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Show U. S. SHIPBUILDING CONTINUES RECORD WASHINGTON, May 1 3. Shlrlmlldlni: tnls -year has continued the fast pare set diirins the war. Tho shipping hoard a'n-nomu'ed a'n-nomu'ed today that from January 1 to May 7 Aniork'an nrds tinned out :M steamships of 7M.9SO Rross Inns, all except ex-cept 311 of which were of steel construction. construc-tion. April was the banner month, the total deliveries helnur l.i ships of S:-o,;o gross tons, an Increase of r.7,000 tons oxer the record set last October, |