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AMERICAN DEFENCE NEW WARSHIP LAUNCHED MINISTER’S WARNING (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 22, 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Speaking at the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship Indiana at Newport News, the Secretary of the Navy, Colonel F. Knox, declared:— “We have proclaimed our resolve that our side shall win this struggle which shakes the world. None can say when the actions of our avowed enemies may drag us into complete belligerency, but should the day come the burden upon the navy will be the greatest in our history. “It is no accident that the Indiana is launched six months ahead of schedule. We all know the need for record-breaking speed. The perils which loom across the seas are not merely threats to our national security, for it is not a struggle between rival Powers but a conflict of hostile ideals."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 24 November 1941, Page 7
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