40. Knots New York, June 11.
Naval experts gasped with amazement and qualified as "extraordinary" the feat accomplished by a new United States destroyer, the U.SS. Hammann, when the vessel, travelling at a speed of 40 knots stopped 58 seconds.
The vessel was being tested for approval by the Navy Department, and was being tested off Long Island.
To prove its efficiency, its constructors ordered that the skipper signal for "full speed astern" when the ship had reached its maximum forward speed of 40 knots. The vessel stopped.in 58 seconds in a distance only two and a half times its length. The "full speed astern" was maintained for fifteen minutes, the vessel reaching a speed of 20 knots going astern. The "full speed ahead" was then ordered, and the vessel regained its speed of 40 knots in one minute and 10 seconds—
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An estimated 3,000,000 people packed streets and buildings along the route Their Majesties followed from New York's famous Battery to the Fair grounds, where another vast throng awaited them.
The temperature was in the high eighties and the weather appeared threatening. Rain fell for a short time after the King and Queen reached the Fair grounds.
The huge crowds were orderly, although they broke through police lines in some places. Many disregarded Scotland Yard's request that all building windows along the route of Their Majesties' tour be kept closed. The uproarious welcome included a shower of ticker tape along West Street, but closed windows along' most of the route deprived Their Majesties of their full share of fanfare from the brokers' offices.
Typical New York Greeting The King and Queen motored to the Fair grounds after a brief tour around the outer fringes of Man-hatton. Thby did not drive down the "Heroes Line" section of Broadway where most notables are paraded.
Their Majesties disembarked from a Navy destroyer at Warrington Battery from Red Bank, N.J. They were immediately swept into the tumult of a New York welcome as ship and factory whistles blew and thousands of Americans gathered at the Battery cheered them.
The Governor, Mr. Herbert Lehman, and the Mayor of New York, Mr. Fiorello LaGuardia, welcomed Their Majesties as they disembarked from the destroyer. A thirteen car parade then started the tour of the city and the trip to the World's Fair grounds.
The parade passed the German Consulate overlooking the Battery and viewed a prominent display of Nazt flags.
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