LEVIATHAN TO WITHDRAW
an unpayable vessel. SEW SHIP TO BE BUILT. WASHINGTON, March 19. The Department of Commerce to-day j granted United States Lines permisI sion to withdraw the steamship Levia- , than from the transatlantic ser ice. 'Fhe giant German liner which the Government acquired during the World War and reconditioned at a cost of I 8,000,000 dollars to be flagship of the American Lines, has been a continual financial failure. Ln exchange for permission to break the contract to keep the vessel in service, the line has agreed to construct a sister ship to the Manhattan ano Washington with the Government probably granting financial assistance under the Roosevelt subsidy plan now pending in Con-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7
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115LEVIATHAN TO WITHDRAW Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7
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