UNITED STATES' WAR BILL
ESTIMATE OF FIRST YEAR'S EXPENDITURE.
TWO THQUSAND N MILLIONS STERLING.
(Received May 23, 9.5 a.m.)
WASHINGTON, May 22
Mr W. G. McAdoo (Secretary of the Treasury) states that he expects the United States to spend in the first year of war £2,000,000,000. Contracts for the construction' of 38 new submarines within twelve months have been let to corporations. §
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 23 May 1917, Page 5
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62UNITED STATES' WAR BILL Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 23 May 1917, Page 5
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