Show U. U S. S FLAG RETURNS TO fO SO AMERICAN Al PORTS f 1 Rio nio DC De Janeiro Americans Americans here herc and andIn andin andin In other Brazilian ports lOrta arc nrc hoping to seo ee In the near future tho Stars and Stripes Stripes' floating from rom at lea least t 50 to percent per pcr percent cent of tho the ships shops In the lire har harbors ors of ot otRio Rio Santos and Pernambuco a condition condition condi condi- tion Uon that has not existed since the decline de decline do- do cline of or Americas America's merchant fleet Collow following following fol fol- low lowing In I the civil c war and anel tho thu Introduction tion shortly shortt afterward of ot steel by Great Britain In 1011 1911 only three throe American vessels I touched at this port In comparison I 1 with in Since Sinco 1911 however there was aa a n steady Increase I Of OC the tho seventy one American vessels which entered Rio Itlo in 1018 HilS only seventeen seventeen seventeen seven seven- I teen were steamships |