Washington, July The House Naval Affairs Committee yesterday approved Senate bill empowering the Secretary of the Navy to extend future naval enlistments for the duration of the emergency, An amendment was added to the bill doubling the bounty paid to men for reenlisting within 24 hours after period, 1 expiration of the original enlistment
The committee also unanimously approved bil] authorizing the Navy to undertake a US$300.000,000 shore facilities expansion programme—United Press, Based on communiques and other reports, the situation in the east was summarized here this morning as folows:—Finland: The German thrust is directed between the two big lakes. Ladoga and Onega, It suggests three possible German aims:—The isolation of Soviet forces in the far north. a thrust to the rear of Leningrad's defences by a great sweep round Lake Ladoga and a menace canal by which Russian warships have reached the White Sea from the Gulf of Finland,
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