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...John Brown & Co., Ltd. Behind them they left the largest ship's hull that man has ever riveted together - Britannia's unfinished bid to rule the Atlantic mercantile wave again. As a handful of watchmen took up their duties under the deserted hulk, deepest gloom settled over Clydebank. Less than 30% of all Clyde shipworkers remained at work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Gloom on Clydebank | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

...London. Indictable criminal offenses rose from 17,664 in 1929 to 20,553 in 1930. London's murders increased from ten to 21 in the same period. * There was a marked increase in crimes of violence. Only last week three unidentified men held up the Clydesdale Bank, at Clydebank, near Glasgow, shot two tellers dead and escaped. Scotch police blamed "Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY!! | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

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