Show I I BETTER PRiCES PRiCES' FOR SHIPS SEEN Board Expects to Put Vessels Vessels Ves Ves- Ves- Ves sels on Rising Market WASHINGTON Feb 18 By By offerIng offer offer- Ing Its entire fleet for sale at this time the shipping board expects In the event of ot passage of the ship subsidy plan about to be submitted to congress to sell the vessels on a rising market ItI it t was said today by shipping board officials oUI- oUI I in n connection with the announcement announce ment moot that bids would be received until March 14 Advertising at this time In the opinion opinIon opinion ion of board officials will meet allI all technical requirements and make possIble possible pos pos- possible advantageous sale I sible a quick is adopted when the subsidy Of 1470 vessels offered by the shipping shipping shipping ship ship- I I ping board 43 93 carry passengers and cargo while the remainder are various types of cargo ships Included in the I passenger vessels are twenty former German and Austrian ships ranging from tons to tons These latter comprise a number now In servIce servIce serve Ice through allocation to various operating operating oper oper- steamship companies in South American trade and Atlantic and Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- trade The big liner Leviathan is I not Included Twenty Twenty three three passengers of tons each built bunt in the Emergency Fleet corporation which which are are Included are declared de declared declared de- de by shipping board officials to represent the last word in passenger ship construction up to this tonnage Some Somo of these notably the Southern Cross Bay Day State Pine Tree State Palmetto Palmetto Palmetto Pal Pal- metto State and Nutmeg State are of the tho foot class Most of or these vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels are either on the South American trade routes of those of ot the North North Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic and on Pacific routes to tote the Far East Discovery has been made of several caves cave In New York where It Is believed Indians made their homes among the tha I cliffs |