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Captain Gatewood Resigns Captain R. D. Gatewood, for the last two years manager of the Unit- ed States Salvage association, has resigned. Captain Gatewood is well known in shipping circles and was for sev- eral years manager of the United States Shipping Board-Merchant Fleet Corp.’s bureau of maintenanace and repairs. He also-served for a while as New York district director of the shipping board. His future plans have not as yet been announced. Lloyd Director Dies Carl Joachim Stimming, director- general of the North German Lloyd, died suddenly in Hamburg on Nov. 7 of embolism resulting from injury sustained in a fall. He was 55 years old and had been connected with the company since 1917, when he was made a member of the board of di- rectors. In 1921 he became general manager, succeeding Philip Heineken who was elected president of the board. He supervised the develop- ment of the North German Lloyd fleet after the World war, being particu- larly well fitted for this work ow- ing to his early training in the Ger- man navy. His latest achievement was the conclusion of a working agree- ment with the Hamburg-American line in 1930. To Manage Dimon Line A. P. Hammond, well known in intercoastal shipping circles, has joined the Dimon Steamship Co. as general manager, succeeding John W. Chapman who resigned to become associated with the freight traffic department of the Grace and Pan- ama Mail lines. Mr. Hammond was for several years Pacific coast manager of the Luckenbach line and later served as vice president and general manager of the California & Eastern Steam- ship Co. until it was sold to the Quaker line in 1929. Wins Promotion in Line The appointment of F. T. Cuttle as assistant freight traffic manager of the Canada Steamship lines, in charge of the company’s bulk freight traffic, was announced on Novy. 16. Mr. Cuttle joined the Canada Steamship lines in 1920 as assistant general claims agent and the follow- ing year was appointed’ general claims agent. In 1923 he was ap- pointed manager of the insurance de- partment and three years later be- came assistant to the general man- ager. In 1928 he joined the freight traffic department as assistant to the manager. 30 L. A. W. Doherty and N. W. Van Wyck were recently appointed gen- eral freight traffic manager and freighter traffic manager, respective- ly. Marine Engineer Opens Office as Consultant RTHUR M. TODE, formerly tech- nical consultant on marine and diesel machinery with the Texas Co., opened an office as consulting marine engineer in suite 1011, 17 Battery place, New York, on Nov. 2. In his wide technical and practical expe- rience Mr. Tode has dealt with ma- rine reciprocating, turbine, diesel and auxiliary machinery, modern marine management, ete. He began his professional experience in 1913 and served four years as en- Arthur M. Tode gineer in the Ward, American and Clyde lines. From 1917 to 1919 he was a lieutenant in the United States navy, and from 1919 to 1923 acted as chief engineer and senior instruc- tor in engineering aboard the train- ing ship Newport. He then served a year as erecting and testing engineer on marine diesel engines with MclIn- tosh & Seymour Corp., Auburn, N. Y., and also a year as head research en- gimeer on diesel engines with the Henry L. Doherty Corp., New York, joining the Texas Co. in 1925 as ma- rine superintendent. He is well known in marine circles, having served on many committees of tech- nical organizations and contributed liberally to various marine journals. J. Howland Gardner, president of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, has joined the Kearfot Engineering Co., 117 Liberty street, New York, as consulting engi- neer. Mr. Gardner was for many years president of the New England Steamship Co. and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1894. MARINE REVIEw—December, 1931 Joins Grace Steamship Line John W. Chapman, who recently resigned as vice president and gen- eral manager of the Dimon line, was appointed vice president of the Grace line, effective Nov. 5. He will supervise the cargo operations of the fleet beween New York, Central America and the West Coast of the United States. Much of his atten- tion will be centered on the four new 19-knot combination liners being built at a cost of $18,000,000 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. at Kearny. To Direct Manufacturing A. W. Thompson, who for the past five years has been Pacific coast man- ager in charge of sales for Fair- banks, Morse & Co., has been ap- pointed vice president in charge of manufacturing. Mr. Thompson joined Fairbanks- Morse in 1920 as general manager of the Indianapolis plant and in 1926 was transferred to San Francisco as Pacific coast manager in charge of sales. In 1928 he was made a vice president. Prior to his joining the Fairbanks-Morse company, Mr. Thompson spent 10 years with the General Electric Co. Joins Westinghouse Staff Ralph Leavenworth has been ap- pointed general advertising manager of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., in charge of all advertising and publicity activities of the company, including the advertising division of the merchandisng department, now centered in Mansfield, O. His office will be in the East Pittsburgh head- quarters of the company. Mr. Leay- enworth was formerly assistant gen- eral sales manager of the Austin Co., Cleveland, and prior to that was connected with Paul Teas Ine. Will Command New Liners Commodore J. H. Trask, who for nearly 30 years has been in command of the Matson liner Sierra, will be given command of the company’s new $8,000,000 liner MarrposaA when she Sails on her maiden voyage from New York on Jan. 16. Commodore Trask, who has been at sea for more than half a century and has sailed more than two and a half million miles between San Francisco and Sydney as commander of the Srerra, is su- pervising the finishing touches of the MARIPOSA at the Fore river shipyard, Quincy, Mass. Captain W. R. Meyer, hero of the TAHITI rescue in 1930 and for years master of the VENTURA, will be given command of the company’s second new liner, the MONTEREY.