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HITT HAN 1 ail 4 -W. JOHNSON has been ap- C pointed assistant manager of works of the Westinghouse Electric. & Mig. Co; East. Pittsburg, Pa. After graduating from the Ohio State. University, he entered the em- ploy .of the Steel Motor Co., Johnstown, Pa. A year later he became associated with: the Bullock Electric Co., Cincin- nati. In 1904 he was made superin- tendent of Allis Chalmers Bullock, Ltd., 'Montreal, Que. In 1907 he entered the employ of the Westinghouse company as chief inspector of works, later be- ing promoted to general superintendent, in which capacity he served until his recent appointment. eo ke F.'L:. Roserts has recently been ap- pointed supervisor of purchases and dis- tribution of the Chicago Ship Building Co.; 'Chicago. S. G. Turner, formerly with the United States shipping board, has been appointed purchasing agent for the company. i Ok * F.:R. Sri, vice president and sec- retary of the American Blower Co., Detroit, has left for an extended busi- ness trip for the purpose of studying conditions pertaining to export prob- lems. His itinerary. will include Japan, China, Australia and many European - countries. * * * ArtHur B. Swezey, passenger de- partment head of the Cunard line, New York, has been appointed manager of the San Francisco offices of the Cunard- Anchor and Anchor-Donaldson lines. . eM | Joun G. Brasu has been appointed office and sales manager of the Dauntless Shipyard, Inc., Essex, Conn. Previous- ly Mr. Brash was purchasing agent for the Connecticut state council of de- fense. eR Vincent K: Hutt has been made vice president and manager of the Inter- national Shipping Corp., New York. Formerly he was secretary and manager of the company. He also served on the United States shipping board and the shipping control committee. @ Se RicHarp P. MomsEN, 'member of the. bar of Brazil, has resigned from the post of acting American consul gen- arine News in ¢ Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the y G Ss SY LW KS KK G SS QD Maritime World Are Doing | I ine eral and has opened law offices in Rio Janeiro. His position in the consulate general during the period of commer- cial, economic and financial expansion between Brazil and the United States has given him a good opportunity of preparing himself for the reciprocal protection of American interests in Bra- zil and Brazilian interests in the United C. W. JOHNSON States. He intends to specialize in cor- poration, commercial, maritime and ad- ministrative law 'and has_ established an organization for "registering patents and trade marks. | Graduates of Amer- ican technical universities will compose the technical staff for handling patent cases. ate ek J. A. Dover has taken charge of the San Francisco office of the Java-China- Japan line. Mr. Doyer formerly had charge of the line's Hongkong inter- ests. During the last few years, the line's basiness out of San _ Francisco has increased by a large margin which necessitated the opening of a _ branch office to supersede the agency arrange- ment under. which the line previously handled its San Francisco interests. ee JouNn J. Forp, works accountant at the Fore River yards of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., Quincy, Mass., 247 =A Personal SY SSS ss Ss SSS ON EN \N ay SUI has been transferred to Bethlehem, Pa., where he has taken up the duties of assistant comptroller of the corporation. Be OE ie le Capt. Joun F. Brain has resumed his prewar connection as Pacific coast agent of the Stewart Davit & Equip- ment Corp. Capt Blain's offices are in the Coleman building, Seattle. . ee Rosert L. Laxe recently resigned his position as manager of purchases' and trafic of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va., to return to his home in New York to look after person- al enterprises. Ca ee MattHew C. BusH has been elected to fill a vacancy. on the board of direc- tors of the Missouri Pacific railroad. 'Mr. Bush is president of the American Shipbuilding | Corp. he International Capt. R. A. Gicurist, of Davis & Gilchrist, export freight contractor, New York, has returned from Bordeaux, France, where he supervised the dis- charging and loading of United States transports. © : eee Henry W. B. Zunpt, manager of the New York branch of the department ef shipping information of the United States shipping board, has resigned to become associated with Haas & Mac- Intyre,; marine insurance, New York. | ok 2K 2K -Lucien H. Perers, who has been a member of the freight traffic committee of the railroad administration for more than a year, has been appointed traffic control manager for the port of Bos- ton and will have charge of the issu- ance of permits on all export freight shipped via the port. Mr. Peters for many years was foreign freight agent for the Boston & Albany railroad at Boston. ee H. L. Muurican, for some time Bos-. ton manager of the White Star line, has taken over management of the W. H. Eaves Steamship & Tourist agency, that city. Mr. Mulligan is now New Eng- land agent of the French line, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., the Red D line and is booking for the Ward line, also for lines operating to South Amer- ica, Europe and the Far East.