NOT PLOUGHSHARES
Britain Converting Cavalry Swords Into Munitions
WAR OFFICE SUPPLIES 22 TONS
British Official Wireless.
Rec. 2 p.m. RUGBY, May 16. Ten thousand cavalry swords have been released by the War Office for the Ministry of Supplies scrap metal campaign and will be converted without delay into new munitions. The swords and scabbards sent forward under this arrangement weigh 22 1-3 tons.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 115, 17 May 1941, Page 10
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