Munich, June 18.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Premier Benito Mussolini will meet here today, Munich Radio announced.
The two leaders may meet either breaking defence programme as soon as possible.
Members of the United States Cabinet meanwhile were working at top speed, to form a plan for closer economic unification of the 22 American nations, including Canada.
Authoritative quarters said that President Roosevelt's economic plan may result in the creation of a Western Hemisphere cartel, including Canada. The purpose of such a cartel would be to dispose of various crops and surpluses such as wheat, copper, cotton, meats, coffee and other commodities which Europe may soon need urgently, they said.
Mr. ordell Hull, Secretary of State, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Harry Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, and Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, are working on the plan.—United Press.
British Merchant Ship Losses Announced London, June 18.
British mercantile losses through action for the week ending midnight June 9 were nine ships with a tonnage of 41,536, the Admiralty announces.
Allies losses were two ships with tonnage of 9,532, neutral losses, two ships of 4,472 tons. British and Allied losses included about 5,000 tons lost during combined operations off French Channel ports.
German mercantile losses to June 16 amount to about 837,000 tons and Italy's losses totalled 230,000 tons. The ratio of ship losses in convoy is one in 772.—Reuter. their borders by placing all their resources at the disposal of the Allies.
Authoritative sources said the French Army in the Near East is intact and North Africa could provide bases for continuing the struggle. The French Fleet, they pointed Out, is stil the second strongest in ihe world and, combined with the British Fleet, could continue tne Allied blockade of Germany and Italy indefinitely with the aid of supplies from the United States.
Meanwhile, yesterday's newspapers published editorials unanimously lauding the French for their "stand till the last". The newspapers urged Britons to give their last ounce of energy in efforts to prepare to repel an invasion, "Our great immortal Ally, France, has suffered a sequence of hammering blows which have broken all but her soul..." the "Evening Standard" said in an editorial "Her brave sons stood astride the road as laing as the human body could stand the test..... Our task is now clear and simple—to transform this country into a single fortress."—United Press.
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