AMERICAN SHIP LINE.
PROPOSAL'-OF COMPANY. FAST ATLANTIC CROSSING. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The construction of six passenger ships of 35,000 tons each, costing £4,250,000, to cross the Atlantic in four days is planned by the newly,organised Trans-oceanic Corporation of the United States. This company is a subsidiary of the Brown Bovere Electrical Corporation. Its chairman, Mr Lawrence Wilder, says that the company is willing to furnish £10,000,000, if the United States Shipping Board will advance a loan of £18,000,000. The Board is submitting the proposal to the Government.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1928, Page 2
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87AMERICAN SHIP LINE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1928, Page 2
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