Word: pennland
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Arnold Bernstein, minor German shipping tycoon, bought the Red Star liners Pennland (16,300 tons) and Westernland (16,500 tons) from International Mercantile Marine Co. Price for the pair: $1,000,000. Probable use: New York-Antwerp cabin trade...
...operated 94 ships (1,017,000 tons) of foreign registry as against only five (74,000 tons) of U. S. registry, today the proportion is nine (120,000 tons) foreign ships to 35 (385,000 tons) U. S. ships and, Mr. Franklin testified, its nine foreign ships-Belgen-land, Pennland, Westernland, Minnetonka, Miunewaska, Norwegian, Nubian, Dakotian, Nitonian-were all for sale. (Two days later the Nitonian was sold.) Moreover on July 1 I. M. M. will lose its job as agent for White Star as a result of that line's consolidation with Cunard. Further facts brought out last...
...Chamber or out of it, suggested that France could not pay. Matter of fact the exact amount of gold due the U. S. on Dec. 15 had been packed in boxes at Paris several days earlier and arrangements were complete to ship it this week on S. S. Manhattan, Pennland, Europa...
...grey, cloudy sky the Esa zoomed down over the S. S. Pennland, 395 mi. east of Halifax. It had taken 25 hr. to come this far. Observers estimated that bad weather had cut down the flyers' speed to 80 m. p. h.-30 m. p. h. less than the economical cruising speed of their plane. Also, the length of time indicated they were flying blind. Their compasses must'have gone wrong; they carried no radio. But they seemed unconcerned, headed for fog-bound Newfoundland...