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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . . " the week's news I i SHIPS: Shipyards under management manage-ment of Henry J. Kaiser have launched 1,087 vessels since January Janu-ary 1, 1941, Mr. Kaiser told the New York Economic club. Of these, 985 are Liberty ships, 40 or more are tank-landing ships, 40 are fast tankers, and 12 are aircraft carriers. car-riers. "Two or three," he said, "are troop transports with seven decks, carrying 4.000 passengers." j 1 CABLES: The navy will make it possible for naval personnel to receive re-ceive cablegrams at most shore installations in-stallations outside continental United Unit-ed States. Service will be expanded shortly after the first of the year. The army has forbidden fixed text holiday greetings to be transmitted to soldiers overseas between December Decem-ber 6 and 25, to prevent overtaxing of facilities. |