WORLD CHALLENGED
3.15 P.M. EDITION
BY GERMAN AVIATION
SITUATION FIIAUGHT WITH
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(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received November 9, 12.35 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 8.
The Daily Mail says Germany is unmistakably challenging the world in air supremacy. It is estimated that hexannual productive capacity is 50,000 aeroplanes, while that of the United States is 3000, France and Italy 2Uw each, Britain 1000, and Czechoslavakia, Holland, Poland, and Sweden combined 1500. Thus Germany is manufacturing five-fold the remainder of the world's output. It is estimated that 150,000 persons are employed in aircraft manufacture, apart from tens of thousands building aerodromes, underground hangars, and petrol reservoirs. By the early summer Germany will have at least 25,000 ’planes, for which it is estimated she has 60,000 qualified pilots). . “Germany is preparing to challenge Europe in aerial warfare,” the paper says. , ~ , “She is confident she would be joined by several of France’s present allies. German strategists calculate she would be able to wage a successful war on all fronts by the early spring.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 294, 9 November 1934, Page 8
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