The Archive · 1936

NEW YORK-BUDAPEST IN FIVE DAYS

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London, July 13.

'A. new boat-plane service bringing Budapest within five days of New York was inaugurated to-day with the arrival of the giant Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary at Cherbourg.

'A few minutes after the Queen. Mary arrived at 10.25 o'clock this morning from New York, several passengers boarded a waiting Imperial Airways machine which took off for Paris, Zurich, Munich, Vienna and Budapest, arriving at the Hungarian capital at 730 pin. Mails were also carried by the plane.

The Queen Mary's time on the voyage from New York was four days, 14 hr, 15 min, When the giant liner reached "Southampton. "this afternoon, it was stated hat she would enter the King George graving dock on Wednesday and her engines tuned up, and that she would not sail again until July 22—Reuter Tur memorial fund to King George V now totals £155,797, Mr. Saburo 'Kurusu, new Japanese 'Ambassador to Belgium, was received by" King Leopold' on' July 10. to whom he presented his credentials,

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