AIRCRAFT FOR BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23299, 8 April 1941, Page 7

AIRCRAFT FOR BRITAIN

DELIVERIES FROM AMERICA

BOMBERS REACH NORTH AFRICA (Received April 8, 2 a.m.) (U.P.A.) NEW YORK, April 7. More than 50 huge Boeing and Consolidated bombers with a range of 4000 miles have so far been handed over to Britain. Eight are reported to have reached North Africa. They will probably operate in the Balkans.

DESTRUCTION IN FACTORY

AIRCRAFT PARTS WRECKED

(Received December 8, 2 a.m.) (U.P.A.) NEW YORK, April 7. Either a saboteur or a maniac destroyed 250,000 dollars worth of vital aeroplane instruments, including parts of a secret bomb-sight before he was knocked unconscious by enraged workmen at the Bendix Aviation Factory. The destruction has set the firm back four months in the production of secret instruments. The greatest single loss was a bombsight, a model of which had taken months to develop.

EXTENSION OF THE WAR

JAPANESE NEWSPAPER COMMENT

(Received April 8. 1.30 a.m.) TOKYO. April 7.

Japanese newspapers blame Britain for the German invasion of the Bal* kans. The “Yomiuri” says: “The spreading of the war between Italy and Greece to the entire Balkans fitted in perfectly with British plans.’’ The newspaper “Nichi Nichi" declares: “The British plan for war in the Balkans is aimed at easing the at? tacks on Britain or prolonging the war.”