New US Battleship Launched

France launches the newest super-liner, the world's largest, proudly bearing the name"S.S.France". Christened by Madame Charles De Gaule, the 1.035 foot craft will carry 2,000 passengers, France's bit for eminence on the North Atlantic run.

The U.S.S.Drum is christened at Portsmouth Navy Yard, the latest addition to the expanding undersea defence armada.

Athens, GA. - Led by Charley Justice, the North Carolina Tar Heels rip through the Georgia Bulldogs. An 85-yard punt return by Justice is the thrill play of the contest.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were nervously awaiting the verdict on Tuesday of voters in North Carolina and Indiana, the biggest nominating contests left in their Democratic presidential tussle. An AFPTV report.

A worker gets his signals mixed, and the Deutschland, first battleship built by Germany since the war, glides into the sea before President Von Hindenburg can smash the bottle of champagne against her hull to officially name her.

A vessel found to be carrying $100,000 worth of liquor is suspected of attempting to violate the prohibition law, despite the captain's claims of legitimate trade outside the US.

The crew of the U.S.S. North Carolina, somewhere far from home, plans Christmas for their children. A check for over $2,000, the sum of their donations, accompanies a letter written to Macy's department store in New York, along with a list of 729 names and addresses of small fry. The store is requested to choose a gift for each at an average cost of three dollars, and mail same with a card reading "For sons and daughters, Merry Christmas from your dad and his shipmates of the U.S.S. North Carolina.

The cruiser St. Louis, World War I transport veteran, is the first of 58 American naval craft to be scrapped by 1936 in accordance with treaty.

Scouting for enemy activity, British bombers take off on dangerous missions, and have already destroyed many Nazi U-boats.