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SHE WAS TROUBLE FOR 3,000 WARPLANES
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"OF MICE AND MEN
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THE UNITED STATES at present is sending Britain between 250 and 300 'planes a month, it was estimated in Washington yesterday, and with every effort being made to speed up production, this figure should be steadily increased.
President Roosevelt's allusion in his speech at Boston to Britain's request for additional 'planes re- fers to the scheme broached by British purchasing officials to the Treasury some weeks ago, when they enquired if it would be possible for the United States to produce 3,000 'planes a month for Britain.
Investigations showed this was
hardly feasible and would re-
quire the establishment of nearly PURCHASE
40 new factories.
Estimates were given for the production of about 1,300 'plánes a month, and a new British or- der for 12,000 'planes, including both fighters and bombers, fol- lowed.
Nobody can. say when an out-
MR. WILLKIE LAVISH WITH PROMISES
Mr. Wendell · Will- kie, Republican Pre- sidential candidate, in an election campaign speech at Wilming- ton, Delaware, yester- day, said that if he was elected, the Bri- tish request for 12,- 000 planes "would be- insignificant,"
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OF SHIPS IN would cause produc-
AMERICA
tion to be geared to new heights, he said.
Reuter.
put of 1,300 a month can be THE FACT THAT THE BRI- reached, since there are two TISH GOVERNMENT HAS OR-| $6064 serious bottlenecks in Ameri. | DERED A LARGE NUMBER OF car industry, namely In the| FREIGHTERS FROM THE ship, — Reuter, production of machine-tools and UNITED STATES WAS DIS Mr. Purvis, head of the British aero-engines.
CLOSED IN WASHINGTON BY Purchasing: Mission, explained in MR. HENRY MORGENTHAŲ, Washington yesterday he SECRETARY OF TREASURY.
trying especially to buy 10,000-ton cargo vessels.
Informed American sources, however, express the view that resort may again be made to the system of releasing to Bri- tain "planes ordered for the American air forces.-Reuter,
Fourth Programme The new plan will be the fourth warplane building programme in the United States.
The others are 35,000 'planes for the United States Army, already mostly contracted; the original British programme for 14,000 'planes, and the new British order for 12,000 'planes. Reuter.
500 PLANES SENT IN OCTOBER
THE UNITED STATES SENT 500 MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO BRITAIN DURING OCTOBER, IT IS ANNOUNCED IN WASH- INGTON. THE AVERAGE NUM - BER IS EXPECTED TO BE IN- CREASED TO 800 BY DECEM- BER..
Britain has ordered 14,000 mili- tary planes and wants a further 12,000.
President Roosevelt says that he has asked the Priorities Board to give this request their most sym- pathetic consideration.
The R.A.F, he says, la strong- er to-day than It was three months ago, despite losses, and this is due partly to purchases from the United States. Rapid progress is being made towards the goal of American air- craft production of 50,000 ma- chines a year. — Reuter.
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The United States War Department is reported to
on
was
Mr. Morgenthau said he did not know whether the orders involved The number to be purchased the construction of a new ship would depend largely the yard in the United States for ex-number available. Some might clusive British use, and, declined be purchased in Canada but the to give details beyond saying the bulk of the business is expected. British had ordered a large num-to go to American shipyards. ber of one, standard type freight' Reuter,
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help of the motor-car in- dustry.
*** This programme," estimated to -cost US$2,000,000,000, 'is stated to have been planned to produce the 12,000 bombers asked for by Britain.
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Whether these will be operated by the Government or the aircraft or motor-car Industry has 'not yet bren declded; —- Reuter. ·
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