HELP FROM AMERICA.
HUGE ARMS SUP PLIES,. r . Received September G, 12.10 p.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 5. Mr Clark Eichelberger, aa executive director of Committee to Deiend America, said tliat by siding with the Allies, America was negotiating to provide Britain with: (1) A secret bornbsight. : (2) The entire output of tanks. (3) Half the output of Flying Fortress bombers. (4) The use of Texas and California airports to train British fliers. (5) A total'of 250,000 more rifles. He said the United States had ready sent 80,000 machine-guns, 700 field-guns, half a million rifles, and mountains of ammunition, of which the Germans were aware. Consequently, sending 50 destroyers gave little cause ior a furore.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 239, 6 September 1940, Page 8
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114HELP FROM AMERICA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 239, 6 September 1940, Page 8
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