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Show SIX MILLIONS FOR TWO DREADNAUGHTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 Contracts for the construction of the two 27,-000-ton dreadnaughts authorized at the last session of congress, will be nwaided to the New York Shipbuilding Shipbuild-ing company at Camden, N J., and the Fore River Shipbuilding company at Quincey, Mjass., according to announcement an-nouncement by Secretary Meyer today. to-day. Secretary Moyor did not make public pub-lic the price to be paid for the vessels, ves-sels, which will be named the Oklahoma Okla-homa and Nevada Congress allowed $6,000,000 for the construction of the vessels |