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Show "Whistle Chorus" s I Ordered Suspended As Menace to Ships NEW YORK. Dec. 27 New York harbor's "whistle chorus" which has screamed a noisy welcome to every transport returning avIUi soldiers from overseas, was ordered suspended as a menace to navigation today b'y Godfrey L. Cardcn, captain of the port. The spectacular "water curtains" shot up by fire boats and the playing of bands at piers where transports are being berthed, also 'were prohlbitcd, According to port officials, transports trans-ports and other craft in the harbor frequently fre-quently have been endangered because the noise of the "whistle chorus" drowned tho sound of signal whistles I and the "water curtains" seriously impaired im-paired the vision of navigators. The playing of bands at piers was said to interfere seriously with the work of warping vessels in. |