Iron County Record | 1940-12-19 | Page 11 | Panama Tolls Cut $2,516,346 by War

Panama Tolls Cut by War Wat Further Decline in Gross Operations Expected BALBOA C. C The 2 Z The war reduced the Ute tolls lolls of the Panama canal during dur duro ing the fiscal year ending June 30 by and cargo handled by tons tone according to the current current cur rent issue of the Canal Record though cargo carried by United States vessels Increased tons to a total of tons The total of tolls toUs for the year was and of cargo tons British traffic frame was reduced m ships and tons of cargo caro Nevertheless 1073 ships carrl carried d tons through the canal No German ships have used the canal since the war started and their traffic was reduced by ships hips and tons ton of cargo Italian traffic also stopped since the declaration of war was reduced by only 1958 tons of cargo caro because be bee cause caule of the use us of larger ships ship I like the ton Conte de Blanca fiance mano mana now tied lied up at Cristobal Norway's Norway total cut as a result of ships sunk by submarines or tied up in is home bome ports since the German Invasion invasion in In- was down in ships and tons ton in cargo Although ships flying the fIa flag of the Netherlands increased 28 for a total of the average size was wal smaller and they carried only tons of cargo cario as al compared with in hi the 1939 fiscal year A further decline both of ships and cargo is il expected for the duration dura dun tion of the war