Talking About War . .

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 8

Talking About War . .

Hitler said in a message to the Japanese nation on the occasion of the empire’s 2600th anniversary in November that Japan would reach her goal of successful peace in a protected living space, together with the German and Italian peoples, after a hard struggle for her vital lights. “The Japanese people may proudly remember no enemy ever set foot on their islands as master, and therefore they have maintained the purity of their race through millenniums,” the message said.

“I know that you and Ruby will be sorry to haer that my beautiful little house was blown to hell last Monday a'ternoon. But by a miracle of miracles my mother’s life was saved. So I have the thing I love best in the world left, and nothing else matters. They were fighting the swine above us and got him, but he unloaded his bombs on out quiet suburban road, and the death and desolation is a horror that will live with me forever. But amidst it all I was so proud to be British. We are a great people! To see those voluntary workers risking death unceasingly was the greatest inspiration.”—An English woman’s letter to an American friend.

The United States War Department has endorsed a scheme under which General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler will each deliver parts of thuee types of bombers. Available information indicates that the three types of machine mentioned are the Martin 826 attack bomber, the North American 825 attach bomber, and the four-motored Consolidated 824 long-range bomber. Each design is to represent one-third of the total quantity manufactured. The types have been chosen after full consultation with Britain and are those most suitable for the needs of the air war. The Martin and North American planes are both twin-engined, and the big Consolidated bomber is the huge machine the release 67 which was recently announced and which has • range of 3000 miles.