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Show Wine and Water in the Christening of - Warship on Coast SAN FRANCISCO July 31. Into the high lide of Oakland harbor, the i tacarbon Utah's Liberty loan honor ship, was launched at 5 o'clock this afternoon, aft-ernoon, California wine and Utah mountain water glistening on the bow as the big oil tankor glided down the v.a of the Alameda yards of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation, j The unusual combination of wln rnd wateradded flavor to the launching launch-ing ceremonies. The wine dashed upon the starboard bow by Miss Margan I Horsley, the pretty sponsor, was used to lay the "jinx." which men of the sea contend may attach to a ship not christened with the traditional vintage Governor Bamberger dashed the botth of water against the port bow. Representing the treasury department. depart-ment. Governor Day of he Twelfth federal reserve presented the ship to Carbon county, and it w.i accepted by , Governor Bamberger trovernor William Wil-liam D. Stephens w$lb called upon by ; .Master of Ceremonies Carl K. Marcu-I Marcu-I sen, and responded with a glowing tri- bute to Utah's chief executive President Heber J Grant of the L. ' IDS. church, who was state Libert loan chairman when I arbon county made its great record, also spoke. The launching party from Utah was j entertained at a luncheon at the Hotel Ho-tel Oakland at 1 o'clock by the Oakland Oak-land chamber of commerce. Joseph E. Caine, formerly of Salt Lake, was I toast master. Luncheon was attended by about 150 former Utahns and prom-i prom-i inent men and women of the bay cit-I cit-I les. At the luncheon, Utah and Carbon I county, represented by President Grant, presented a handsome siher service of Utah metal to the Utacar-bon. Utacar-bon. The set was accepted on behalf of the United States shipping board j by A- J. Frey, distric t manager of the Emergency Fleet corporation. By proclamation the mayors of all bay cities designated today as Utah day because of the launching Th. J launching ceremonies wen attended by an immense crowd. Fine weather contributed to make the program a complete success. Utah committet of the Oakland chamber of comnn p e were complimented by the Utah d It gallon for their hospitality to the visit-i visit-i rs. |