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OFFENSIVE
Great
Britain
Continues
to
Strike
a,t
Germany
and
Nail-Controlled
'Territory
LONDON,
Sept.
10:
(CD
In
addition
to
the
striking
tack
of
British
bomber
iqnadrons
with
operations
or
Germany
Including
tar-lets
In
Berlin,
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
the
British
Navy
ilr
arm
continue
widespread
ctlrlty
in
more
remote
areas
-this
in
spite
of
unfavorable
mther
conditions
for
long
rantt
operations
designed
exclusively
against
military
objectives
and
requiring
minute
accuracy,
British
fliers
bombed
Berlin
and
Bremen
and
Hamburg
shipyards
today,
docks
at
Kiel
naval
base
and
Wilhelmshafen
last
night
as
well
as
factories
tt
Essen.
Barge
concentrations
In
Channel
ports
and
German
artillery
emplacements
at
Cpe
NrU
N
were
also
truck.
Attacks
were
also
made
on
'"ight
yards
at
Krefeld
and
Brussels
as
well
as
upon
several
airdromes.
The
Admiralty
announces
mat
dive
bombers
attacked
German
military
camp
nwr
Bergen
yesterday
and
damaged
two
German
supply
hips
along
the
Norwegian
coast.
The
Admiralty
also
said
that
fl'lhls
over
the
Norwegian
toast
had
confirmed
that
two
oil
tanks
at
Dolvik
which
were
attacked
on
August
8
had
been
destroyed,
nrw
At
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n
UMai.
I
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f
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JL
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lv
IT
sPcts
Pearl
n,rK,
An
Is
Now
Watching
Manoeuvres
HONOLULU,
Sept.
10:-Secretary
e
Navy
Frank
Knnv
Insnpcted
pearl
Harbor
defences
Satur-
is
now
aboard
the
a
r-
,,Lca"lfr
Enterprise
to
spend
Vlewlnff
nnvnl
monnlivr0
"
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sea.
jP
-
-
-
mm
m
Continues;
Capital
Cities
Are
Targets
Almnrlnne
All
I'rnfonpn
n
Ctt-il.-inrr
fn
A(!IWn...
Objectives
Indiscriminate
Attack
Upon
London-Berlin
is
Raided
Again
RECONNAISSANCE
TODAY
LONDON,
September
10:
(CP)
Wave
after
wave
of
German
air
invaders
sent
harried
Londoners
underground
four
times
in
daylight
today
but,
up
to
early
evening,
there
was
no
re
newal
of
devastating
Nazi
bombings.
The
fourth
alarm
was
wailing
as
gathering
dusk
brought
the
threat
of
new
night
raids.
However,
like
the
others,
this
alarm
lasted
only
a
few
minutes.
The
German
planes
over
Britain
today
were
believed
to
be
scouts
sent
to
determine
the
damage
done
!
in
the
preceding
three
nights
of
attack.
British
fighters
turned
them
back.
;
LONDON,
September
10.
Throwinir
off
all
nretence'
limiting
itself
to
military
targets,
the
German
air
force,
kumamoto,
Japan,
sept.
th
no
distinction
of
objectives,
rlrnnnprl
hnmhq
inrHc.
CP)-Eruptlon
of
an
active
t
i
r
o.nrii
,
,
-
..
.
cano
mountain
Is
renorted
todav
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ld
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kuithnnivh
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nr
inrpnciTiori
crrat-
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i
u
mi
iiiiii'i.ii
t'liiimiiiiumiH.
wmrn
irMvti
n
n
dct
mqro
rr
tne
dead
and
injured,
announced
I
A
1
fll
that
bombs
had
been
dropped
and
JGWS
.iilKi
17iabUIl&
fires
started
close
to
St.
Paul's
.
r
r
1
Cathedral
and
the
Oulldhall
but
Rpinnr
1CM1HACU
KPQilirtPn
neither
of
these
historic
buildings
buildings
JLJClilB
O
-
a
home
for
the
aged,
a
large
10:
No
delay
Is
being
made
by,
number
of
cottages.
Communlca-
the
new
pro-Nazi
dictatorship
or
tlons.
transportation
and
nubile
General
Ion
Antonescu
In
lmpos-
servlces
were
for
a
time
disrupted
m8
restrictive
measures
on
Jews
but
were
speedily
being
restored.
ana
Masons.
