Generous Offer to Increase Air Defence
LADY HOUSTON TO FORE AGAIN United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Friday, 7.0 p.m. LONDON, April .14. Lady Houston has written Mr. Neville Chamberlain offering a cheque for £200,000 instead of a cheque for £40,000 due as income tax. She proposes that the extra amount go towards the cost of an adequate Army, Navy and Air Force, which she considers requires an addition of £5,000,000 in the coming Budget. Lady Houston adds that if 19 others do the same the paltry sum requirod to ensure national safety will bo found.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6835, 16 April 1932, Page 6
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