STRONGER PATROLS
EASTERN COAST OF U.S.A. New York, March 18. A considerable increase in the submarine. surface, and air patrol fleets along the eastern coast will be made within the next two months, said the Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Knox) to-day. He urged all sea captains to cooperate by following certain shipping lanes, the effectiveness of which had been demonstrated. Of 1000 ships which had cleared New York, only five had been sunk in the lanes outlined by the navy.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 68, 21 March 1942, Page 5
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