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Eyes for Navy appeal calls private owners to send optics
The Public Information Committee reports over 6,000 glasses have reached the navy through newspapers to supply binoculars spyglasses telescopes sextants and chronometers. Donors must label items with name and address and send to Franklin D Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy care of Naval Observatory Washington D C. The article also notes licenses are required to ship goods abroad by parcel post and outlines penalties for violations.
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