The band played the "Star Spangled Banner," a few strains from "Aloha Oe," some of "Auld Lang Syne." Franklin Roosevelt took off his Panama to the officers and men of the U. S. S. Houston as he left the cruiser that had been his home for 33 days, 12,000 miles. On the Portland dock welcoming crowds saw him give a confident toss of the head, watched his well-tanned face glow with self-assured smiles. A few drops of rain fell from a threatening sky upon him in his...
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