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...purse for his widow and children. The Majestic made New York harbor 24 hours late. In January 1929 the Majestic shipped another great wave which smashed in the forward hatches for three decks down. That time it was one of the galley cooks who was killed. Five seamen were injured...
Over the side went a Jacob's ladder and guy ropes. In rain and darkness a little group of seamen stood by the rail. In the center stood the Conte di Savoia's commander, sparse little Captain Antonio Lena. "It is my duty and mine alone to go down the side!" cried the Captain...
...Threats of another march on Washington were made by a delegation of jobless seamen who called at the White House to ask for a $1 per day dole...
...America liner Rotterdam, homeward bound from New York, displayed their national temperament. No disturbance broke the calm of the first nine days of the crossing except in the smoking room, where the Dutch Olympic team was en thusiastically breaking training. Rotterdam, the Dutch home port, was paralyzed by a seamen's strike. As the 21-year-old Rotterdam pushed her high prow past England's Bishop Rock, Rotterdam's strikers sent wireless messages to Rotterdam's crew. They were never delivered. Apparently acting under orders from the main office, Captain Van Dulken privately told his passengers...
...again last week was China's anti-Japanese boycott, cause of the much deplored Japanese invasion of Shanghai. On pain of a general strike, the Chinese Seamen & Pilots' Association ordered Chinese shipowners to refuse to refuel with Japanese coal. In Shanghai two new boycott clubs were formed, known respectively as The Purified Heart & Hot Blood Corps for the Extermination of Traitors, and The Blood & Soul Society...