Aireaay
iney
are
De-,
Residential
districts
in
west
and
'ng
deprived
of
certain
rights
and
north
London
were
also
struck,
privileges.
.
The
attack
was
again
centred
upon
'""
1
London
with
the
rest
of
the
coun-
ln
nnnnsltp
directions
across
the
try
generally
quiet
although
some
channel'.
bombs
were
dropped
ln
the
north
west
town
and
on
rural
districts
to
the
southeast.
Berlin
was
sub
jected
to
a
43-mlnute
raid
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
explosive
Rain
and
low
clouds
have
been
giving
the
advantage
to
the
Germans
in
the
aerial
attack,
the
poor
visibility
making
it
difficult
for
anti-aircraft
guns
to
bombs
were
dropped
ln
north-
.
oncrate
acalnst
the
enemy
fly-
em
section
of
the
Reich
capital.
jnE
i,gh
above
the
clouds
and
There
was
a
duel
of
Big
Berthas
drouning
their
heavy
missiles
between
England
and
Nazi-
indiscriminately.
Nevertheless,
52
controlled
French
coast
across
the
German
planes
were'
destroyed
English
Channel.
I
yesterday,
forty-nine
by
fighter
The
German
night
raiders
drop-
planes
and
three
by
antl-air-
ped
some
"very
heavy"
demolition
bombs
on
the
centre
of
the
city.
One
huge
business
building
ln
the
financial
district
was
smashed
down
and
the
top
floors
were
blown
off
another.
Great
conflagrations
endangered
but
did
not
damage
St.
Paul's
Cathedral
and
the
Guildhall.
Fleet
Street,
the
heart
of
the
newspaper
world,
was
shaken.
Again
Today
Sirens
sounded
for
the
fourth1
daylight
alarm
of
today
ln
1
Lon
"J"
Cap
Grlz
Nez
and
two
from
caidw
The
bombardment
drew
reply
from
lit.
British
guns
and
bombers
wmi
the
great
guns
thundering
terrifically
at
each
other
blow
for
blow
craft
fire.
In
one
engagement
alone
in
which
60
German
planes
took
part
a
high
propor
Canadian
Air
Force
was
again
active
In
the
battle
yesterday,
bringing
down
ten
enemy
planes
in
a
fight
over
the
vicinity
of
London
Bridge.
This
makes
the
total
number
of
German
planes
so
far
brought
down
by
the
Canadians
110.
An
official
estimate
places
the
number
of
dead
from
Sunday
nl,Vif0
ralfl
nK
223
with
1400
Sfiri-
donat5:55
p.m.(8:w
a.m.
u
mi.
.
lnJured
lt
ls
feared
that
Standard
Time).
Three
previous
casualties
',,.
,ast
last
nlent
night
may
may
have
have
afternoon
alarms
were
only
or
brief
duration.
The
warnings
sent
hundreds
of
thousands
of
Londoners
to
shelters
after
the
third
weary
night
of
German
bombing
had
spread
ruin
from
easi
ena
areas
to
the
financial
heart
of
the
city.
Thousands
of
firemen
and
air
raid
wardens
rushed
to
meir
posts
with
brief
respite
after
the
busy
night
with
its
nine
hour
and
two
minute
alarm
period,
secuuu
longest
to
date.
Most
of
the
fires
had,
however,
been
brought
under
control.
The
German
battering
or
tne
coast
near
Dover
with
one-ton
shells
frnm
innc
ranee
artillery
been
even
greater.
Surprisingly
few
of
the
enemy
bombs
have
been
reaching
military
objectives.
The
first
air
raid
alarm
today
and
the
fifty-eighth
of
the
war
was
given
at
12:55
noon
and
the
all
clear
came
at
1:18
p.m.
There
were
the
sounds
of
a
fierce
fight
above
the
clouds
ln
the
London
area.
Later
the
sounds
moved
off
to
a
more
distant
point.
During
today,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
made
an
in
spection
of
damaged
areas.
The
London
Times
issued
warn
lng
today
that
the
aerial
attacks.
fUo
onnltnf
mlerhk
hp
PXnPCtpti
killed
four
persons
and
lnjurea
fco
become
even
m0re
Intense,
five,
some
houses
being
damaged.
