Show Brazil Speeds Construction of New Warships Fleet Greatly Strengthened By Eleven New Vessels In Recent Months Released by Western Newspaper Union 1 RIO DE JANEIRO Launching the eleventh war war- warship warship ship within a few months Brazil leads the parade of South American nations now of rapidly arming for defense of the Western Hemisphere The destroyer Manz Mariz e a Bar Bar- Barros Barros Bar ros ros was launched in m the Ma Ma- Marme Marine Marine rine Arsenal shipyards on Isle of Snakes at Rio de deJaneiro deJaneiro deJaneiro Janeiro amid wild enthusiasm enthusIasm enthusiasm of cheering Brazilians i Americans and masses of spectators President Getulio Vargas person personally personally ally officiated at the es esthen esthen esthen then laid the keels of four other war vessels to be rushed to completion in Braz 1 1 s s rearmament rearm program to bUIld 50 warships as rap dry as pos poss s ble Sister ship of the mighty de destroyer destroyer destroyer Marcillo Dias launched last July the Mariz e a Barros Is of thea the a S II A Avia via w v wil il r r rM j jy y w t M 0 a I S S GETULIO VARGAS President of Brazil Class A type Patterned after the theU theU U S destro destroyer er Mahan it at is the most perfect In construct on and striking force ever bu It m in Brazil WIth the trawler Almirante GUY Guil Guilhem hem and the eight mine mme layers re recently recently Gently built the Maria Manz e a Barros IS the eleventh warship to be launched by Brazil m in recent months All are planned to assist the U S Atlantic fleet m in protect ng the long coast coastline coastline line of South America to make the Western hemisphere safe sate for the de democracies democracies The new destroyer has a displace displacement displacement ment of 1 I tons and a speed of knots delivered by Its 45 horsepower engines It is armed WIth five five inch mch guns four double antI aircraft machine guns and 12 torpedo tubes in m three groups of four each The ship is larger than the theother theother theother other vessels recently launched by more than a hundred tons and has hasan hasan hasan an extra cannon in m her armament Material From Brazil Ninety per cent of all materials used in the destroyer came nally from Brazil It was built WIth the co on of U S experts and technicians Brazil s tremendous importance Is stressed in m U S and Pan American plans for tor the defense of the Western hemisphere The proximity of her herlong herlong herlong long coastline to enemy bases In West Africa makes Brazil the most vulnerable of all American natIOns The country has many excellent |