Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-21 | Page 3 | War Materials Choke Wharves

WAR MATERIALS r CHOKE WHARVES Y WASHINGTON Feb 21 CD- CD Crated war materials were reported reported reported re re- re- re ported Saturday to be piling up upon cn on American wharves awaiting urgently needed cargo ships to carry cattY them to the far Pacific front And lack Jack of ot sufficient shipping rather than Inadequate production waS as described authoritatively a athe as the most serious obstacle in th the w way y of ot bolstering distant lines line However there was a conviction In la the capital capita that shipping would woul be only a temporary bottleneck A senate appropriations subcommittee was aS assured by Undersecretary tary ary of ot War Robert P. P Patterson Patterso Friday that manufacture of planes tanks and guns was going forward forwar rapidly rapidly- picture Less Bright From Rear Admiral Emory S S. S Land Und chairman of ot the maritime commission members received a a. aless less teas encouraging description o ot of th the h difficulties In turning ou ouI out I cargo vessels The committee Is to act Monda Monday on en the navy army appropriations bill carrying 3 3 in direct appropriations appropriation and sod contract authorizations fo for construction of 1476 merchant ships The bill contemplates contemplate speeding up production to a rate rat of two ships a day I Land was said to have told th the committee that every effort was wa being made to alleviate shortages shortage In materials particularly steel and to hold down labor labor- disputes dispute which have interrupted construe construe- tion He told reporters later ater that tha the rate of construction is 15 no not enough Losses Loiles Relatively Rathel Small Committee members were said sale to have been Informed that ship losses due to enemy action were wen regarded as relatively small bu but that even so materials were be be- tinning finning to pile up on wharves and that the long haul to the Pacific front by bv slow convoys has retarded re re- re- re deliveries A new menace to the American American- British supply routes to Russia was as seen In roundabout press re reports reports reports re- re ports to London that a powerful German raiding squadron was steaming northward along the Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- egian coast The squadron was said to ta consist of the battleship the pocket battleship Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Scheer and the cruiser Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Hipper