Sea Otter ships urged to guard Atlantic tankers
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged rapid production of Sea Otter type warships to convoy Atlantic coast merchant vessels. He said these low silhouette gas powered craft could be mass produced, converted to corvettes or tankers, and help curb Axis submarine threats.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
Iowa
Gillette
Naval Affairs
Britain
Russia
Brooks
Illinois Republican
United States
President Roosevelts
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Navy
Hamilton Bryan
Bryan
Weaver Associates, Inc
Washington Marine Architects
War Production Board
WPB
Lease-Lend
Cars May Last Three Years With Reclaimed Rubber Drive
W S Rogers of The Texas Company told stockholders in New York that cars on the road can stay in service for three years or longer if owners exercise due care and if retread rubber becomes available. He cited American ingenuity and efforts to reclaim rubber and develop substitutes as pathways to a solution.
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W. S. 8. Rodgers
Texas Company
Rodgers
Companie
New York
Mr. Rodgers
Open Supply Lines Hold Fast in Burma War Effort
Allied forces strive to keep Burma supply routes open to China amid fears of Lashio fall. Americans pilot major freight operations with Flying Tigers aiding Burma transit while British roads to China face rugged terrain. US envoy and Red Cross workers arrive in London as India production aid expands for China aid.
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New Delhi
Burma
China
Lashio
India
Flying Tigers
American Volunteer Corps
Japan
Germany
United States
Chungking
Clark
Wheeler leads Middle East mission to India and China supply routes
Brig. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler heads a special mission coordinating supply routes through the Middle East to India and onward to China. American dock management techniques are being eagerly adopted by British and Indian authorities to speed ship unloadings.
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Raymond A. Wheeler
Middle East
India
China
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