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■ 22, 1938 
Scientists Study IslandS^ 
While President Fishes 
; Roosevelt’s Party Catches Five 
. Sharks In Waters Off 
} Mexican Coast 
■ Aboard U. S. S. Houston, En Route 
jto Panama, July 21 (/P ) — Treacherous 
:Clipperton Island, 675 miles off Aca- 
Ipulco, Mexico, was examined in the 
I interests of .science and navigation to- 
-day by members of President Roose- 
RoosevelL Parly 
Land Five Sharks, i 
One 6 Feet Long] 
Aboai'd TJ. S. S, Houston, En 
Route to Panama, July 21 (ff ). — 
Treacherous Clipperton Island, 675 
miles off Acapulco. Mexico, was ex- 
amined in the interest of science 
and navigation today by members 
of President Roosevelt's party, 
while the Chief Executive added to ^ 
hLs laurels as a fisherman. ' 
An exploration party headed by 
Prof. "Waldo Schmitt, of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, brought bags and 
tubs filled with bird, animal and 
marine specimens back to the Hous- 
ton from the volcanic island. 
Meanwhile. President Roosevelt 
and those with him returned with 
five sharks, one measuring 6 feet in 
length, and a catch of other fish. 
velt s party, while the Chief Executive 
added to his laurels as a fisherman. 
An exploration party headed by 
Prof. "Waldo Schmitt, of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, brought bags and 
tubs filled with bird, animal and ma- 
rine specimens back to the Houston 
from the low-lying, volcanic island. 
'^lean.while. President Roosevelt had 
great luck in a five-hour fishing ex- 
pedition in one of the Houston's 
launches. He and those with him re- 
turned with five sharks, one measur- 
ing six feet in length, and a catch of 
other fish so heavy it had to be hoisted 
aboard by the ship’s crane. 
There was not room in the Houston’s 
refrigerators to hold all the fish. 
F. D.’s Ship Headfd 
for Galapagos Island 
ABOARD THE U.S.S. HOUSTON, 
En Route to Cocos Island, July 22 — 
(By Naval Radio to The United 
Press) — The U, S. S. Houston car- 
ried President Roosevelt and his va- 
cation party far south into the 
equatorial waters of the Pacific to- 
day. The Houston was making a 
1300-mile run from Clipperton 
Island, far off the coast of Mexico, 
to Galapagos Island, west of Ecuador 
in South America. 
Yesterday, the President and his 
five fishing companions went ashore 
on the tiny French island possession 
to cast their lines. Their catch was 
so large that the crew members 
aboard the ship had to use a lifting 
crane to bring it on deck. 'There 
were five sharks, one of them meas- 
uring five feet from tip to tip. 
Professor Otto Schmitt of the 
Smithsonian Institution in "Wash- 
ington went inland with a party and 
returned with bird, animal and ma- 
rine specimens which he said were 
extremely valuable for scientific 
study. 
Capt. G. N. Barker, commander 
of the Houston, and three naval 
aviation cadets, W, C. Jakeman, 
J. P. Jones, and A. J. Dugan, ob- 
served, after a day-long survey, that 
the island is a mile southeast of 
its present charted position on offi- 
cial naval mapsL 
Roosevelt Nears ^ 
Galapagos Isles 
Aboard U. S. S. Houston, En Route 
to Panama, July 22 (TP). — "Voluminous 
Government reports occupied the 
attention of President Roosevelt to- 
day as he cruised toward the tropi- 
cal Galapagos Islands, land of nud- 
I ist exiles and a weird death mys- 
tery of several years ago, involving 
j associates of a German baroness. 
The Houston was "due Sunday 
afternoon for a week’s visit among 
the volcanic islands, more than 500 
miles west of Ecuador, to which 
they belong. 
The Houston sped through calm 
seas and ideal weather at 22 knots 
today on the 1,300-mile course be- 
tween Clipperton Island, off Mexi- 
co, and the Galapagos. 
Except for the destroyer McDou- 
gal, the Houston’s convoy, not a 
ship or scarcely a sign of civiliza- 
tion has been sighted since the 
Presidential party left San Lucas 
Tuesday. 
