America’s Strengthening Defences
ALL-TIME EXPENDITURE RECORD United Press Association —By Eiectrlo Telegraph—Copyright. Received Wednesday, 7.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. The Wur Department’s annual report says the augmentation and acceleration of national defence reached an all-time peak in 1939 when nearly , 450,000,000 dollars was spent on military equipment. The expenditure on lighting equipment alone during the current fiscal year approximates 373,000,000 dollars. Seven hundred and thirty-six aeroplanes valued at 39,000,000 dollars were delivered to the Air Corps last year, while 983 additional four-enginUl .bombers, pursuit and other ’planes were i ordered for the Air Corps, the expansion to 6000 ’planes being completed in .Tune. The 1940 production orders have been placed as follows (all percentage increases), anti-aircraft sound locators, 400; thrce-inch anti-aircraft guns, 210; anti-aircraft machine-guns, J 140; semi-automatic rifles, 153; antiaircraft fire-control directors, 130.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 2, 3 January 1940, Page 7
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