PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.
j COST OF ENFORCEMENT. l (United Presa Association—By El*4«rlc \ T*»i**irriiph—CopyrieM.) I WASHINGTON. February 28. 1 The House passed the Jones Prohibi- | tion Penalty Bill, making no change, j asi passed by the Senate. The Bill now goes to the President for signature. | Tlie House to-day adopted the conJ ference report on the Navy Appropriation Hill. carrying dollars for the fiscal year of 1930, including 12,370,000 dollars for starting the construction of five new cruisers, | and one plane carrier next June, j Representative French announced i that the second group of five cruisers would be started in June, 1930, and ' the keels for the. final five would be j laid down in June, 1931. I The. total cost will be 274,000,000 I dollars.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 5
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