The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-04
AID IS ALREADY
 GOING TO TURKEY
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 dents order, however, was said by some ofheials to be mere apparent than real, inasmueh as Turkey hes been receiving lend.lease goods from the United States through Great Britain. The DrltiSh agreed early in the war to supply the Turks with needed equipment h return for Turkeys promise to be non-beliigerent ally.
 Under the new arrangement, Turkey will receive the goods di- rectiy from the United States.
 0fncialS said the bulk of the shipments to Turkey would be sent either to Red Sea or Persian gulf ports and transshipped over land and water routes now used to carry similar aid to the Soviet Union, The Mediterranean and SueZ Canal routes have been ruled out, it was understood, because of "enerny ger. ial operations" and Q desire tu avoid exposing our ships to un- necessary risks"
 If the United States receives pay- ment for Turkish aid with substan- tial supplies of chrome, defense offi. cials would consider the arrange ment Q good bargain"
 This country has only very small domestic production of that mineral, 0 few mines in California producing 2,662 tons in iS40 compared with imports of 667, ,6se tons.
 Soviet Aid Tagging
 Washington, Dec. { - (U.P.) - Delivery of War equipment to the Soviet Union Is tagging behind Uni- ted States commitments made ct the recent Moscow conference and ad- rninistration officials have begun 0 survey of transportation facilities to correct the situation, 1t was disclosed today.
 Shipments to the Russians have been below promises for 60 days, al. though the amount of aid dispatch cd under the lend.lease program was described as substantial"
 The survey is being rushed, pre- sumably ct the request of the White House. It will seek to iron out two major problems in the transporta- ton bottleneck:
 l. Insufficient numbers of ships for Russian assignment.
 2. Inadequate landing, storage and transportation facilities ct the northern part of Archangel and along the Persian Gulf route from Basra. Third route, via VladivoStok S threatened by the Far Eastern crisis.
 Maritime commission officials de- clined to answer specific questions about the rate of shipments to the Soviet Union, but said that since President Roosevelt's promise of aid to the Russians "every effort has been made to secure as many ships as possible" for the job. They said the United States has an overall shortage of ships to meet demands but that 'in general the commission has been able to keep to its schedule on shipments to the Soviet"
 2,e00 Frogs Shipped
 Washington, Dec. { =. (U.P.) - 4 AOSa OAOoo oAAaRAA4VAAb OA oJVgO AAA0GA . mating grass frogs will arrive in London today to aid Britain in treating her war injured.
 Packed in 31 noss-filled, ten- pound boxes. they were sent by ex- press from Chicago to an Eastern air base yesterday and then loaded aboard an American bomber taking of for Britain.
 The frogs will be used in the physiology department of the Uni- versity of London's st. MaTy's school "for experimental purposes in con- nection with certain types of war injuries"
 Medical men could not state de- finitely for what specific purposes the frogs would be used and Red Gross officials said tho cable from Britain failed to give dssails. source with permission to l1e Q, ne replied, ''unlsss t E Fepublished and attributed to tlosA who originally published tts story.