PLANES PRODUCTION
RATE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN BRITAIN ANTICIPATION OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENT. AIR MINISTER’S STATEMENT. > (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 21. The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, stated in the House of Commons today that during 1938 the monthly rate of aircraft production was more than doubled and was still showing a marked upward trend. He added that this greatly-improved position would be further improved in 1939. The Under-Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr Shapespeare, replying to a question in. the House of Commons, said that complete pVms for the protection of merchant ships had been prepared and the collaboration of shipping interests had been ensured by the formation two years ago of a shipping defence advisory committee. Details- of such plans were, of course, secret, but the general outline had been communicated to the mercantile marine.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 5
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136PLANES PRODUCTION Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 5
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