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Died. Sir Percy Elly ("Chin") Bates, 67, long-jawed, longtime chairman of the Cunard White Star Line, who advocated, planned and finally saw constructed the giant liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ; of a heart attack, a few hours before he was to board the Queen Elizabeth for her maiden peacetime voyage (see BUSINESS) ; in London...
Married. Harry P. Davison, 48, Morgan-partner-son of Morgan-partner Henry P. Davison; and Eleanor Sparks Martin, fortyish, daughter of Sir Ashley Sparks, K.B.E., Cunard White Star Line resident director in the U.S.; he for the second time; she for the third; in East Norwich...
...Cunard White Star Line, which prides itself that its Queens are the fastest ships in transatlantic service, last week took the lead in something else. It announced a thumping increase in fares. Sir Percy E. Bates, Cunard board chairman, said that when the Queen Elizabeth begins peacetime service this fall, the minimum rate for first-class passage will be "on the order of $360, perhaps more...
...first-class fare was higher than Cunard's own prewar rate (about $287), only $15 less than the present air fare from New York to London. (If the Civil Aeronautics Board approves, airlines will soon cut their New York-to-London fare to $325.) If Cunard's fares were any indication of what other luxury liners would charge, airlines could confidently expect to capture much of the first-class travel. Cunard apparently hoped to fill the luxury staterooms of its Queens with passengers who do not like to fly. But airlines were confident that price would tell, that...
Five Bars in Helsinki. Freddy himself was only 16 when he committed his first crime against classical music. He and some fellow high-school boys had played their way to Europe on a Cunard liner. Later, in Helsinki, playing at a hotel, they heard that Jean Sibelius would be a dinner guest that night. They hurriedly worked up a ragtime version of Sibelius' Valse Triste. Sibelius heard five bars of it, and stalked heavily from the room. Says Freddy now: "That's one reason I've never attempted to do anything with Sibelius...