Paire Four
Friday, June 16. 1944.
Down the Ways to Destiny
C amp Adair S«
They Watch as Welder Burns Out a Souvenir
Trailblazer
GENERAL’S DAUGHTER AND private. Corinne Vounjr. whose father is assistant 71
Division commander, and Pvt. Felix Kitlinskl. Co. ('. 274th Inf., watch as welder boms out piece
launching-plate for souvenir, following launching of S. S. Trailblazer last Saturday.
LIKE A BRIDE BEFORE THE WEDDING
S. S. 'Trailblazer' I
Christened Saturday
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In the semi-gloom beneath the
huge hull, knots of helmeted work
men stood by with mauls, ready to
knock the last side-supports away.
Clear Signal. 1133
The soldiers deployed along
both sides of the shipway scaf
folding. so that every man had a
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TmÌ|h|»»f»r Phot-
W \ I ER-BORN E. I he >.>3-toot-li>ng hull of the S. S. Trail . clear view of the forthcoming
blu er, launched last Saturday at Swan Island shipyard, Portland. 1 proceedings. At 11:33 the yard
reaches the Willamette.
whistle sounded; it was the sig
nal to river-craft to clear the
water-area behind the ways.
'/ Christen Thee S. S. Trailblazer"
With General and Mrs. Dahlquist
and other distinguished guests oh
the platform at the bows of the
Vessel, Edgar Kaiser, head of Swan
Island, opened the ceremonies,
The brief speaking program
moved quickly along. Then Edgar
Kaiser placed in Mrs. Dahlquist's
hands a liottle of California cham-
pugne cased in woven red. white
and blue ribbons.
Standing where the prow fitted
jinto thè platform, Mrs. Dahlquist
| said:
“I christen thee Trailblazer.”
H< low, nothing but two inch-thick
steel plates, each with 18 holes
already drilled across it, now held
the mass of dead-weight hull in
place. With acetylene torches lit,
workmen began burning away the
intervals between the holes. From
under the bows, reports of their
progress were called up: "Hole one
gone . . . hole two gone . . . hole
" *J™
three gone ...”
TWO MIX! TES BEFORE LAUNCHING. The T S.
blazer, named for the 70th Division, as she looked 1-® ***'on
As the- count neared “eleven,”
fore -he started down the ways.
'
Kaiser motioned to Mrs. Dahlquist.
She grasped the neck of the bottle
with both hands and held it poised. ribbon-«watched bottle down on the keel and drifted away from ah
The torch-w icldois called ’Hole prow.
while the watching GIs chee
flevew gone . . .”
Champagne Foamed White
and yard whittles set up a I
Suddenly, with a crack clearly
sonant din.
irs A HOME RUN! Mr«. John F, Dahlqairt.T »p^Xr of"
Champagne foamed white as
audible
to
all,
the
hull
broke
free.
On the speakers' platform, k
the Trailhlater. »core« a knock-out <m tbwbww of the S. S. Traü-
the shapely mass of stoel slid si
At the same instant, with perfect lently down the greased ways, ranking officers and Oregon s
klarer ao it start« down the wayo. wHUnpHwMr* »Hk1 t ia dWI un al
Champagne.
timing. Mrs. Dahlquist brought the struck the river. rode o. an even and city officials grinned as I
era! Dahlquist sponged from
uniform splashes of champ«
Ih A* Uniform Men of 274th March to Launching Ceremony
from Mrs. Dahlquist's spiel
swing. Flash-bulbs popped. I
' rratillations were spoken, and d
■ in the yard 2350 soldiers, w ' i m
end pas.-es in their pockets, M
ranks and headed through the J
for a tour of inspection of wav«
fitting docks.
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HERE COMMS THE 27 4th. Th, MMW, regimen, i. a"
■niferm. marche» thnmgh Swan Islam! shipyard «a nau ta «ht»
way. foe taarnhw.« eeremmm-» .f s
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in addition to <>♦
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and Mts. D.*hl<|ui«t. wrt Bn<.
Ger.cial :. nd Mr«. Robert N. Y
Bv.ed-cr Generai and Mr«.
P. R i » Colonel and Mrs Cl
H Owe s. Governor Efcr!
Robert S B
reit, 'tate Trtr«:.rcr Lesi» n
Mn*-r Earl M ley of Pnrttaad. 1
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I rarlhlaaer Saturday.
i writer; Aaron Frank. M- • j
Frank Co.
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