NAVAL EXPENDITURE.
- INCREASE IN UNITED STATES. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day., 9.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 4. In the appropriations placed betore Congress by President Hoover, «WWYV)2 526 dollars is asked tor ine nfvv ,an increase of 163,999,000 over the "vote in 1928. Alterations m battleships, increased pay for the navy and other improvements caused the increase. . ~ Dealing with the cruiser construction ■programme, the President said:i In i-gard to the 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier authorised last February provision is made for carrying forward the work on the two cruisers already laid down for three cruisers and an aircraft carrier to be laid down late in the fiscal year 1930.. and for the remaining 10 cruisers to be commenced late in. the fiscal year."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 47, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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