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July 25, 1941.

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1942 Allied

Allied Building May Exceed Rate of Sinkings

Being Altered To 1942 Carry More Cargo

War's Most

THE decision has been taken by the Ministry of Shipping after con- sultations with the registration societies to reduce somewhat the freeboard of "open" sholter-deck vessels, subject to safeguards, which include the closing of the shelter deck, in order to allow additional cargo to be carried, states the London “Times” Shipping Correspondent.

The decision to close the shel- The Increase in drought allowed ter decks of these vessels and to under the scheme will not in any have the load lines reassigned case exceed 12 in., and the Incrensed draught will be used with discretion (referred to in a recent question and answer in Parliament) it is stated, will apply only where the resulting Increase in draught is) warranted by the condition of the ship's structure, and will not be prejudicial to the sea- worthiness of the ship.

The freeboard is the portion of the side of the vessel above the water, and is measured by the dis- tance from the deck to the freeboard mark or load line. This mark, therefore, will be raised. Shelter- tleck vessels are exceptional, in that

the

in exceptional trades and under ex- ceptional conditions.

Greater Effort

It is right that the development should be widely known, since the change indicates the extreme im-

of all serviceable tonnage

Remarkable Escape

A German plane was bomb. portance of making the utmost useing an aerodrome in England. present time and the need to ax-It slashed clean through the at the Anti-aircraft fire was accurate, pedite to the fullest extent possible | merchant. shipbuilding In this fuselage near the tail, cutting country, In the British Dominions, the plane in two. and also in the United States,

Down dived the tall. Down, too which is showing great determina dived the main part of the plane, nose tion to reinforce largely the ship first, deep into the tarmac. ping available to the Allies,

As its bomb load exploded there have a complete superstructure

When saltors, already subject to

was a tremendous explosion. R.A.Fs ng the whole length of

much stress and strain, willingly shelters, found only fragments left and Woofs ran from their trench ship, the height of which is generally accept harder conditions of life 8 ft. or more above the main deck; see, workers in the shipyards and at of the forepart of the plane and its even with the maximum reduction of the ports should be stimulated to in-

dead crew. freeboard contemplated the main crease their efforts to nugment the Intact and in it was the rear gunner, But a few yards away was the tail water supply of new shipping and to enable a little bruised, a lot bewildered, line and the freeboard mensured ships in port to be turned round in It is concluded that as the tail shot from the shelter deck will generally the shortest time practicable.

downwards to what seemed certain The load line is being raised solely death, the bombs in the forepart of This decision to raise the load line in the national interest. No advan- the plane exploded. The blast burst and so allow rather deeper loading toge to shipowners could accrue from upwards, caught the descending lail, has been taken, after very careful the larger amount of cargo which braked its fall, so that in its last few consideration, as a war-time measure, will be practicable to carry under yards of descent it was held almost to Due regard will be paid in each case the new ruling, as they are feetandstid It touched earth at a mere to the probable effect of increased munerated entirely by monthly rates a standstill. It touched earth at a traught on the speed of the ship. of hire for the use of their ships. mere four or five miles an hour.

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If present plans mapped out by U.S. defence experts are carried out, the combined British and American ship- building in 1942 will exceed the present rate of sinkings, recent reports from Washington pointed out. It is like- wise significantly indicated that under the present pro- gramme construction would not equal losses until 1943.

Present plans for a 2,000,000-ton increase in the emergency shilp con- struction programme and further ex- penkioa of shipbuilding facilities would adds about 259 ships to the fleet being built for Britain, most of which would be delivered in 1942, itį was reported.

Hospital Is

Safest In Air Blitzes

Precautions Taken To

Meet Raiding

Recently the maritime commission acquired a substantial number of be ships from private operators to used as naval AuxDiaries. In all, the commission is expected to ac- quire about 500,000 tons of shipping! for the navy. First of the vessels turned over was the American, pride of the commission's new fleet, a 20,000-ton passenger ship launched last year,

New Yards. Needed With the addition of these new Health. ships, the maritime commission "I believe that because of the very would have under contract 976 mer-j elaborate precautions taken to meet chant ships of all types, or over the conditions of heavy raiding, the 10,000,000 tons deadweight. For al-risk is less than outside hospitals," most all of the additional vessels, he said.

Hospitals, targets to Nazi bombs though they have been, are safer than most places in a blitz, according

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NEW YORK, The French Cameroons and Equatorial Africa have recruited 250,000 white and native troops for the French forces of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, according to Albert Gravillou and George Richoux, French mining en- gineers who arrived here recently.

All white men under 95 in the Cameroons are now subject to

Foreign Law Courts In Britain

To Have Own Judges And Staffs,

new shipbuilding facilities will be He gave figures to support his conscription, they said, but needed, maritime officials indicated. view. Of 80,000 patients who have thousands of deserters from the fi was pointed out that this may passed through the 400 London hos- regular French Army also had mean construction of one or more pitals and institutions since Septem- now joined the de Gaulle move- entirely new yards by the Defense ber, only 235 have been killed and ment, which has headquarters

Corporation and that these 105 Injured-most of them slightly.

be located on the

In the provinces the position was at Brazzaville, French Equa- | The temper of castern seaboard where they could much the same as in London, he torial Africa. where they could draw larger sup be quickly delivered to Britain and said.

the latter was such. Mr Gravil- Total Casualties

lou said, that they would resist piles of labour. To carry the

cx-

Mr.Brown disclosed that up to the even Vichy Government troops panded programme, about 50 new shipways may be needed, it was sald. end of March nearly 29,000 people led by Gen. Maxime Weygand.

