DANISH SHIPS
OPERATION DY UNITED STATES. PROPOSAL BY MARITIME COMMISSION. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright > (Received This Day. 12.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON. March 10. The Maritime Commission has asked Mr Bland, chairman of the House Committee to sponsor a Bill enabling the United States to take over thirty-five Danish ships idle in American ports. The intention is to operate the ships by the Maritime Commission under charter. No private lines will be involved. The ships would remain under the Danish (lag. There would be no seizure technically. British or Germans could arrest the Danish vessels on the high seas but were unlikely to do so if the United Slates operated the ships.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1941, Page 6
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109DANISH SHIPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1941, Page 6
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