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116 Telescope GREAT LAKES MARINE NEWS edited by William A. McDonald William M. Worden Detroit Cleveland Edwin P. Sprengeler Milwaukee April 20 Ocean ships began moving into the St* Lawrence Seaway winds made passages impossible for some time* after high April 25 Detroit Atlantic Corporation of Detroit, purchasers of the Michigan State ferry VACATIONLAND, announced a reorganization of Danco in which C.E. (Jack) Dalton became president and chairman of the board* Vice-president and secretary is Stanley A. Carter* Former president of Danco,Troy H* Browning, will be a member of the board. ***♦ John S. Wilbur, vice-president of Cleveland-Cliffs, said at the annual meeting or the Lake Carriers Association, that ore shipments from Lake Superior will drop to about 70 million tons this year. ♦*** The first ocean ship of the season arrived in Milwaukee* She was the HARPEFJELL of the FJell-Orange Line* **** A study group in Washington has suggested that the economic possibility of the proposed Champlain cut-off be studied. The waterway would connect the Richelieu River, Lake Champlain, and the Hudson River with a deep draft channel. **♦* Kerr Steamship Company of Detroit has been appointed general agents for Michigan Ocean Lines,sailing between the Great Lakes and the Caribbean* Newly appointed agent for Hellenic Line's service between the Lakes and Mediterranean ports is the J.F. O'Brien Co. of Detroit* April 26 HARPEFJELL, first ocean vessel into Milwaukee, came into Chicago to become that port's first "saltie" of the season. April 27 Defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City launched the third Navy guided mlssle destroyer to be built by them* The vessel was named the USS ROBINSON, and cost an estimated 17 million dollars. April 28 First vessel to use Milwaukee1s new municipal passenger pier was Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Company's HIGHWAY 16,which brought in 175 new automobiles. The Line's MILWAUKEE CLIPPER, (a) JUNIATA, Is being rejuvenated at Muskegon, Michigan, prior to entering her regular Muskegon to Milwaukee service* She will feature a new interior color scheme.