UNCLE SAM'S AIRSHIPS.
WILL SPEND SOME DOLLARS. MONEY FOR DIRIGIBLES. WASHINGTON, January 31. The Navy plan- for the expenditure [of 14.000.000 dollars over a five-year j period for lighter than aircraft develop--1 mc;:: were described before the House : Naval Committee by Rear-Admiral WilI Itsni Mcffect. Naval Air Chief. The 1 money would be used for two dirigibles J ..:' I",.000.000 cubic feet, each to cost i 4.000,000 dollars; training of dirigible p-r=onnel, 1.000.000 dollars; establishment of an air base on the Pacific coast, ] 4.-100.000 dollars.
The Admiral also proposed to expend 1.1i.'i0.000 dollars annually for the maintenance of existing: lighter than air facilities. — 'A. and 5.2. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 7
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