s. Washington Fitted to Carry 1,500 Evacuees; No Philippine Moves Yet Washington, Oct. 19.
Government efforts to speed up the emergency evacuation of Americans from the Far East got under way today when the United States liner Washington sailed from New York for Japan and China ports.
The Washington, specially fitted out to carry an estimated 1,500 American evacuees, will reach the Orient via the Panama Canal and San Pedro, The liner is carrying supplies as far as the Panama Canal for thousands of naval reservists being mobilized there. In San Pedro, the Washington will pick up supplies for United States Army and Navy forces in the For East.
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