1941-08-25 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 25, 1941.

U.S. TANKS MEET NAZIS' 5 YEAR OUTPUT IN YEAR

(By James G. Simonds)

TANK PRODUCTION in the United States has reached in little more than a year a point which Germany attained in more than five years of rear- mament under Hitler, and already American tanks are superior to. those being produced in Germany, Lieutenant Colonel John K, Christmas, the Army's leading tank expert, said in Washington.

Colonel Christmas has just been called to Washington from the ord- nance proving grounds at Aber- deen, Md., where he has been directing tests and improvements on new types of combat vehicles, to head a new tank and combat- vehicle division of the Ordnance Department. The colonel has been associated with the develop- ment of every American tank

In Since 1924.

his new post. creation of which became known'

the design of the new light and

FAMILY OF

COATS FROM RUGS

Latest evidence of women's ingenuity in getting goods to make clothes without cou- pons comes from Not- tingham.

There has been a

run on

surprising 5 MISSING

IN 'PLANE

all day!

R.A.F. motor-boats and only recently, he will be in charge planes searched not only of production but also of for a passenger air liner medium tanks which will be used missing with a family of By the Army, a.. weil as other five since leaving the The American prople Should Scilly Isles for the main-

types of combat vehicles.

travelling rugs, which, the women say, they want for babies."

work

Deft

with needle and thread- the rugs become next winter's coats.

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veland at five o'clock in the CROWD SCRAMBLE and afternoon. Europe 171

realise that the tremendous fores which the German armies have achieved

North Africa are won not because The plane, a light machine in the Germans have superior types the Channel Air Ferry Service, of tank: but because they

have should have done the twenty-

so many of them that they over five mile crossing to Penzance whelm their opponents, Colonel Christmas said.

In addition to the speed with which the American tank produc- tion programme is being carried forward, he explained, the Ameri- can tanks are better than those

abroad being produced they are faster and

made of better material.

because

they

are

FOR A DUMMY CHEESE

in less than twenty minutes.

were Mr. John i For the first

within It passengers

time Leggitt and Mrs. Sheelagh Mar: memory there was no cheese al guerita Leggitt, Janine Leggitt, the annual cheese rolling cere- 11, and Romalita Leggitt, 9. of mony which is the main feature Marsham Court, Marsham of the ancient wake at Cooper's Street, London, S.W.1, and Mrs. Hill, near Gloucester. Georgina Edith

cheese Lucy Griffith,

Wooden dummy Mro. Leggitt's mother,

rolled down? the steep The children are of Mr. Leg There was a scramble for it The gitt's former marriage.

winners got cash prizes instead

Lunchtime Bride

They were returning from a trip to the Isles.

Aus-

Caplain William Donald Ander- son, twenty-nine-year-old! tralian D.F.C., was the pilot.

Discussing the new twenty- nine-ton medium tank built by the Chrysler Corporation, Colonel Christmas said that it was the re-i sult of a combination of as many new engineering developments as was possible in view of the need for speed in production. He ques- tioned whether critics were cor-

Police and airport staff sear. rect in condemning it because it

ched the whole coastline, while was much higher than the Ger-

fighter and reconnaissance main models, and he pointed out)

'planes and the Scilly lales Ilfe. that the added height gave its

boat also joined the search. gunners a better opportunity to

The 'plane belonged to Great see their target. Gunners in the, Western and Southern Air Lines, more stream-lined Nazi

models, who have never lost a plane on would not be able to see such a this route before. great distance, he said,

Mrs. Lezgitt was secretary to Recent reports that American- Sir Walter Monckton, K.C.. Debuty nade tanks have been destroyed] Director-General of the Ministry while fighting against Germans of Information, when, last August, and Italians in North Africa are she "Just popped out at lunch- untrue. Colonel Christmas added, time" and was married to Mr. explaining that the tanks men-¡ Leggitt at Caxton Hall. A threr tioned had proved upon investi- o'clock she stepped from a tavi gation to be British products. outside the Ministry, kissed her hand and hurried back to her desk.

Colonel Christmas said that one of his first tasks as chief of com- bat-vehicle and tank production will be the development and pro- duction of a tank chaser similar to that now in use in Europe..

Sir Walter sald; "She was an ideal secretary and if the worst has happened 1 have lost the most loyal secretary, any man could have had, as wèties two good friends in Mrs. Leggitt and her husband,

American industry is 'cooperat- ing well in the production of tanks, he said, and the time need- "She was on leave and due

ed to make major shifts in de back at the Ministry at the be-

sign has been cut lo from six tginning of next month." eight months.

Qualifications Of

United States

The United States is more pre- pared than any other country in

the world for the industrial type

of warfare which is being carried

tion, including Germany.

NAZIS ESCORT R.A.F. BOMBERS

.R.A.F. BOMBER. PILOTS ARE

on in Europe, Colonel Christmas NOT OFTEN INTERCEPTED BY said, because it is more highly in-NAZI NIGHT FIGHTERS, STA- dustrialised than any other na- TES THE "AEROPLANE."

It is pointed out that the R.A.F. Furthermore, he said, warfare suffer the lighter casualties, with vast numbers of tanks and although their raids are no less aeroplanes may prove to be a far weighty than those of the Luft- less costly form of conflict than waffe.

the old types in which tens of Fighters are often seen "search- thousands of men were killed. ing. Sometimes they appear and After the World War the value disappear several times-without of men to industry was realised, starting a combat; sometimes they and also the cost of bonuses and fly for miles parallel with a hospitalisation for disabled veter- British 'plane, but beyond the ans, Colonel Christmas said, and range of its guns. he explained that while the in- itial outlay might be Immense, the actual losses might prove less in the long run because there were fewer dead and wounded

Colonel Christmas said that he would have a staff of about seven- ty-five-to-start within his Wash-

H. G. ON THEFT. CHARGE

Adjutant of Rugeley, Staffs, ington office, but that it probably Home Guard, George Bunkley, would be increased rapidly. It ad- of Dimble Cottago, Blithbury, dition, ha said, 400 experts are, arrested in London, was remand- carrying out tests on more than ed at Rugeley accused of stealing 800 devices and improvements for £50s, from Staffordshire TIA, tanks and combat vehicles at Association and falsifying a cash Aberdeen, under his direction. boole

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