The maritime commission, It was throughout Britain had been killed

The two Frenchmen are here to

Under a bu formally presented in indicated, may lease to Britain the by bombing and about 40,000 injured.

rate

Mr Brown dealt with the purchase equipment for the Com-the Ilouse of Commons by Mr Hier

de pagnie

Mine's Africaines in bert Morrison, the Home Secretary,. new ships being launched at the file medicat and nursing staffs of the

Yaounde and said that production of foreign law courts will be estab». the tin and gold mines in Free French Hished in Britain. long range programme, although or- biltzed hospitals and produced this dinarily these ships are understood wonderful tribute to Britain's nurses: territory was being pressed in the The various Governments domi-

Not used to rehabilitate the fleets of a single nurse has fallen down expectancy that with average sun-cited in London, such as the Norwe American companies,

on her job.

mer heat of 120 degrees in the shade gian, Dutch and Polish, will have, For the present, however, there is Or 5,000 nurses who stayed in Lon-

own nationals' no Axls penetration altempt would

power to try their come there before fall. derstood to be no plans to buy or don, 40 have died und 124 have been

according to their own national Short Of Tanks American-owned mer-injured at their posts. Three doctors

law in courts presided over by their chant

ships to be leased to Britain. have been killed and eight injured.

Tanks and airplanes were the pre-own judges and staffed by their Other air-raid facts and figures The commission is reported complet-

vailing lack in arms equipment for own offcials. Ing plans for turning over the given by Mr Brown were:

There is believed to be no prece- Fifty per cent. of air-raid casual- the de Gaulle forces, they added. foreign-fing ships in American bar-

Simultaneously, a report from con- dent for the granting of such powers bours and American merchantmen ties need operations.

tinental France was

by to foreign Governments. No hospital was

Howard E. overwhelmed,

Kershner, will be used for the pooling at even on the night of London's hea-Director for the American Friends time Courts Ball, the measure is of-

Relief European

tions Dutside of the war zones

Atlantic

and

Called the Allied Powers Marl-

it is evident that this tonnage will viest raki, thanks to the system of not be enought. Under the pooling switching. All casualties were dealt Service Committee, just returned here ficially described as making "tem- "It was a des-porary provision for enabling Allied programme these vessels are operated with inside 12 hours, and by late antic

to Mr Kershner and maintain in the United Kingdom that the only remedy he could suggest courts for the trial and punishment was "the end of the war." Intense of certain offences committed by per- efforts of several American relief sons other than British subjects.

general,

by their owners and do not cone afternoon of the next day 75 per food incits 50 and Associated Powers to establish

under British control.

แ

cent. had been moved to the country.

organizations in Unoccupied France "Black Market" For Diamonds

Springs Up In London

A. "black market" in polished diamonds has sprung up in London. The customers are wealthy, nervous people, who are locking up their resources in precious stones until after the war; and experts "estimate that this market is handling dia- monds worth more than £100,000 overy week.

The diamond industry is dead tinent before the war, are now pald against this new development.

from £11 to £14 a week.

Black market" demands have caused a serious rald on the pre- Since the secret market for dia- ciously small number of expert monds has developed in London, workers in what is a new industry however, people catering for this for Britain.

A year ago, when Holland and trade have raided the provincial Belgium were being over-run by the centres where the foreign experts Nazis, groups of skilled diamond are employed, tempting them south workers from Amsterdam and An- with offers of between £18 and £25 twerp-traditional centres of the a week. craft--were persuaded to go to Bri- tain to help in forming a diamond polishing industry.

are

Provincial diamond dealers say that the "black market" traders can

KEEP THE BOMBER FUND SOARING employed. They are working monds, when polished, are sold at

TYPES OF BOMBERS HITTING HITLER

8. The Lockheed Hudson.

DONATIONS TO DATE: $2,410,803.91

REMITTED TO LONDON: £145,939.19.64

Now about 3,000 skilled workers pay these sums because the dia- for men who are developing an ex- twice pre-war prices to customers port trade in cut diamonds, mainly who know little about "precious

These experts,, naturally, help Britain to accumulate dollars to pay! for war materials,

with the United States.

"Tempted"

Many of the expert workers, who earned about £5 a week on the Con-f

stones.!!

So it is the customers eager to secure diamonds who really pays.

The industry is now considering combination to stop poaching of skilled craftsmen.

were confronted with a situation that ound "starvation, want, and destitution rampant," he reported..

to

For Discipline

The bill will also provide for the The Friends Service, Mr Kershner trial and punishment by British said, is now providing a meal a a day courts of similar offences committed for 50,000 French children and con- by British subjects. Cributing

One of the objects of the bill will the nourishment of 100,- 600 others and 10,000 babies. It could be to enforce discipline on foreign feed 1,000,000 children and more it ships. Deserters, sailors refusing to 1t had the money, he continued. since obey orders and other offenders on as much food as could be paid for such ships will come before a court was still obtainable in France, French of their own country, British sub- Colonies and Switzerland.

fects committing offences on foreign ships will be tried by Brlilsh courts.

Swam Ashore To

Join de Gaulle

When the French liner Santay,

British cruiser, anchored in Dur- which was recently intercepted by

Robert Boothby Joins R.A.F.

ban more than 40 members of the Mr Robert Boothby, M. P., has crew dived overboard and swam joined the RAF. as an observer and ashore to Join Gen, de Gaulle's Free has started training. He will retain French Forces.

One man, who could his seat in Parliament. not swim, was rescued by a poliec Mr Boothby resigned his office as

Parliamentary

the Secretary to launch.

All the men are now enjoying the Ministry of Food after a Select Com- African mitteo of

of the

House of Commons had hospitality of the South Government until arrangements for criticised his part in the realisation their passages to Europe have been of Czech assets in Britain. completed.

Mr Churchill moving the adoption The ship carried

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