AMERICAN DEFENCES
AIR ARM EXPANSION HEAVY ORDERS PLACED. FLEET OF 35.000 PLANES AIMED AT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 10.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 11. Members of the House Military Committee, after surveying north-east coast defences, recommended that the United States acquire and fortify air bases for the fleet in Nova Scotia and Bermuda. President Roosevelt's Defence Commission announced that contracts are being negotiated for the delivery of 25,000 aeroplanes within two years. Since July 1, orders to an amount of 100 million dollars have been placed. On the completion of the programme, the United States will have 35,000 planes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1940, Page 6
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100AMERICAN DEFENCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1940, Page 6
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