The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-23
BREMEN CUTS !. NINE HOURS OFF
 ATLANTIC TIME
German Liner Makes Sen sational Cut Tn Trans
 Ocean Time

NEW 1oINrA, July zJ.- ne RldDU Atlantic liner Bremen, symbolic of Germany's bid for her maritime prestige, came into port yesterday evening on her maiden voyage, beating the Cunard liner Maura- tania's world record time of five days, two hours and thirty -four minutes from Cherebourgh to Am prose Light in Lower New York Bay by eight hours and fifty-twc minutes. This is the most sensa- tional reduction of trans Atlantic stcaming time that has been made in many decades.
 But few vessels have attracted so much attention upon arrival at this place as that which greeted the great German passenger ship. She received a deafening welcome from land, sea and sky.
 A mail plane was catapulted from the ships deck when off Fire Is- land and landed the mail in New York five hours before the Bremen docked.
 Under the able command of Capt. Leopold ziengenbein, the arrival of the Bremen marks a great event, not only for the North German Lloyd, but for transatlantic steam ship service generally, for the new s p and her sister ship Europa. W iich Esill be put into service early next year, have created unusual at- tention on both sides of the At lantic, even since the fact was made known that these ships would offer the travelling public the very best and most modern accommodations in ocean travel as well as speed.
 938 Feet Long
 With a length of 938 feet and 98 feet wide, of 50,000 tons, the Bremen is a masterpiece for con- venience and comfort. Never before has a single passenger ship ever boasted of such a wide diversity of conveniences. To classify the Bremen, it was necessary for the North Atlantic Conference to cre- ate a new rating, for the highest previous rating ever given a ship was Class l. The Bremen was ac- cordingly rated Class A, as was her sister ship the Europa, on ac- count of their speed, size and gen. eral luxury. These are the first ships to be given this high rating.
 The sailing of the Bremen was heralded for many months, and her arrival here July p was anticipated with genuine interest. She repre- sents a new class, a super de-luxe type of ship entirely revolutionary in design. It is significant that the Bremen has attracted the atten- tion of the worlds greatest marine architects and designers as well, for the reason that she sets new standard in design and construc- tion, being a departure from the age-old customs and practices, as well as incorporating new and radi- cal improvements which make for greater speed and safety.
 Christened by Hindenberg
 The Bremen was launched last August in Bremen, Germany, and was christened by President Von Hindenberg, with great pride and ceremony. In general appearance the Bremen looks like a huge cut ter, with severe, straight lines. Every line in the ship is indicative of her great speed Her lines attest to that. During her trial trip in the North Sea, when the ship was for mally turned over to the company, she attained speed of 28.5 knots. which was in excess of her rated speed.
 Everything has been done to cut down head resistence above and below the water line, even though, as before stated, time-honored tra- ditions in ship design had to be discarded. One of the outstand- ing features of the ship is the shape of her bow and stern, which are designed to press the water down instead of to each side, and to minimumize the friction of the water on the sides of the vessel.
 It was explained that this will cause the water to flow by the shortest route from bow to stern, and it also was claimed that this feature helps to stabilize the mo- tion of the ship, thereby greatly reducing rolling and pitching in heavy seas.
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