M
nnprs
40med
i
paving
trl-
Four
German
guns
were
fired
from
j
bute
tQ
tne
heroic
woric
0f
nre
flEhters,
air
raid
wardens
and
otljer
defensive
services.
Investigation
is
being
maoe
01
false
parachute
alarms
which
vejet
given
'
yesterday.
BRARy
"WJW"'A,
B.C.
NeathenEotecast
Haiin
Krtos
Tomorrow's
T:ides
High
.
10:00
am.
17.0
ft.
21:55
p.m.
18.0
ft.
lOttf,1'1
31
U1
f
Low
.
3:20
a.m.
6.1
ft.
win.
J'
4,
15:40
p.m.
9.1
ft.
ti
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
10,1940.
Bulletins
MORE
REFUGEE
CHILDREN
NEW
YORK
Marshal
Field,
chairman
of
the
American
com-
j
mittee
for
the
transport
of
refu-
gee
children
from
England,
says
mat
arrangements
are
Deing
had
been
struck.
There
was
also
-made
to
obtain
another
ship
to
fierce
air
battle
immediately
Nail
Administration
Of
Rumania'
send
to
Ireland
for
such
children.
above
the
Houses
of
Parliament
WastesN'o-Time
I
n
Moving
f
sarer
conduct
wlll"beought,wjit
and
London
Bridge.
Among
the
Against
Them
1
this
has
not
yet
been
guaranteed,
places
struck
were
two
hosDitals
'
one
maternity
and
one
children's
BUCHAREST,
Rumania,
Sept.
ADANACS
STAY
IN
RACE
VANCOUVER
New
Westminster
Adanacs
stayed
in
the
race
for
the
interior
senior
box
lacrosse
championship
series
by
defeating
Vancouver
Burrards
H
to
9
last
night.
It
was
the
first
win
for
the
Adanacs,
the
Burrards
having
already
taken
three
games
in
the
best
four
out
of
seven
series.
The
fourth
game
will
be
played
tomorrow
night.
TRYING
FOR
PEACE
j
WASHINGTON
Through
My-
rou
C.
Taylor,
ambassador
to
the
j
Vatican,
who
is
at
present
in
Washington,
Pope
Pius
advises
'
President
Roosevelt
that
he
is
do
ing
everything
possible
to
end
the
European
war
and
bring
about
an
enduring
peace.
GENERALS
DISMISSED
BUCHAREST
Eleven
Ruman
ian
generals,
alleged
to
have
cn-
tion
of
3G
was
downed.
The
Royal
I
gaged
in
political
activity
and
to
have
been
responsible
for
loss
of
Rumanian
territory,
have
been
dismissed
by
General
Ion
Antonescu,
the
new
military
dictator.
Diplomatic
representatives
of
Rumania
to
Washington,
Copenhagen,
Berlin
and
Vichy
have
been
withdrawn.
TENNIS
CHAMPIONS
FOREST
HILLS
Don
McNeill,
losing
the
first
two
sets
and
winning
the
last
three,
defeated
Bobby
Rlggs
yesterday
to
capture
the
national
tennis
title.
Alice
Marble
won
straight
sets
from
Helen
Jacobs
to
win
the
national
women's
title.
MAINE
GOES
G.O.P.
AUGUSTA
By
a
vote
of
about
two
to
one
Maine
returned
a
republican
governor,
senator
and
three
representatives
yesterday.
However,
political
observers
no
longer
cling
to
the
old
axiom
that
"as
Maine
goes,
so
goes
the
nation."
ITALIANS
HIT
CAIRO
The
Royal
Air
Force,
in
a
raid
on
the
capital
of
Italian
Somaliland,
set
fire
to
an
airdrome
and
destroyed
four
planes.
Miss
June
Hanklnson
.lefton
last
evening's
train
for
Winnipeg.
the
company
heads
at
Vancouver.
SSlZeS
ire
DO
President
W.
M.
Watts
told
of
discussed
with
President
f7v
On
having
1
3
1
an
fiat
S.
J.
Hungerford
of
the
Canadian
i
A
V
alCllUOl
National
Railways
the
possibility!
sf
Vimr
nrr
Va
cum
mar
chonill!
.
rn.
A.
tween
train
and
steamships
for
the
once
a
week
fast
service.
