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Shortly before 8 a. m. the King did arrive. His special train swooped in on a special track, traversed the yards of Ansaldo Shipbuilding Co. and rolled directly under the object of his visit, the 15,000-ton hull of Navigazione Generale Italiana's new 50,000-ton liner Rex, which was to be launched in a few minutes, with Queen Elena as sponsor. This vessel, which has been made ready for launching in 15 months and is expected to be commissioned by September 1932, is designed to be the fastest transatlantic ship afloat, capable of 27 or more...
...Other European cars on exhibit included: (French) Hispano-Suiza, Renault, Delange, Citroen, Voisin, Panhard; (English) Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Sunbeam, Bean, Wolsey, Humber; (Belgian) Minerva; (Italian) Isotta-Fraschini, Ansaldo ; (German) Maybach, Mercedes, Rumpler, Benz...
...were paid for goods that were never delivered, that some bills were paid twice, that many companies never repaid capital loaned by the State. In all, the committee estimated that many million lire are owed to the country. One of the worst offenders, according to the report, is the Ansaldo Company of Genoa, which owes the State 89,000,000 lire for shipping charges...