AMERICA TO BUILD 200 SHIPS
(Received 4, 12.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. President Roosevelt announced that preparations had been made for a 350million dollar new shipbuilding programme providing for about 200 ships. He also said that 36-million dollars had already been allotted to the Maritime Commission to start the construction of shipyards for the building programme. The ships will be about 7500 tons. Both the ships and the shipyards will be owned by the Government, APOLOGY DEMANDED FROM JAPANESE (Received 4, 1.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Jan. 3. The United States marine commandant at Peiping is reported to have demanded an apology and indemnity from the Japanese as a result of the detention and manhandling of five marines by Japanese gefldarmeg on December 31-
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 8
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