IN BRITISH SERVICE
AMERICAN TANKERS
RESPONSE TO REQUEST
(Rec. 2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 1. In quick response to President Roosevelt's request, the Maritime Commission is placing 50 American tankers in the British service within a few days. The tankers will transport oil from the south to an American port in the north from where the oil can be transferred to British tankers.
Senator Gufifey, in the Senate today, urged that the convoying of ships to Britain should begin immediately "because of the peril that confronts us."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 8
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86IN BRITISH SERVICE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 8
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