Show HO hOOVER PlAN tUNG P ARIL ON nARS nAR'S ABOARD U U. S. S S. S UTAH Dec 29 AP AP-A AP A. A jolly shipboard New Years Year's celebration on sas was vas being planned today by members of Pres Pres- ident elect Ho Hoovers Hoover's vers ver's party part officers of the Utah and newspaper corre corre- On One feature Is to be a dinner and reception in honor honor of Mr and Mrs Hoover who are to be be witnesses of the days day's festivities While novelties were b being con concocted concocted concocted con con- the tho vessel was was was' f four ur or or orlye orlive lye live degrees north of the equator some miles to the east cast of of the French Guiana Gulant coast Tropical al weather was contin continuing ing- ing with northeast trade winds It was vas as very hot below decks but jut there w was s abundant ventilation and on deck awnings protected the Hoover party from tho the sun The Intermittent squalls Us and rain that prevail these days have made mauc the passage passage of the equatorial region agreeable for the he president elect and his wife The The- Utah's position Saturday noon was north latitude and west longitude 2771 2111 miles from Hampton Roads In the early morning the ship ran through fog for about an hour and andall andall andall all day the skies were were wee overcast The sea was gray and choppy Flying j I fish Ish and porpoises were sighted from time to time and occasionally schools of Portuguese men of war tropical fish with queer sail-like sail appendages hoisted above the water were seen The president-elect president will land at Hampton Roads before noon on January 6 and according to present expectations will take a special train at 2 o'clock clock Sunday afternoon arriving at Washington about 7 o'clock that n night The trip then thea ended Mr Hoover will have traveled trav tray 1 I more than miles mUes |