Washington, June 5. peg una States Maritime Commission has ordered 14 American 1 lines to make half their tonnage available to Britain. wed that the order affects between 60. and 70 ships with tonnage of 375,000 operating in the Atlantic and the Gulf as well as the coastal routes.—Reuter.
Washington, June 5.
"United States Maritime Com-
bees American lines. of which the id purchased recently 28 ships from yesterday age it
Navy will get 21 and the Army the Témainder for national defence pur-vessels formerly owned by can President Lines will be
ton President Coolidge. the to the Army. They were $4 tp-ton President Pierce, the Nus Cleveland.
ston President Taft, ana the Lines while the Executor and Exporter, newly-completed vessels for the American Export Lines, were also taken over by the Na The Navy also acquired the President Johnson and the President Adams from the A.P.L.. the Chiriqut and of the United Fruit Lines. the del Orleans, the Panama and the Santa Teresa.
The Army also received the coastwise liner, Oriente. from the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Lines and the Delta. Argentino.
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