due to duty free imports and cheap foreign fish. March tuna deliveries show 2120 tons at San Diego plants and 7511 tons at Long Beach Los Angeles. Totals for 1951 reach 173 236 tons with 7 440 257 cases produced. imports rise amid tariffs and untaxed frozen tuna.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
San Diego
San’ Diego
California
New 58-Foot Yacht Under Construction at F & S Yard
Fellows and Stewart yard on Terminal Island builds a 58 foot yacht for George Mitchell, first since before World War I, with 16.5 foot beam, two 165 horsepower GM diesels, and sails up to 900 square feet. Designers are William Gardner of Seattle. shipyard crew includes Bill Baum, Dave Nyquist, Roy Reynolds, and George Chalker.
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Terminal Island
Heman
George Mitchel
William Gardner
Seattle
General Motors
Bill Baum
Dave Nyquist
Roy Reynolds
George Chalker
Shortage of Skilled Seamen Persists Despite Retirements
Despite retirement of over 250 Liberty freighters by the Maritime Administration and a coal export slack, the shortage of skilled seamen remains, says Henry B. Brummен, personnel assistant at the Long Beach office of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Jobs offered on short notice for certified able seamen firemen water tenders oilers licensed radio operators or junior engineers.
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Maritime Administration
Henry B. Brummen
Long Beach
Military Sea ‘Transportation Service
Sailors Union Gains AFL Backing in Union Drive
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific reports the California Labor Federation AFL executive council will provide full financial and moral support to its drive to absorb culinary workers on Pacific coast ships. Marine cooks and stewards have faced an enrollment campaign by SUP and NMU since the MC&SU was expelled from the CIO. The SUP has requested a National Labor Relations Board election to determine representation.
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Executive’ ‘Council
California Federation of Labor
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SUP
Marine Cooks and Stewards
National Maritime Union
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CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Titanic Sinks After Iceberg Collision On Maiden Voyage
A 1912 disaster account recalls the Titanic strike with an iceberg near Cape Race. It details the ship’s luxury, the quiet panic, women and children first, the Carpathia rescue, notable passengers, and the final plunge as the sea swallowed the liner.
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Associated Press
New York
Southampton
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Carpathia
John Jacob Astor
Benjamin Guggenheim
Archibald W. Butt
Isidore Strauss
God
Peruvian Fish Meal Cargo Lands Here for Canning Expansion
A Grace Line freighter landed 16 021 bags of Peruvian fish meal from Paita Peru in a cargo manifest filed with the customs. The shipment also included 97 625 large tuna and other related consignments from Callao and Chimbote signaling growth in Peru's fishing industry. The report notes extensive plans for canning development in Peru connected to the cargo.
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Paita
Peru
Grace Line
Callao
Chimbate
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