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His place was taken by E. D. Tenney of Hawaii, who guided Matson destiny until the late twenties, when he was succeeded as Chairman of the Board by William P. Roth, Matson's son-in-law. Under Tenney and Roth, the Matson Line continued to operate in the bold traditions laid down for it by its founder. A freight service was opened between Atlantic ports and Hawaii, via the Panama Canal. Faster-running passenger ships were built, to cut the time of the regular runs in half so that Americans could fit Hawaii into the regulation twcweek vacation. New luxury ships were added in 1932 to link Australia, New Zealand, the South Seas and America into a full-fledged trans-Pacific service.
When World War II rolled around, the Matson Line once again had a powerful, this time bigger and faster, fleet to put at the service of the War Department. Its 4? freighters became the elephants' backs for our Pacific war effort. Its four passenger liners traveled one-and-a-half million miles, and transported threequarters of a million troops.
Following the war, the Lurline, Mariposa and Monterey were com' pletely reconditioned into fireproof luxury liners for the Hawaii run. The worn-out old freighters were scrapped, and replaced by a modern fleet of cargo liners, linking Atlantic and Pacific ports with the entire South Pacific.
EVERY Matson ship is searched for stowaways before it sails. Whenever one is found he is courteously but firmly escorted to the
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gangplank. Not all stowaways try to conceal themselves. Some openly mingle with the passengers. But a high percentage of these are spotted by keen-eyed Matson officers, whom long experience has taught to recognise by guilty mannerisms and expressions which give them away. Stowaways who are discovered at sea are placed under technical arrest, and shore authorities are notified by wireless.
It often happens that a man seeing his friend off to Hawaii joins him i in one too many in his stateroom, where both fall asleep before sailing li time. Although his trip isn't in i tentional, the man who forgot to get off the ship is technically a stowa i way, and must alter his status by pay ; ing passenger fare. He usually does. t Not long ago three girls, each about s 21, "forgot" to get off a Matson „ ship when she sailed. It was quite , obvious that they had decided on ^ stowing away as a lark. They were j so vivacious and charming, however, ^ that the passengers adopted them and i, took up a collection to pay their fares and buy them sport clothes at the ship's store. Once in Honolulu, they had themselves a wonderful time, I and then wired their parents for * money to come home.
Passenger lawsuits are also an occasional headache to the Matson ^ Line. A favorite suit is for injuries received while falling down stairs. One prize suit was by an indignant T mother who claimed that her boy ^. cut his lip in the ship's playroom when the ship stopped suddenly at sea. After the complaint had been made legally, Matson's attorney (