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British Orders In United States RAPID DELIVERY Negotiations For Buying Of Others (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Received November 8. 10.45 p.m.) NEW YORK. November 7. '.rite “New York rimes" Washington correspondent says that Britain has completed arrangements for the construction of 120 freighters at a cost of 100,000.000 dollars. They will be manufactured piecemeal throughout the nation and will be assembled on the west coast at the rate of one a week. Ihe freighters will be 300 feet long, with 25.000 horse-power engines, giving a speed of 18 knots. Britain is also negotiating lor the purchase of an additional 63 freighters from the Maritime Commission and 80 to 100 others from private owners. The British purchasing officer. Mr. Purvis, after a conference with President Roosevelt in Washington, announced that he was flying to Britain shortly, doubtless to bring more orders for defence materials.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 39, 9 November 1940, Page 11
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