'The House v of. Hepresentitives Washington, Aug. 0. Rivers and Harbours eommitice yes: terday tentatively approved the rministeation's St. "Eawrence "river Seaway project, 'The' commit ice voted to include bott tne seaway- and the U85200.000- 000 Florida ship canal prefect Into [omnibus rivers and harbours bill, The vote for the sea wa project was 17 to 8 and for the With the inclusion of the two pro-Jects the general bill total rises 'US$700.000,000,—United Press, Tatuta Maru Sails San Francisco, Augi6.
'The much delayed Japaneso"liner 'Tatula Maru sailed from here yesterday" bearing 850 passengers, mostly Japanese nationals, and no cargo, However, it' carried 1.977" barrels lubricating all for whic an export, permit was granted. by the export Sontzot boara!in Washington—United New York, Aug, 11.
Mr, Allred Dufl-Cooper. forntie Minister of. Information. arrived at LaGuardia Airport yesterday on. his} way 10 Singapore to survey Brit Coordination in the Far East for the War Cabinet," He arrived aboard a trans-Atlantic clipper from Lisbon, "The British Government felt there might' be' great developments in the Far Bast in the near future. and asa result believed it should be possible fo construct in some form a more centralized. system "of political con el than at present exists." he stated commenting on his mission, "sit may be desirable to work out a scheme whereby political activities "those regions. which at" present are being conducted to a large ex-{ont from Whitehall, be decentralized the same as in the Near East,"
Singapore Headquarters He said that such activities prob-ply, would" be co-ordinated "from singapore, 'Mr, Duff Cooper said that the Japanese Government's reaction the "strong measures taken by' the United States and Great Britain as a result of the Japanese invasion of French Indo-China had hada dis+ tinctly steadying effect on conditions Asia—United Press, Interned Chinese Join Catholic Faith
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