Appropriations to Start Building Eight New Cruisers Washington, Mar, 27.
'The House of Representatives today passed the annual Navy Department Supply Bill, which pro-ides for the expenditure of $350, '000,000, $20,000,000. being' alloted to start the construction of two new dirigibles, whose total cost will be $8,000,000; $30,000,000 for heavier-than-air aviation; $6,000,000 to complete the modernization of the battleships Nevada and Oklahoma: and, among other allotments, $48, 000,000 is appropriated to start the construction of eight 10,000-ton ceruiscrs and two fleet submarines Reuter.
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