Word: shipped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus last week no transatlantic line had its "Coronation sailings" yet solidly booked in any class. Out-of-town agents, by paying a small deposit, are permitted to book and hold any number of cabins in dummy names until about ten days before a given ship sails, do not lose this deposit in any case as it stands to their credit if the reservations are given up. This sort of speculative booking had by last week pretty well "filled" the Queen Mary, Paris and Bremen-all of which sail from Manhattan at just the right time for last-minute Coronation...
...each, their cheapest. Thomas Cook & Son have the stand of 4,000 seats near Hyde Park Corner and throw in with one of these seats a minimum rate inside cabin on the Kimgsholm for $395 roundtrip. This definitely cheap inclusive rate covers dinner, breakfast and bus transport between the ship in the Thames and a point within five rninutes walk of the stand. American Express offer similar rates with emphasis on further travel on the cheaper Continent after the Coronation...
...VIII as a cadet was "The Sardine." The more serious, studious nature of George VI made him, as a cadet, "Dr. Johnson" and later "Mr. Johnson." It was soon evident that the present King was the only scion of the Royal Family ever to show a definite mechanical bent. Ship mechanisms became his major interest. Even today His Majesty is fond of the exceedingly intricate model railways-not "toys" but "scale models" costing in some cases up to $20,000 for a complete system...
...September 1914 the appendix of Prince Albert was removed, in 1917 he was operated upon for acute duodenal ulcer. Despite these gastric difficulties, the Battle of Jutland found him in the "A" turret of H.M.S. Collingwood as that ship went into action. During the bombardment he coolly made hot cocoa for his fellow officers...
...Portuguese delegate who declared that his country, too, refused to contribute to the International fleet, thus leaving Britain, France, Germany and Italy to do the job. These four powers resolved to take over the whole blockade from midnight of March 6. Each ship will fly in addition to its national flag a "neutral blue pennant with a yellow cross." Italy will patrol the eastern coast of Spain from the French frontier down past Barcelona and Valencia to Alicante. From that point Germany will patrol the southeastern coastline to Malaga. British ships will patrol from Malaga through the Strait of Gibraltar...