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. copters for tjiilitary and com resist the Japs in 1941, is a strong mercial use which can be adapted acfvocate Of international organi
esinTwo Oceans for as many as five passengers, zation as .opposed to a series of president Lawrence D. Bell said regional groups throughout the
today in his annual report.
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Navy task until the last ! >a * tiese submarine is sunk."
4,000 PLANES------
Both Forreslal and King e ti mated for the committee the present air strength of the Ja >a of nese at 4,000 effective planes. ncl King also estimated that - he re. Japanese have "something on he up order" of twenty large destroy n s he left after their series of naval 1e icil feats, n." Forrestal said that the 3 tp;hat. anese were driven into suicide a vy tactics because of their terr flc ox- aircraft losses, which he Slid not have been as many as l.SOf a month. ! ICO The Secretary revealed the 'He United States Navy had almost of," 1,200 ships in the Iwo Jima at III If, tack and a larger number in the up Okinawa Invasion.
Russ-Finn Trade Pact
HELSINKI (Finland), May 14. her _ fApi _ Finland and Russia her have signed a trade agreement >piy providing for the exchange of tijp- goods valued at $17,000,000, it Iflr was officially stated tonight.
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trie* of the world, and >
nixed that It ssill pre rn
wars,'' he said. He termed `.he dent I' dent Tto-evel-. `a gr-mt
the Anvrifnn piopl-'" 1 that President Trimu'
Burning office, was bar1-; people in a manner 1 1
to the support given 1 ' pie and the nowspapi 1 dent Roosevelt in 193;;.
"The people have sin < strength of t-harartn
ing behind President >
he Mild.
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Regarding the man> Government restriction
dared: "I believe (he (inn
as quickly as It can war, and even lirforr t end, should elimin.ite . >
trols so (list the p. get hack to a nnrma
living. How long t<<
should continue I can >;
The west coast nas
industrially more li-
area during the war, h
and should be able to
high industrial active
postwar period, partl>
of the many people
come here to work."
After the war Pacific
ports should be "1mm;:
date" with improvemi n
the)' may continue han-
amounts of shipping 1
areas, he said.
Liberated Toriu
LONDON, m*>-
--German civilians ie
killed some Amrriiforced down in Geima.
a large group of liber;;'
ican prisoners of war
upon., returning by a
German camp at Bar.
Baltic.
Included among tin
oners freed from the
lag Luft No. 1, north
were several famed L'u
flying aces, inciudiiu
Francis S. Gabroski o:
Pa., and Co!. Huber!
Missoula, Mont.
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BOTH ACES--
Gabreski, as a Th pilot, set the present i Force record of twenr ; emy planes shot down and also destroyed th; ground. Zemkc. a Mu commander, is creditc teen and one half in , eleven on the ground.
Evacuation of tit-' from Barth was romp
hv heavy bombers of Air Force. One of the-Lt. John C. 'Reel1 '
Amarillo, Texas.