1941-03-12 — Page 8

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Marjorie Weaver Robert Lowery Ricardo Cortoz Donald MacBride Melville Cooper Jaan Valerio Kano Richmond Son Yung

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Britain's Air Force Goes Up Aloft

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Matsuoka To Talk Military Matters

FROM PAGE ONE

March 12, 1941,

ITALIANS LOSE HUNDREDS

FROM PAGE ONE

strength of the whole RAF by or the men who participates in the transport concentrations and enemy nearly 50 per cent. while two other constructive work on which the puct camps. Commands have a strength equal to ly based." more than the peace-time R.A.F. total

to

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Bottai Killed Expected In Rome

ATHENS, Mar. 11 (Reuter).—The ROME, Mar. 11 (Reuter). Mr Press Ministry confirms that This expansion will be enormous- ly accelerated during the coming Matsuoka is expected to arrive In Fascist Minister of Education, Bottal, Rome early in April, according to was killed in the recent fighting at year,

Holthe head of n Binckshirt battalion. "British science stands in the fore- the official Italian newsagency.

He was engaged in firing on his front of aviation and medical research will have conversations with Mus- and despite the fact that flying train-solini and Hitler during which ques-own troops in retreat when killed.

No Proposals ing in Britain has to be carried out tions relating to collaboration between

ATHENS, Mar, 11 (Router).-An within the war zone, we nccept no the Axis Powers will be examined.

No Secret Mission

authoritative dental was given here reduction in the standard of training.

ECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH to-day to the reports that the Ger In some schools, training is now being

TOKYO, Mar. 11 (UP):-Mrman Minister in Athens had landed carried out not only in double shifts

had wished to M. Korizis, the Greeks Prime Matsuoka said he but even in four shifts.

make the trip he wa5

now under-Minister, "certain proposals". Training Scheme "The success of the Empire Train-taking ever since the tripartite pait proposals, it is stated, have been

presented. was concluded. ing Scheme has surpassed all ex-

"As Japan's Foreign Minister pectations. In Canada, the output of pilots and crews in well ahead of going on an important mission," he STOCK EXCHANGE schedule and there has been a great haid. "However, there is no special-

ly hidden mission. For the sake of Industrials Lower expansion in training in Australia and tripartite alitances of the future 1 LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter).The New Zealand.

fullest dis- Stock Exchange to-day was dull in "Men trained under the great intend to conduct the

1 the absence of constructive factors organisation in South Africa and cussions..

"I have never me! Herr Hitler, but there was no sailing pressure Rhodesia are, like others trained over Marshal Guering or Herr Ribbentrop and the undertone was steady. seas, fighting to-day and are brilliant and I have wanted to meet them to There was some profit-taking on ly successful,

have heart to heart talks with them. gilt-edged securities and also The Governments of

"I also intend to see the most im- Indian bonds, while industrials lend- Trinidad and Bermuda have them-portant persons in Germany and ed to be lower. selves made arrangements to give finly to wrench my long-cherished world pence opinions, Based on the elementary flying training.

"A full scale Training organization principle of hakko ichiu' which is being formed in India for pilots means 'eight corners under one roof for the R.A.F. and the Indian Air er universal brotherhood"." Force, while another training or- Ranisation established in Burma, the Youths Air Training Corps, launch- ed five and a half weeks ago, hast nirendy enrolled 130,000 boys and lias formed over 1,000 units,

Malayo,

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IN ABYSSINIA

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Civil Aviation "Considering the total number of boys aged between 16 and 18 is only 750,000, this is a great achievement The war has necessarily restricted civil aviation but a service is running positions were from Durban to Khartoum and Caire and thence Beross India to Australia which links with the United Kingdom by flying boats vin Lisbon and West Africa

closing in on Keren. Several enemy bonbed and machine-gunned. A bridge on the Keren-Asmara road wha heavily bombed and a large petrol dump was destroyed south-west of Asmara, At Azonzo, RA.F. fighters machine-

"It is hoped to resume the trans-gunned and destroyed. two enemy Atlantic service In the near future bombers on the ground.

"The R.A.F. is now on the threshold

No aircraft was lost in these

of its period of greatest expansion operations. and during the coming 12 months we shall absorb In rapidly increasingly numbers the products of American as well as British Industry."

Aid Not Late

"Goebbels tells his German dupes that American help for Britain will arrive too late, but I tell you that these formidable aircraft, the choicest fruits of American design and crafts- manship, will get here in time," Sir Archibald continued,

The Air Minister, however, would not be optimistic about the menaco of the night bomber. More severe attacks than ever may well be in store but our methods of defence and counter-attack are gradually Improv. ing and we shall exact from the night bombers, as we have already begun! to exact, an increasing toll.

Fighting Two Fleets

After pointing out that Britain hos- been fighting and still to some extent is 'nghting not one air, force but two, the Air Minister said that we have! destroyed half the Italian first line and have certainly destroyed much more than half of the first line with which

entered the war.

Sirany, Clared that the

-strength of the RAF is very much greater now than when the Battle of Britain began last August. The war, however, is about to enter a grimmer phase. "It will be no easy task to defeat Nazi Germany, but it can. must and will be done." (Cheers).

Melime, our pilots so far have maintained their individual ascen

dancy over the enemy. Their chief! clifficulty to-day is to bring the Ger man pilots to battle.

Burma Highway Director.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Mar. 11 (UP).—Dr John Earl Baker arrived to-day by plane from Hongkong to discuss the reliminary deta'k of his new job as Director-General of the Burma high.

wny,

It is learned that he was offered the job a fortnight ago by the Gener- alissimo and accepted it on the con- dition that the American Red Cros accept his resignation, which it has.

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