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New liner to enter transatlantic service next summer, the 14,000-ton Media was christened at Clydebank by the wife of Britain's transport minister, Mrs. Alfred Barnes
New liner to enter transatlantic service next summer, the 14,000-ton Media was christened at Clydebank by the wife of Britain's transport minister, Mrs. Alfred Barnes

New liner to enter transatlantic service next summer, the 14,000-ton Media was christened at Clydebank by the wife of Britain's transport minister, Mrs. Alfred Barnes

Date12/13/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: New liner to enter transatlantic service next summer; the 14;000-ton Media was christened at Clydebank by the wife of Britain's transport minister; Mrs. Alfred Barnes
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