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Show iiBiir ! CLOSES ITS GATES I 'Giant Plant Turned Over to I Shipping Board rillLADKI.rillA, Ki'b. 4,-Hok island today ooa.icd Its shlpbulldlnit activitl's. so far us the .r-sint man-iigvmrnt man-iigvmrnt is concf rind, and (he key to jlhe vas; yard was. formully turnd over to the I'nil'd Htatos slujipliiK lion i d. Tin- f-rfinony ( (rjnsferrinir the criu Hhii)-.-trd was simple and brief. I M. ". Jiriish. i.ri -ic! nt of the Interna- tii.lntl Shiitiulld:n corioratim, .vhM h ;ueratt--l the pl.-nt as aK-nt of met j fhippin iH.arcl, h. Moled to Frederick Moii.m, r T.sentati e of the board, a k.-v symbol. xinir I turniri; over ol : tlie ur.l. The ti v was four feet Ions:, i tna.le In liie wot.ilu.ukinic ilepartnv'ol ' of the plain, fiotl p uiited a silver color. j It is c-tlmatcd the surplus fn.tlerial 'a' the yaid cost the government, at i .T priC' M. fl.HI.llO. There are also at the jard twentv-loitl.r twentv-loitl.r steel .hiis valued at f22.0u.w.l. j To. v were brouKbt to th-t yar-J for bi'tlimi! from the racife- and other II .lawire river yaids. Suae f them i weie wilh.lrawii li- m -rv r ail'r I o. . in traffic bof.,i! to fall off. i The jard llsidf. with il- many wur.-.j i To. vh. ,orktiOK alid Otber bo ll-J: liL'S. I c ..t $'.;, moo. Mini, ami -All' n the uihuI. n I k was turned ov.r .1. repre-a ni. .1 aJ pio . r'y .uue. at wai prn ta. c.-l tn..li l at II ""'. i.ou. I |