GREAT BRITAIN: Propaganda?

$500,000 MAIL STOLEN ON LEVIATHAN

Such was a recent headline, typical of hundreds which appeared throughout the world when the flagship of the U. S. Lines last docked at Southampton, England.

As the Leviathan steamed into New York harbor, last week, her skipper, Captain Harold Cunningham, pounded a table to the delight of ship news reporters and roared: "The theft did not happen aboard my ship. It's all a lot of damned British propaganda!"

Queried a reporter: "Isn't your language a little strong?"

Vexed, the Captain rapped, "You may make it doubly strong! . ....

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