LEAGUE OF AIRMEN
CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN
LORD ROTHERMERE'S LEAD
United Pr«w AmocUUob—By Clwtiie T«l«----tnph—Copyright (Received January 30, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, January 29.
Lord Bothermere, in a letter to th» "Daily Mail," declares that, despito Germany being the world's greatest air Power, Britain is less air-minded than twenty years ago.' He urges tho organisation of a National League of Air* men, which he intends to establish with, .tho assistance of "Daily Mail" readers, subscribing 2s 6d per capita. Tho only full members will be pilots, aged forty or under or with war-time experience, whose flying records are the.sol* test of fitness. These will address tho public, informing them of London'! aerial peril and correct official statements about Britain's air strength and
progress. /. Lord Bothermere hopes for a mem* bership of a hundred thousand, and points out that Germany's Air League comprises five million and Italy's two million members.
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Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 12
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147LEAGUE OF AIRMEN Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 12
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