British Munition Output At Its Peak

Northern Advocate, 20 November 1943, Page 4

British Munition Output At Its Peak

(8.0. W., 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 19. “The output of aircraft in Britain for October was the highest ever recorded and in that month twice as many heavy bombers were produced as in December, 1942," said Mr. Oliver Lyttelton today when he visited war factories in Northern Ireland'. “Munitions output was now at about the highest level ever reached —50 per cent, above the first quarter of 1942. “Naval shipbuilding is still expanding. In 1943 completion of major vessels from battleships to corvettes has totalled 170. Over 2000 naval vessels of all types will be completed. We are devoting a large part of our time to intensive study of the specialised forms of equipment and transport necessary to bring maximum impact to bear on the Japanese empire. We have grasped the initiative and must hold it. “Now is the time to get after the Germans and overwhelm them by sheer weight of material. Our plan is bound to harass the German army already dangerously weakened by disasters in Russia. I say to workers of the United Kingdom that the moment for supreme effort has come.” The Minister declared that Northern Ireland had proved a sure shield against U-boat attack. “This grim warfare is well in hand and that is due in very large measure to Northern Ireland. The production, you are giving over a wide field of our industries has proved one of the greatest features of the present war.”