STANDARDISATION
WAR SUPPLIES FOR BRITAIN AND U.S.
PARACHUTE BATTALION
(Received October 4, 12.30 p.m.)
WASHINGTON, October 3,
The Naval Secretary, Colonel Knox, announced that the United States is undertaking, with British acquiescence, mass production of aeroplanes and other essential war materials by standardisation. The specifications for such productions will be prepared simultaneously for the United States and for Britain.
The War Secretary, Mr. H. L. Stimson, announced that the first American parachute battalion, comprising 500 men, is being formed at Fort Benning.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 83, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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