As
lt
was,
passengers
had
not
any
nnAvf
f
rrr
im
mirn
a
C
thoif
Lambley,
lumber;
T.
w.
Brown,
legislative;
B.
R.
Dodds,
member
ship;
D.
J.
Matheson,
publicity
and
highway;
Alan
Landals,
age.
Halibut
Sales
American
.,
Tatoosh,
17,00Q.12.3c
and
ScvStor-
a
traffic
fatality
neat
Seal
Cove
some
time
ago,
TLhw
ed
away
lmmedlately
I
Victoria
Naval
It
was
also
announced
that,
In
the
event
of
more
contracts
being
given
for
the
building
of
ships
by
the
government,
that
Prince
Rupert
would
be
given
consideration.
Mr.
Hungerford
had
said
that
the
railway
company
was
as
much
interested
ln
this
as
were
the
people
here.
I
Correspondence
showed
that
the
'
.
i
T
nUI-k..llilfn
Man
Is
Killed
Death
Of
Robert
Huot
In
Action
Is
Officially
Announced
PRICE:
S
CENTS
arfare
Is
Undiminished
ISSUE
HALF
I
SUBSCRIBED
So
Far
$141,000,000
Out
Of
$300,-000,000
In
Second
War
Loan
lias
Been
Taken
up
OTTAWA.
Sept.
10:
(CP)
Early
I
I
reports
to
the
Bank
of
Canada
in-,
dlcate
total
cash
casn
sales
saies
01
of
Canada's
canaaas
j
"SAM
McGEE"
DIES
VANCOUVER
Robert
W.
Service,
poet,
expressed
regret
here
yesterday
when
aiivised
of
the
death
in
Alberta
of
Sam
McGee,
the
character
of
his
famous
Yu-
QUESTIONS
DISCUSSED
First
Fall
Meeting
Of
Chamber
Of
Commerce
Deals
With
Number
Of
Interesting
Matters
From
correspondence
read
last
night
nignt
at
at
the
the
first
Urst
dinner
dinner
meeting
meeting
Over
Thousand
Loggers
On
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Producing
Spruce
For
War
Concentrating
on
production
of
high
grade
Sitka
spruce
for
airplane
manufacture
and
operating
six
months
ahead
01
schedule
in
a
fine
war
ellort,
over
one
thousand
loggers,
in
the
employ
of
four
operating
companies,
are
,
.s
rc.
i
,i
.
nini
Ti
1
t
uuw
wuia
uh
uic
wuceu
wiuttc
xwaiiua.
iai
second
war
loan
have
accounted':
?putm
chamber
ot
1U?.U.
sn
far
fnr
4141
nnn
nnn
nf
Ih.
tmn
000,000
objective.
The
statement
j
said
that
private
subscriptions;
from
individuals
were
slow
in
com-
i
ling.
I
B.
C.
Ruys
Some
I
VICTORIA.
Sept.
10:
(CP)
The
i
British
Columbia
government
has
j
applied
for
$500,000
of
the
second
(war
loan,
the
bonds
to
be
used
for
sinking
fund
purposes.
Jap
Volcano
Is
Erupting
Farms
Destroyed
And
Thirteen
Villages
Ae
Threatened
By
Lava
Flow
10
VOl'
t
MGee.'
A.F.L.
BACKS
ROOSEVELT
NEW
YORK
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
labor,
yesterday
expressed
approval,
on
behalf
of
his
organization,
of
tfie
Roosevelt
selective
military
draft
plan
and
also
of
the
agreement
between
United
States
and
Great
Britain
or
exchange
of
destroyers
for
naval
base
sites.
FAMINE
IN
FRANCE
FARIS
The
shortage
of
food-stv
fs
in
France
is
becoming
Increasingly
serious
and
disease'
is
becoming
more
rampant.
JAPAN
AND
RUSSIA
TOKYO
A
new
ambassador
to
Moscow
has
been
named
with
a
view
to
"winning
Russian
friendship"
for
Japan.
Commerce
following
th--
summer
vacations,
it
transn!red
that
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo,
member
for
Prince
Rupert
had
ben
discussing
the
matter
of
the
highway
f-on
Prince
Rurvrt
to
Terrace
Hth
rhsl
Minister
of.
Defence
at
Jpfctiwa,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston.
