Washington, Dec. 15.
Two metals essential to the manufacture of warplanes, molybdenum and aluminium, today were brought within scope of the United States' moral embargo against war exports to nations attacking civilians.
The State Department, it was announced, addressed a letter to producers and exporters of the precious metals pointing out that the latter are "materials essential to the contruction of aircraft" and asking them, in conformity with President Roosevelt's declaration of December 2, not to export them to countries which bomb and machinegun civilians.
The State Department also asked that contracts for delivery of these metals, if unbreakable, should be communicated to the Department, Japan, Russia Affected Floodgates Installed in Tube Railways Tunnel Under Thames- Now Safe in Air Raids SPECIAL ro rule "C.D.N."
London, Dec, 16.
The Transport Minister today made a journey in the first train run under ihe Thames since the of the war, when he made an inspection of flood protection work carried out in the underground railway system. The Minister inspected the floodgates which have been installed at Charing Cross and Waterloo, these stations being on either side of the river.
In all there are sixteen gates built of steel and totalling 87 tons in weight, and the erection of them has been n race against time.
(Manufactured in Scotland, the gates were not ready to start for London till December 6, and the journey of the lorries conveying them, being delayed by heavy fogs, was not completed until December 9.
The Minister witnessed the oporation, which took two minutes, of completely closing the gates, thus making the tunnel watertight.
Of the 51 underground stations which it is necessarly to take precautionary measures, all but two will be in operation again on Sunday. Wireless through Reuter.
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