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Show RECEIVE BIDS FOR U-BOAT CHASERS WASHINGTON, March 31. Fifty more bids for construction of small fast patrol boats and submarine chasers were received today at the navy department. depart-ment. Each bidder offered one or more boats in the shortest possible time. Contracts Con-tracts for more than 100 chasers can be let immediately, including those tentatively ten-tatively awarded last week, and facilities facili-ties are available for construction of 400 or 500 more during the present year. Some of today 's biffs were based upon cost plus 10 per cent profit, as is the plan for battle cruisers and destroyers. |