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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . . in the week's news SHIP-BUILDING: New warships I will be added to the U. S. fleet at the rate of a dozen a day during the remainder of the year, Secretary of the Navy Knox stated. This figure is for seagoing vessels only, and does not include small auxiliary ships and landing craft. By the end of the year the navy will consist con-sist of more than 3,000,000 men, he added. AXIS WEAPONS: Japanese and German artillery and small arms are inferior as compared with American Amer-ican equipment, tests of captured weapons reveal. About 600,000 pieces of ordnance have been tried in firing and other tests at the seven U. S. army arsenals. It was found that the Japanese rifle is inaccurate at ranges over 350 yards, in contrast con-trast to the American Garand, |