The Archive · 1941

Figures Corrected

Washington. May 9.

There is reason to believe that actual losses of ships carrying United States supplies from America to Great Britain are greater than the reported losses which he wrote in a letter to Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. the Chairman of the Maritime Commission, Rear-Admiral Emory S. Land. stated yesterday.

Two days ago. Senator Vandenberg stated before a Senate committee that only eight out of 205 ships with supplies for Britain had been sunk in the Atlantic during the first three months of this year.—Reuter.

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