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Although it is impossible to ship food from America abroad because of the blockade and lack of ships, one vessel with 50 tons of much needed clothing was able to get through to the central office at Marseilles. Famine this year is most severe in Poland and Greece, but the Germans will allow no organizations to work in occupied countries and thus not much can be done...
...another sinking ship the gun crew kept blazing away at the sub, shattered the U-boat's periscope before a second torpedo finished off the U.S. vessel. > Somewhere along the Brazilian bulge, a heavily armed Norwegian ship tangled with a U-boat, blew it to bits. > The Hartford Courant reported that marine claims filed against insurance companies for U.S. ships lost since Jan. i were $48,000,000; lost cargo claims were $25,000,000; total $73,000,000. This was $17,000,000 more than the premiums paid, almost completely wiped out all marine-insurance profits...
Background to Disaster was laid in December, when the Navy Department "accepted the vessel and 'full responsibility' therefor." Few steps to safeguard...
...intricate machinery. Only three or four of her fire extinguishers were examined. Expert estimate: probably only about 50% were in good condition; faulty equipment was not replaced. Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co., subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corp., which had the contract to convert her into a naval auxiliary vessel, took inadequate precautions against fire. Authority was undefined. Although the committee found no evidence of sabotage, opportunities for it were "abundant." Background to Chaos was laid when Washington ordered the Normandie made ready to sail for Boston on Feb. 14. Workers protested that it would take much longer. Washington insisted...
This was the signal for a more than routine uproar. Columnists, Congressmen and Otter-lovers wanted to know why. A Senate investigating committee took a look, trumpeted: the vessel had not had a full and fair trial; Navy and Maritime Commission officials (Powell, Rear Admiral Emory Land) had been hostile to the sponsors and their idea; obstacles had been deliberately put in the way. Mrs. Walter Lippmann and her good friend Eleanor Roosevelt carried on a vigorous backstage campaign. Mrs. Lippmann's husband thundered that the Maritime Commission was waterlogged with ancient prejudices. "What happened to the Sea Otter...