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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 12, 1941.

HUGE AMERICAN SPENDING

14,000,000 Tons Of New Merchant Shipping

NAVY RUMOURS DENIED IN WASHINGTON

The U.S. Navy Secretary, Col. Frank Knox, and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Stork, yester- day gave what com- mitteemen termed "categorical denials" before the Senate Naval Committee of published charges that the U.S. Navy had engaged the Nazi navy. Reuter. ******** 10000000001 LULL BEFORE THE STORM

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Red dive-bombers successful. ly attacked enemy troops cross- ing the western Dvina River, evidently weat of Polotsk and Lepel, where the biggest battle on the front has been raging. Red 'planes flew deep into the Nazi rear. bombing German air

Over 500

Vessels To

Be Built

PRESIDENT

ROOSEVELT YESTERDAY ASKED CONGRESS FOR $3,323,000,000 IN CASH AND CONTRACT AUTHORISATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES N A V Y AND THE MARITIME COMMISSION.

With the previous day's request for $4,770,000,000 for the Army this makes a total of $8,093,000,000 sought for defence purposes in the past 24 hours.

been utterly destroyed."

GERMANS, ARE STILL CON-

LINE.

Yesterday's request in- VAST BATTLES, STATE THE cluded $1,625,000,000 in TINUING ALONG THE STALIN cash for the Navy, of will which $400,000,000 Ploesti Again Bombed

be for maintenance and| The following is the text of a communique Issued by the Soviet repair of defence instal- Information Bureau and broad-lations in Government or cast by Moscow radio

privately owned mer- (G.M.T.) last night:

"Throughout July 11 no signi- chantmen. Geant changes took place on the

fields and communications, and 28 | front. Nazi 'planes were destroyed us against six Russian machines lost. In Berlin, Nazl quarters reiter- ate the claim to have gained colossal victory in the Minsk bat- tle, describing it as "the blegest work in history," and claiming more than 400,000 prisoners.

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at 10.30

Asked at his press conference if During the day our air force this meant merchantmen would be through concentrated attacks armed, President Roosevelt assur- destroyed enemy mechaniseded this was not contemplated and units, attacked enemy

aircraft the bulk of the sum undoubtedly! оп aerodromes and bombed would be used for naval ships. Ploesti.

He suggested it would be ap- "According to verified data un plied to such things as fitting ves-! July 9 and 10 our aircraft des-se's with equipment for combat- The Germans allege that two troyed 179 enemy 'planes."-In-ting magnetic mines, adding he Russian armies "trapped" in the ternational

Service and supposed the conversion of some Minsk pocket weeks ago have now¦ Reuter.

News

New Stock of LISLE

and SILK

SOCKS

private vessels for use by Navy was also contemplated.

"Great Many" New

Ships

the

The President arked for $698,000,000 in cash and $1,000,- 000,000 In contract authorisa tions for the Maritime Commis-

Blon, raying the money would

be used for ships.

a great many now

President Roosevelt said a new Lease and Lend appropriations request was being worked out but was probably not going to Con- gress this week.

He also said that an addition to the Tax Bill was before Congress

in Ankle and Full length at present and he assumed there

would be another Tax Bill next winter and a Tax Bill about every

President Roosevelt declared none of the funds were intended for the repair of British vessels,

They are in plain colours, year. including white, and a host of fancy designs in assenting that the expanded pre-

Grey, Fawn, Brown, Green, Maroon, Navy and Black. Price from $1.95.

gramme had nothing to do with the widening of foreign policy and it was needed because the sche- dule of production had been step- ped up and the money was need-

ed now instead of next January.

Over 500 New Vessels

Less 10% Cash Discount, Mrritime Commission, $1,625,000,-

We have also a good stock of Cashmere

Socks made by Viyella, Morley, Wolsey

and Jaeger.

Wm. POWELL, Ltd.

· 10, ICE HOUSE STREET.

Of the vote for the Navy and

000 provides for the construction of 566 merchantmen; and. $350,- 00,000 for the requisition, pur- chase and repair of existing ships.

The remaining $50 millions with provide additional ship- bullding facilities,"

The Maritime Commission an- nounced it has already developed plans to a point where actual con-. struction can be begun early in August.

All ships of the new programme are scheduled to be completed and operating by the end of 1943. Com bined tonnage will be 5,500,000.

NEW THE

PROGRAMME COMBINED WITH CONSTRUCĂ TION ALREADY, CONTRACTED FOR BY BRITAIN DIRECTLY. WITH US. SHIPBUILDERS, CONTEMPLATES THE DELIV ERY INTO SERVICE OF NEAR- LY 14,000,000 DEADWEIGHT TONS OF MERCHANTMEN BY THE END OF 1943.-REUTER,

STOP PRESS

The story of an attack on a trading junk near the Nine- pine, frustrated by a naval craft, was told by Li Chan- kan, the master of the junk. last night.

The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. on Thursday. Robbers boarded the junk from another craft, but it naval patrol turned up within a few minutes.

Five alleged robbers were captured and four are believ ed to have been drowned try- ing to escape.

The Messerschmitt 109F, one of Germany's latest high altitude fighters, piloted by the Nazi ace fighter pilot, Rolf Pingel, was found to be almost întact and Pingel himself uninjured.

The capture is the result of a spectacular" and unusual success for a heavy British bomber The bomber met the Nazi pilot and forced him down noar St. Margaret's Bay, on the Kent coast. - Reuter.

HEAVY TROOP MOVEMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE TURCO-BULGARIAN FRON- TIER, ACCORDING TO TRUST. WORTHY REPORTS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE SOVIET INFORMATION BUREAU, SAYS REUTER FROM MOSCOW THIS MORNING.

The

Navy Department in

has Washington

announced intensive mine-laying opera- tions at the entrance of New York harbour.-Reuter.

It was revealed this morn ing that the master of trad- ing junk No. 4928 is in the Queen Mary Hospital with serious injuries, as the result of the destruction of his junk in the minefield on Monday. Three members of the crew survived the explosion.

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