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Show e . f ; -v vA 4 ' ' " - 1 ' , ' 5 r i V ' "J " I : - . ' " ' ' Z2t iL : v 1 , ; , f ? ; , QUFFN' OF BRITAIN'S MERCHANT NAVY . . . Wearing her rovai robes, Patricia Purser is presented to her admiring subjects after she bad been crowned "Queen of the Merchant Navy," as the high spot of merchant navy week in London. The mayor of Westminster is presenting pre-senting her majesty. Prior to the war the British merchant navy was the largest afloat. War production of ships now has placed the U. S. A. in first place. |