TO BE SCRAPPED
THREE BATTLESHIPS. 'United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright \ .> 'f WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The United States Navy Department announced that a tentative decision had been reached calling for the retirement of th battleships, Utah, Florida and Wyoming, about October Ist, without the necessity of awaiting Japan’s ratification of the London Naval Treaty. It is assumed that the world conditions are such that no situation could arise within the next 18 months in which the United States would be handicapped iby the lack of these three warships, and: the move will save./the country about four million dollars. It will also serve as a gesture of international s confidence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1930, Page 6
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108TO BE SCRAPPED Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1930, Page 6
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