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Show NORMANDIE'S NORMANDIES ' RIVALS . Although the French liner Normandie , laigest lalgest largest and fastest fastestmerchant fastestmerchant fastestmerchant merchant ship afloat , bioke bloke broke all transatlantic records on her recent recentmaiden re recentmaiden ent entmaiden maiden voyage , her SUPl supiemacy supremacy emacy of the sea wIllnot will not long go un- un unchallenged unchallenged un unchallenged - - challenged . The Queen \ Mary l\Iary l Iary . , now being built in England , will be readyfor readyfor ready readyfor for sea in 1n a few months , and many shipping men predict that she shewIII shewill shewill wIII will be a foimidable fOlmidable formidable r rival r'al \'al 'al al \ ' of the Normandie Nor7mandie . In the meantime , the Italian liner Rex , which has just yielded yieldedher yieldedher yieldedher her crown to the Normandie Nornland1e Nonnandie , claims a reserve of speed that may mayregain mayregain mayregain regain her lost laurels laurel The German ships Bremen and Europa Europawhich , which not long ago " ' were "ere ere 'sere sere the speediest in the would wOlld world , also have hopesof hopesof hopes hopesof of a come back . The United States has at present no vessel , either Clther afloat or orbuilding orbuilding orbuilding building , that can compete in 1n speed with any of the foreign ships shipsnamed shipsnamed shipsnamed named . Our once greatest ship , the Leviathan , lies rotting rottmg at a aHoboken aHoboken aHoboken Hoboken pier , permanently out of service . Her name would be besomething besomething besomething something of a joke yoke now , as the Normandi'e's Normandies Normandie's ' ' 79,280 79280 , tons so greatly greatlyovershadows greatlyovershadows greatlyovershadows overshadows the 48,943 48943 , tons of the once proud Leviathan . Comparing the first and lateststeamers latest steamers , Robert Fulton's Fultons Fulton's60foot Fulton's60foot Fulton's60-foot Fulton's60 Fultons60 foot ' 60-foot 60 foot - Clermont . . could have maneuvered in the 112-foot 112 foot - swim swim- swimming swimming swimming - ming pool installed mstaIled on the Normandie for the benefit of her herpassengerc herpassengers herpassengers passengerc passengers : ; . |