U-Boat Toll foV Week
Cut More Than Half
I By Associate*! Pres?.)
I.U.N >lay Ml?I '.IKlitreii (lrll
Inh inerchnnt >e*arl* ?>f more than
I,(IOO (onn were aunk during Ihr
punt wrrk, hbjd the official nummary
of ahl|ipln? lonpte* l?*urd lo-do.T,
rive nierohniit vmarU of lean than
I.IIOO ton* -.vrrr minlt, loKrllirr tilth
three flablng- veaaela.
'I'he forrjiol nif atatement ahoun
the loaneH for the week cut eon.
alderahly more than hnlf, im regnrdii
the number of *e*arl* mink. Inat
neek'n report ahowlnic al*ty-two
veaaela. n? t'omimred ulth (lventy
al * In the current statement.
In Inrjte \enaela the decretive waa
front t went j-fonr to llilrty>rlght.
The moat murkrd drop, however,
wilt In the number of amtiller ve?
aela destroyed. I.nst Wednesday
twenty-two merchnnf vesaela of lean
Ihnn t.WM) tona were reported rtunk.
In eontrnat with the five In thia
week'* report, while the number of
llahlnK craft dropped front sixteen
to only three.
The hlgli-w titer initrk in the de.
atruetlon of Inr^e % eaaela wan
I reached In the report of April Utl,
ulien forty aueh teasels were nn
uouneed na destroyed.
DEFENSE COUNCIL TO 1
SALE OP LIBERTY BONOS
Virginia liranrh "Will K.vert Kvery
Kflort to Arouse State-Wide
Patriot ism.
i'Ij.ans dklavkd rv <o\<;ki;ss
It. Walton Moore Cities to Washing
ton, Where Ho Will Consult Offi
cials?Ministerial Union Names
(.'onunitiee to Co-Operate.
Tltc Virginia Council of Det?ti>:e yes
terday added to its ambitious scheme
of arousing patriotism throughout the
State and of mobilizing all material and
personal resources for the war emer
gency the duty of soiling in Virginia
tlie bonds issued l>y the United States
government for the liberty loar. it
will make to its allies against Ger
many.
