ARMS FOR RUSSIA.
' FIRST SHIPMENT FROM AMERICA. (Roc. 2 a.m.) WASHINGTON, .Aug. 6. Authoritative United Press sources i ■■ revealed to-day that the United States has sent the first shipment of war supplies to Russia, including armaments 4 »nd industrial machinery. The machm- ■ ery was ordered prior to the German invasion. , , , . . It is assumed here that the shipments are going via the Pacific, in spite of Japan’s veiled threats to '!■, Interfere , , ~ . if 1 .; report from Ottawa states that >* Canada has agreed to supply the V United States with -100-500 Hurricanes f for China, the East Indies, and, p.os- *, sibly, Russia.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 253, 7 August 1941, Page 6
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