U.S. EXPENDITURE ON DEFENCE
Ten Per Cent. Increase In Month
(Received September 9. 8.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 8.
The “New- York Times” Washington correspondent says the United States defence expenditure reached 1,172,000,000 dollars in August, nearly a 10 per cent, increase on July. At the end of August the entire programme amounted to 56,357,000,000 dollars, with British orders making a total of 60,016,000,000. Exports of war materials in July were valued at 69,000,000 dollars, compared with 48,000,000 dollars in June. Of the gain 11,500,000 dollars represented fighters and bombers.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 295, 10 September 1941, Page 7
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