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AMERICA CLAIMS FASTEST FIGHTER

Secret tests are being conducted by pilots of the United States army cn a new type of twin-engined aero- plane.

Five experimental machines have been purchased from а Buffalo (New York State) aircraft com- pany, which had spent two years ..on developing their design. Every aeroplane has two engines, each of more than 800 horse power.

Although declining to *go into details concerning these new machines, army officials have stated that "they are generally credited with being the fastest two-engined military aircraft built to date."

PORTSMOUTH AND EMPIRE FLYINGBOATS

JUSMO THE CHINA

The latest product of the Dornier aviation works at Friedrichshafen.

The huge plane, which

was on display at the recent International Aviation Exhibition at The Hague, will be used for long- distance flights.

SLOW PLANES ARE AN ASSET BERT ACOSTA

Bert Acosta, one of the most experienced pilots in the world, The question of providing a found that his slow 'plane was an tidal scheme in Langstone Harbour asset when fighting super-fast for Empire flying-boats has been fighters in the Spanish civil war. raised by the Air Ministry, follow- Acosta has returned to Canada ing the decision of Portsmouth from Spain, where he fought for City Council not to promote a the Government ад a pilot. "I Parliamentary bill which would shot down five 'planes, all piloted have given it power to carry out a by Italians, just like ducks," he barrage scheme.

Baid. "I got them because their machines were fast and mine was slow.

At a meeting of the council a letter was read from the Air Min- istry stating that, should the Cor-

"They came at me so fast that poration so desire, the Minister they didn't have a real chance to would direct that negotiations be aim at me. All I had to do was to reopened on the question of a tidal stay in one spot and let them pass scheme with a view to arriving at my gun sights. mutually satisfactory terins for the establishment of an air base at Langstone Harbour.

consider any further schemes and The council adopted a recommen-financial proposals the Ministry dation of a committee agreeing to might put before the Corporation.

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Midnight Radio

Decrees New Era In Russia

(By AIR MAIL)

Moscow, Janúary 19. .It was officially revealed that Soviet Russia's all-powerful Com-numbers of people-sacked from munist Party broadcast at midnight their jobs, deserted by their a decree long awaited by tens of friends, and at the end of their re- thousands of Communists unjustly sources have gone to the O.G.P.U. crucified in the great purge. and demanded. "Arrest us or give

Unbounded joy and a sense of re-us jobs.” - won freedom have swept the homes of numberless, innocent, expelled

of their friends and relatives who party members and also the homes

had been forced for safety sake to

dearTM boycott those near and them.

FOUR KEY POINTS The most important points. the decision were as follows:

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Under the new ruling it is also laid down that persons false- ly accused must be cleared by statements in the Press. Tan, 13 All those discovered to have falsely denounced innocent people are to be prosecuted, the decree pointing out that:

"There has been a criminally fri- · volous attitude prevalent as to the fate of party members.”

(1) Expulsions from the party

While the decree calls for contin- are henceforth prohibited until any given case has been considered in-ued vigilance against actual ene- dividually.

mies of the State, it insists that se- (2) Expelled members must be vere measures be taken against given new jobs at once.

those careerists who denounce people (3) By February 15 next evěry to gain a reputation for super-vigi- musted party member, whether ex-lance. pelled justly or unjustly, must be One case to illustrate this point is given a job.

given. A provocateur in Kiev ask- ed every citizen he met:

(4) All pending appeals for rein- statement must be examined within three months.

How many letters exposing enemies have you written 2” ⠀ This decision makes it clear that The result of this inquisition was there are tens of thousands of pend- that many letters were sent to head- ing appeals which have hitherto quarters accusing 50 per cent. of been ignored by party organisa- the Communist Party members tions.

the city.

THE

WORLD GOES BY

By "ULYSSES"

NE way of saying it:

like

success.

Nothing recedes (Walter Winchell.)

It seems to me that when a wo man is wearing shorts her charms are enlarged without being enhanc- ed. (Beverley Nichols.)

A fool and his money are some party.

Toastm a ster's

Introduction: Gentlemen, you have been giving your attention to a turkey stuffed with sage. Pray silence for a sage stuffed with turkey:"

She stood three deep în' men. (Margaret Mitchell.)

the London "Daily says:

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Telegraph"

A carefully recorded total of successes announced in Madrid and Valencia communiques up to April 19, 1987, was:

Ferritory won. Three times the total area of Spain.

tionalists killed and wound- ed: 500.000.

Prisoners taken: 345,000. Guns captured: 415,000; chine-guns: 775,000.

ma-

Italian and German planes shot down 56,779,

By April, too, Huesca had been captured 26 times, Toledo 11 times, Oviedo 22.

Writing on the Spanish civil war, on.

It is a wonder the war still goes