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Show VESSELS MUST FLY AMERICAN BANNER WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Bunker licenses will be denied to vessels built in the United States and completed after af-ter February 1. unless they sail under i the American flag or the shipping board waives it, under a ruling today by the war trade board. The action was taken in co-operation with the shipping board, to insure that all the vessels turned out under the shipbuilding programme shall be registered regis-tered as American vessels and kept under control of the government. |