QUEEN MARY AND NORMANDIE
DISCOVERY IN NEW YORK
GUARDS DOUBLED ON BOTH LINERS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 25, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 24 The discovery of a plot to sabotage the Cunard liner Queen Mary, of 81,235 tons, and the French liner Normandie, of 83,432 tons, within a few days, caused high police, officials hurriedly to board the vessels, increase the guards and ban sightseers from the piers. Officials of the Cunard Line said information regarding the - plot was in possession of the United States Naval Intelligence Department. The New York police took the report so seriously that high officials had inspected the vessels and ordered the guards to be doubled. The Cunard Line refused to amplify the bare announcement, insisting that the report was confidential. Police officials said a naval intelligence officer had visited the ships earlier in the day. The huge liners are docked opposite each other at 50th Street. The Queen Mary is painted a wartime grey, but the Normandie is still her normal black and white. It was stated recently that the Queen Mary was to be laid up in New York for the duration of the war.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 11
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194QUEEN MARY AND NORMANDIE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 11
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