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Show MILLION MORE TONS OF SHIPS IS NEW PLAN By Associatsd Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. I Construction Con-struction of 464 vessels of 1,000,. 000 dead weight tons Is the additional addi-tional program of the shipping hoard disclosed today to the house appropriations committee by ' Chairman Hurley in eiptalning hjs request for add it lonal authorisation authorisa-tion of $444,000,000 for' the present fiscal year. The program cpn tern pin tea the building of 10 steel and 244 mood-en mood-en ships, horn of the larger vessels ves-sels would cost more than 11,000,-000 11,000,-000 each, but the .average crMt would be about that amount. The shipping board's figures Include requests re-quests for S34.S60.ono for plHtit ft - cllltles, marine railroads and dry. docks. . |