Many Kinds of Wood Used in Interiors Of New Dollar Liner

With a bottle of rvaters collected from the seven seas Mrs. Herbert Hoover christened the "President lloover," first of the two new $8,000,000 turbo-electric liners of the Dollar Steamship Lines, at Newport News, Va., Dec. 9. The "President lloover" is the largest merchant vessel ever turned out in an American shipyard, her length being 653 feet and her tonnage 33,800.

Many varieties of wood rvere used in the construction of the interiors of this palatial liner. These included Philippine Hardwoods, Walnut, Macassar Ebony, Satinwood, Harewood, Rosewood, Zebra Wood, Ebony, Teak and Honduras Mahogany.

A de luxe hotel at sea adequately describes the new ship. which is equipped rvith every convenience to be founcl in a leading metropolitan hotel.

When the "President Hoover" arrives in Los Angeles and San Francisco, sometime during July or August, 1931, invitations rvill be sent to Pacific Coast lumbermen to inspect this largest, finest, and fastest American-built oceangoing liner.