CANADA AND U.S.

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23811, 3 December 1942, Page 3

CANADA AND U.S.

PLAN FOR ECONOMIC RELATIONS

(Rcc. 12.45 a, in.) RUGBY, Doc. 2. ' The United Slates and Canada have entered into an agreement on postwar economic settlements, according to a Washington message. The United States Department of State announced that an exchange of Notes particularly rmohasised the similarity of interests n the pari of the United Slates and Canadian Governments, both now and in post-war international economic policy a ncl collaboration for mutual aid -jr conversations to bo undertake ”>T ven 111(1 governments, an .JorfV-i't / made to furnish to the Vlcl cofv i ele examples of how two friendly ami economically interdependent coimli vs are convinced that reciprocal bcueiicial relations of the sort prevailing between them must form raid of a general system, and may promote, hv agreed action, their mutual interest to 1 ’ l,l henelil of themselves and ollm" countries." says a- oflicial ctatemcni. . , ‘ "The aims will be to provide appropriate natimial and international mea- ?, ir ‘ C r tn exoand production and cmnievmenl and Ihe exchange and consumption of goods which are the mai er p] foundations el (he liberty and welfare of all peoples. In eliminate all forms of discriminatory treatment? in international commerce, to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers, and . nerallv to attain the economic obj c ti ve s ‘of the Atlantic Charter.”

air SUPERIORITY of

ALOES

production FIGURES COMPARED LONDON. Dec. t. According (o the Washington correspondent of the ‘'Christian Science Monitor," confidential United States Government reports confirm Mr Churchill's statements about Allied air superiority. Well-informed officials estimate combined British and American aeroplane production at twice that of Germany, while Russia's output is estimated to be equal to Italy's and Japan's. Furthermore, Axis losses markedly exceed the Allies’ on all fronts except the Russian It is estimated that Germany is producing 1700 aeroplanes monthly, compared with a probable American total of 3000 and a British total of 1000 to 1500,

TRAINING ON ISLAND OFF AUSTRALIA

COMBINED OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPANESE

(Special Australian Corrcsp., N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 2. On an island off the Australian coast thousands of Australian and American troops are preparing for an island offensive against the Japanese by mastering the technique of combined operations. Navy and air forces co-operate with the Army at the special school of instruction which has been established. Disembarkations from transports, landings from small craft, and movement through mangrove swamps are some of the branches of infantry training, Accurate timing of air and naval the landing of successive iV stabilise beachhead positit C . gtured by the first shock troops are important parts of these operations. “L troops from this school were ordered to attack an enemy-held island, they would not be new chums.” declares the commanding officer, British commando tactics in raids on Norway and France have been studied and applied. The nature of the war in the Pacific makes such military training of prime importance here.

EXTENSIVE USE OF HELICOPTERS

AIRCRAFT DESIGNER’S PREDICTION (Rec. 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 1. “Helicopters will be sold in hundreds 10 years after the war, offering another phase of service which will broaden transporation,” said Mr Igor Sikorsky (the famous aircraft designer), in an address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr Sikorsky showed a film of a helicopter landing in gullies and narrow creeks and on piles of empty crates. He said the cost of the machine would probably be equal to that of aeroplanes after the war,- but within 10 years would not exceed that of a medium-priced motor-car. Helicopters would carry 12 to 20 passengers and travel 75 miles an hour.