He
had
also
been
in
discussion
with
OU?f
Hanson,
membsr
for
'"teem
veral
Hon.
i
letters
were
read
from
Mj.
Hanson,
one
or
two
having
to
do
with
the
atiesflon
of
securing
a
Proper
surely
of
mat-priM
for
the
ship-1
hnPd'nff
'(l'ln1
hpre
this
.'mfttt.pt
'
as
possible,
the
logging
is
taking
place
in
stands
having
a
NAT0RS
AREDEAD
Guillaume
Andre
Fauteux
And
Hon.
Joseph
Morcelin
W'ilson
Pass
Away
MONTREAL,
Sept.
10:
(CP)
hsvln
b-en
tnen
in
with
hlm'Senator
Gulllauine
Andre
Fauteux,
a&ed
66
Conservative
senator
some
time
ato.
Replies
were
also
'of
since
1933,
died
today.
He
was
soll-raiwav
received
from
the
heads
the
rom-anv
and
other
citor
general
In
the
Melghen
cabl-
The
nii-iM-m
of
fir
nrhtr.tl0n
net
for
a
brief
period
in
1926.
at
th.
drv
dock
ws
also
dkHc-d
Senator
Joseph
Marcelin
Wilson,
ed
that
projection
for
oil
plants
siRCe
1911'
also
dled
here
today-
or
other
industries
devolved
upon
the
owners
of
the
plants
and
not
on
the
government
although
the
cleience
department
might
pos-
r'bly,
under
certain
circumstanies,
take
action.
Taking
Over
1he
air
mail
service
from
the
F?st
to
Prince
Rurert
wa?
men
Some
Uncertainty
As
To
Disposi
tloned
In
correspondence
nd
lt
tion
Of
Vessels
Leaving
was
asked
that,
if
there
should
be
any
delay,
m
delivering
qir'mall
French
Ships
San
Pedro
high
proportion
or
BitKa
spruce
although
all
timber
encountered
i3
being
taken
out,
the
hemlock,
low
grade
spruce
andtcedar
going
to
the
pulp
and
paper
mills
and
the
cedar
market.
There
will
probably
be
some
slowing
up
of
operations
during
the
middle
of
winter
but
this
Interruption
this
year
will
probably
be
less
than
usual.
The
A.
P.
Allison
Logging
Co.,
at
Cumshewa
Inlet;
the
T.
A.
Kelley
Logging
Co..
at
Limestone
Island
and
Cumshewa
Inlet,
and
the
J.
R.
Morgan
Logging
Co.,
at
Pacofl
and
Cumshewa
Inlet,
are
still
the
major
operators
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
each
with
between
300
and
400
men
employed.
A
new
entrant
into
the
Oueen
and
the
correspondence,
read
show-
Llbral
member
of
the
Senate
charlotte
Island
logging
field
Is
the
Pacific
Mills
with
a
camp
at
(Jueen
(Charlotte
City
and
operations
in
;
Skldegate
Inlet
on
a,
selective
basl3
by
tractor
equipment.
Forty
or
fif
ty
men
are
employed
and
logging
Is
exclusively
for
airplane
spruce.
The
Sitka
spruce
logs
from
the
Islands
are
sent
to
sawmills
at
Vancouver,
Powell
River
and
.Ocean
i
Falls
where
dimension
lumber
in
the
rough
is
manufactured
for
de
liverv
to
thp.
nlrnlnni
Tn'ir!lifj
in.
PrtncevRuperfe.
the
dataioiicie,
PEDRO,
Sept:
10:
Two'
errhvQreat
Britafc
and
Canada;
livery
and
the
envelope
in
which
French
ships,
the
Wisconsin
and'
it
came
should
be
forwarded
at
van
'Ness,
tied
up
here
since
the,
J
fQQ
1!
once
to
the
Department
at
Ottawa.
surrender
of
France,
left
port
yes-l
LUiJil
8nJ
A
letter
was
read
which
had
terdav.
ostensibly
fr
San
Fran-,
WB"U
been
sent
to
the
representative
of
cisc0
although
rumor
has
It
that
the
Union
Steamship
Company
in
they
may
be
taken
over
by
British
regard
to
cutting
off
Port
Clem-
destroyers.
ents
from
regular
calls.
