AMERICA'S WAR-BUILT TONNAGE
PRIVATE INTERESTS TO BE SOLD
EXTENSIVE USE OP OIL FUEL'
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPSRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received' November 12, 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 9th November. The House has passed a Bill providing for the immediate sale of private American interests in all vessels built by the Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation during the war. NEW YORK, Bth November. It is reported that several of the larger steamship companies plan to convert their vessels into oil burners, in order to avert fuel difficulties as the result of the coal shortage. It is estimated that the conversion will affect 1750 vessels, and save 240 million tons of coal annually.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 115, 12 November 1919, Page 5
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111AMERICA'S WAR-BUILT TONNAGE Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 115, 12 November 1919, Page 5
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