Show Former Liner Normandie Will Be Sold as Scrap WASHINGTON President Truman Truman Tru man authorized the maritime commission commission com com- mission to dispose of the Lafayette La fayette Layette the former French luxury liner Normandie as scrap The vessel ves sel ael was taken over by the United States nine days after Pearl Har bor bore While being refitted as a troop transport she caught fire at a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York dock and overturned She was wal but never put to wartime use |