The
hard-
i
'
ship
of
this
action
on
the
residents
had
been
pointed
out
and
Frank
focne
Fnr
'
I
Skinner,
local
agent,
had
promised
I
1VC
vaoLo
1
UI
(
to
discuss
the
matter
further
with
.
.
t
rt
i
SEA
WAR
Total
Of
Twenty
Ships
Destroyed
During
Week
Of
"Ideal
Weather"
For
Submarine
Attack
I
LONDON,
Sept.
10:
(CP)
BrI-.tlsh
and
neutral
shipping
destroy-'ed
during
the
week
ending
September
1
totalled
84,575
tons,
the
I
Admiralty
reported
today,
bilng-
ing
the
total
for
the
first
year
of
for
the
steamships
extended.
While
tion
and
two
divorce
petitions
are
I
f-"'
'X
,
this
had
not
been
successful
ln
so
far
listed
for
the
fall
session
nr?esf
,f
?e.re
elev?
A1I
"Te
'
n6Ut"
connection
with
the
services
this
0f
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
'S'
"
year
It
was
possible
that
some-
opening
In
Prince
Rupert
Septem-j
.
,,,,.
,
.
..
,
.
,
tt
"ldeal
thing
might
be
done
next
year.
'ber
25
The
criminal
cases
involve
WPTfvPJS,?
"id
weather
for
marine
tack."
Mr.
Watts
announced
that
heRufus
Whltef
an
Indian,
charged,
would
appoint
a
special
committee
with
breaking
Into
the
city
jail,
to
try
to
secure
from
the
railway
and
Ole
Ostberg,
against
whom
a
fjrf
Tir
A
fT7
company
longer
stop-overs
be-.charge
Is
pending
arising
out
of
jTl
I
1
1
f
lis
A
V
I
'The
"nited
States
of
OTTAWA
Sept
10:
(CP)-Fif-
Department
tleth
casualty
of
the
war
for
thethe
Navy
yesterday
let
contracts
Canadian
Navy,
Robert
Huot
has
lost
his
life
on
active
service,
lt
ls
:
management
ox
-
announced.
His
wife
lives
in
Vic
yard
in
Prince
Rupert
was
in
Van-1"
,uuv'c"'
couver,
the
local
control
being
in
the
hands
of
superintendents.
New
members
who
had
joined
the
chamber
since
the
annual
meeting
in
January
have
been
as
signed
to
committees.
They
Andrew
Borland,
marine;
L.
B.
toria.
House
Passes
Conscription
ation
Measure
Are
Approved
WASHINGTON,
Sept.
10.
The
House
Saturday
passed
the
administration's
draft
bill
including
the
F.
A.
MacCallum
as
chairman
ol,
"u
.
T.
.
the
membership
committee.
try
out
the
volunteer
method.
The
bill
providing
for
the
taking
over
of
non
-
co-operating
manufacturing
plants
was
also
passed.
Mq
and
Mrs.
T.
C.
Wilding
left
on
last
evening's
train
for
a
trip
craft.
CONTRACTS
United
Stales
to
Have
Largest
Fleet
in
World
Enormous
Program
of
Ships
and
Aircraft
I
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Sept.
10.
totalling
$3,801,000,000
which,
due
for
completion
by
1945,
would
give
this
country
a
two-ocean
navy,
the
greatest
In
the
world,
exceeding
the
numerical
strength
of
the
British
navy
and
those
of
Germany,
Italy
and
Japan
combined.
In
addition
to
201
warships,
contracts
were
also
let
for
2400
fighting
planes.
The
result
of
the
contracts
would
be
to
give
the
United
States
a
navy
of
Draft
Bill
and
Industrial
Co-Oper-688
fighting
ships
and
18,000
air-
The
new
warship
contracts
call
for
seven
battleships,
eight
aircraft
carriers,
seventy-seven
cruisers,
116
destroyers
and
43
submarines.
ApproxLmately
half
of
the
new
ships
will
be
built
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
At
Seattle
twenty
destroyers,
at
a
total
cost
of
$160,000,000,
will
be
built.
The
letting
of
the
contracts
was
announced
a
few
hours
after
Presi
dent
Franklin
P.'Eq&S$tIB
signed
to
Jasper,
Kamloops
and
Vaneou-,
the
new
$5,500,000,000
"defence
bill
ver.
(following
its
passage
by
Congress.