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This week the greatest mass ever moved by man from land to water will go down the ways into the River Clyde near Glasgow. On hand for the most elaborate launching of an ocean liner, known to the world only as No. 534, will be King, Queen, peers, knights, tycoons, workmen and thousands upon thousands of plain British subjects, all fairly bursting with pride at this achievement of empire...
...Their Majesties been present at the launching of a merchant vessel. For this week's historic occasion they will not only be present, but Queen Mary herself will break a magnum of champagne across the monster's bow at the christening. Longer (1,018 ft.) than the Clyde is wide (see map), No. 534 will slide stern-first into the river, with tons of drag-chains coiled about her sides to check her momentum. The splash when she hits the water was expected to send eight-foot waves surging over an orchard on the opposite bank. To accommodate...
Along with Mr. Howard on the credit side of Keep Moving's ledger is a vulgar man named Clyde Hager. Right out of Gasoline Bill Baker's "Pipes from Pitch men" department in The Billboard, Mr. Hager, clutching suitcase and stand, scuttles back & forth across the stage pursued by a policeman until late in Act I. Then, setting up his tripes and keister, he proceeds to vend his patent potato peeler. It is all very authentic, with many protestations that his company is really giving away its product for advertising purposes and is willing to throw...
...vast bulk of Cunard-White Star's new liner No. 534. Last week ship- yard officials thought they could find a safe bottle of low pressure champagne but said that if unfavorable winds hold back the tide on the appointed day there may not be enough water in the Clyde to launch their monster. Launching or no launching. Queen Mary, resolute as King Canute, planned last week to crack her bottle on Sept. 26, will cry "I christen thee Victoria...
...lest Britain's No. 534 be altered in construction to make her the bigger ship. In Paris suspicion was still keen last week, but in Government circles it was said that French engineers recently managed to measure No. 534 in famed John Brown's shipyard on the Clyde. Their report: No. 534 is 1,018 ft. long, or 9 ft. shorter than the Normandie which Paris papers called last week "not only the largest ship but the largest moving unit in the world...