U.S. EVACUEE SHIP
Report Of Labour Trouble By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 25, 10.22 p.m.) MANILA, November 24. It is reported that naval men revealed that 70 United States naval ratings marines are boarding the steamer Washington to accompany evacuees to the United states owing to reported labour difficulties aboard as a result of an agitation between west and east coast organisers. The United States Navy Department said that 50 sailors and marines whose enlistments expire soon were merely returning home on the Washington. It had no knowledge of any friction.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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91U.S. EVACUEE SHIP Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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