CLOTHING THE ARMY
BRITISH INDUSTRY BUSY
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, June 10.
The magnitude of the demands made on sections of industry not connected with armament production by the enlargement of the armed forces is demonstrated in an order which the Government has placed with joot manufao turers for 1,000,000* pairs of boots, intended for the militia and the increased number of territorials, as well as in orders for nearly 3000 miles of khaki which is now being woven in Yorkshire mills for uniforms.
The total cost of the khaki will not be less than £4,000,000.
''. This last order is not the only on§ for service purposes from which . th# textile industries are benefiting. Othaf recent orders include 2,000,000 yardf of cotton material for the R.A.F., an 4 15.000,000 yards of heavy duck for tb»' army.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 136, 12 June 1939, Page 9
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136CLOTHING THE ARMY Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 136, 12 June 1939, Page 9
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