The Archive · 1937

Next Dollar Liner to America

Booking to Begin Soon for Pres. Hoover, McKinley The evacuation of Americans to Manila is considered about over with some sixteen hundred women and children having left Shanghai.

Returning from evacuation duty to the Philippine Islands, the Dollar liners President Hoover and President McKinley are expected to arrive at Woosung on August 31, and September 1 respectively. The exact times of arrival are uncertain as yet, the Dollar Line stated yesterday, but both vessels will sail on the same day that they arrive at Woosung for the United States. The President Hoover wil! sail for San Francisco while the President McKinley will make her Gestination Seattle. Booking for the President McKinley will begin on Friday while that for the President Hoover will begin about Saturday.

In addition to many Americans who have been waiting for a chance to sail for the United States, a large number of Chinese students will return to their studies in the United States in these vessel:

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