UNDER SEALED ORDERS
QUEEN MARV & MAURETANIA SAILING FROM NEW YORK. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR SERVICE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. NEW YORK, March 20. Smoke is pouring from the funnels of the Queen Mary and the Mauretania, and it is believed that they are sailing today under sealed orders. The Mauretania is loading sand ballast. The Queen Mary’s luxurious furnishings are being dumped on the pier. She is provisioning heavily. Police have been ordered to keep a sharp watch on the Hudson River for mines or bombs disguised as debris. They have also been ordered to report immediately low-flying aircraft. The Queen Mary's crew are being issued with tropical uniforms. It was reported from New York yesterday that the. Queen Mary and Mauretania were ’to be employed as troopships.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 March 1940, Page 5
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126UNDER SEALED ORDERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 March 1940, Page 5
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