Show Ho HOOVER vm ENJOYS f TURKEY DINNER ABOARD ADOARD SHIP Birds Prepared for Crew Party Aboard board Maryland HEAD FOR ECUADOR Neptune Ready for Call Long John Silver Says By THOMAS L. L STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent I ABOARD THE U. U S. S S. S MARYLAND MARYLAND MARY MARY- MARyI LAND EN CN ROUTE TO GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL GUAYAQUIL GUAYA GUAYA- QUIL ECUADOR Nov 29 United Press Turkey Press Turkey was king on board the Maryland tod today y as she cleared the Gulf of Nicoya and squared away on on her run for Guayaquil where President elect Herbert Hoover plans to pay his first South American call Saturday ri The cooks cia On on i b board ard the big flagship flag flagship flag flag- ship o of ot the P Pacific fleet a fleet a battleship battleship battleship battle battle- ship rioted for t its good had grub grub had drawn up up upa ani a m menu nu for the ships ship's company that included the Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving bIrd nd all the the- trimmings One hundred and forty turkeys turkeys- a total 1400 pounds fo for tOI the entire ship of ot which 1200 Is for the crew crew crew- stewed and simmered In the thO big electric ovens of the th battleship and the crew cre on holiday f sChed schedule l found excuses excuseS' to wander by the galleys and sniff the roasting birds i Hoovers Hoover's Thanksgiving menu follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows Anchovy on toast salted almonds celery celec and olives Roast turkey with chestnut dressing Giblet grayy cranberry Y i sauce u t and glaz glazed sweet n c j 1 V. V Graham muffins Asparagus Asparagus' UP tips t Macedone salad slad Cheese and crackers cracker Chocolate Ice cream cream j Demitasse PLAN SERVICES Thanksgiving ing service on the quarter quaD ter deck was pIan planned ned if rain squalls did not prevent by Chaplain Lieutenant LIeutenant Lieutenant Lieu LIeu- tenant Commander Comma der B. B F F. Huske Continued on page 5 6 i HO HOOVER VER ENJOYS TURKEY DINNER ABOARD ABOARD SHIP Continued from pas page page page-i. l 1 who will wilt take take- for his text Deuteronomy Deuter euter onomy onomy chapter 8 ver verse e 10 When thou hast and art full then thou halt hait alt bless the Lord Ird thy God for fOl the good land lan which lie ire hath bath ton given thee The quiet rest lest that usually follows fol lol- lol lows the Thanksgiving dinner will willbe willbe willbe be broken in the afternoon by the stern steril of Neptune ruler of the seas Representatives es of Davey Jones keeper of Nep Neptune's unes une's treasure chest cheat below the the- waters in the equatorial domain v jl ll board the ship at 4 o'clock a a. bulletin from Long John Silver his peg leg emissary warn warned cd the ships ship's company They will deliver solemn warning to the neophytes on board that preparation must be made for ceremonies cere cere- monies tomorrow when sev sever sevraI pral l bundred hundred hundred hun bun dred will be bo initiated by a 80 ducking in a tank on deck HOOVER SHELLBACK Hoover is among the those who have ha already crossed the equator who are gleefully preparIng preparing ing for the ancient sea ceremony The ship was within six degrees of ot the equator today today today-a a distance of about miles The Maryland was three hours behind schedule in leaving lea Punta Arenas not getting setting away from the Costa Rican port until midnight The Hoover party arrived from San Jose the thc capital in m the interior about 0 o'clock last night after a triumphal greeting greetin throughout t the nation that paralleled the welcome received in Nicaragua During the hour four-hour trip from San Jose to the coast Hoover contributed contributed contributed con con- generously to a a. relief fund collection taken at for victims vic vie tims time of the flood which swept that section two da days s ago A tropical downpour greeted the special train as it pulled into Punta Arenas BOY INJURED As tho the special tram train left the Costa Rican n capital a small boy hung hunS to the step stop of the tho Hoover train and wa wag thrown against a a. bos x car and seriously injured President Cleto Gongalez accompanied panted Hoover to Punta Punt Arenas to bid him Godspeed on his mission of will good-will to the tho nations of South America The Mar Maryland land ran Into squalls and rains and a slight sea was sas ruil- ruil ning high as she cru cruised across the Gulf Quit of Panama In the region of Cocos and ad Galapagos islands The Nicaraguan canal project was uppermost as Hoover Hoo doted closed his Central American visit and rested Thanksgiving day from the oUs otis three da days s 's of official calls INTERESTED IN CANAL The canil caral is a n. center Interest of-Interest In Nicaragua and Costa Rica The Tho latter nation is Js involved as the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan river on the Ule Nicaragua Costa Rica Rica- border will be utilized under the pro sad plans Costa Rica claims rights In the construction of the canal insisting on the tue free passage passage pass pass- age of ot her commerce but asking asking- no monetary awards according to the of official iclal view press expressed during Hoovers Hoover's visit I |