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...bottle of champagne, she swung it briskly against the bow of what, in the Bath Iron Works, had theretofore been merely Hull No. 272. Cried she with faultless diction: "I christen thee Ranger." The hull slipped smoothly down its chute, flopped into the water, stern first, with a loud splash, and ten minutes later workmen swarmed aboard Ranger, warped back to the dock, to step her 163-ft. duralumin mast...
...Pravda. It carried an item of 150 words relating the Coronation, the great parade of troops and dignitaries and the presence in London of delegates from 55 countries. Suspicious Pravda concluded that they would naturally indulge in important diplomatic conversations. Only in Italian newsorgans did the story make no splash. Obedient to Mussolini's order to boycott Britain's party (TIME, May 17), this was the full text of Italy's official Stefani News Agency report: "The Coronation of King George VI took place this morning...
...Labor Perkins in Washington and worked out a settlement with which she announced herself "extremely well pleased." Less pleased with Mr. Rand's terms, the strike leaders pondered, postponed acceptance. Elsewhere in the seething cauldron of U. S. Labor old and new sit-downs and walkouts continued to splash up and vanish in a constant boil...
Paced by Captain Bill Kendall of the Australian Olympic Team, and Eric Cutler of Noble and Greenough, the Freshman Swimming team slipped down the pool last Saturday evening to take away a 42-33 record-breaking splash-fest at the Indoor Athletic Building...
...ears splash in the tank as boatload after boatload of prospective Varsity oarsmen work out, smiling Tom Bolles declines to commit himself in any way on who will be in that first boat that starts against Princeton towards the end of April, or, of more importance, of just who he thinks is going to win that race. But one impression is definitely gained in that boathouse: the crew that does wear the Crimson in that and succeeding races will have plenty of spirit, and they will represent the best that one of the country's best coaches can produce...