Iron County Record | 1947-12-11 | Page 4 | State Department Inquires into Use of Ships by Russia

Stall Department Inquires Into Use of Ships by Russia WASHINGTON. The state department de-partment is investigating reports that Russia is using lend-lease ships to compete with American mer-chant mer-chant vessels at cut rates, i Authoritative sources said one of tha ships now flying the Soviet flag, the Sukhona II, left Baltimore harbor har-bor tot Sweden with t cargo of 'American coaL I Reports also are being checked that several other Russian lend-lease lend-lease ships have transported coal to (Sweden in recent weeks.