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Show oo WOODEN SHIPS TO BE STOPPED WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Cancellation Cancella-tion of all outstanding contracts for construction of wooden ships where builders have not spent more than $200,000 on a ship has been determined deter-mined upon by the shipping board. This applies lo yards on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts. Contracts for 1G0 ships of this type wore suspended sus-pended recently and many of these are affected by the decision though officials Qf the board would not attempt at-tempt today to estimate the number. |