U.S. AERIAL DEFENCE
LX \ J-.ST IG A.TI ON TO CON TIN U E Received Februarv 24. 10.30 p.m. WASHINGTON. Eel,. 21. The House Aircraft Committee decided to re-open the hearings. This is due to public clamour against, the sudden decision to cease activities. The oflieial explanation that the committee stopped work owing to lack of funds is disproved, as it is now discovered that 2500 dollars are still available. Moreover, members of the committee and others offered to defray further expense personally. It is expected that Mr Weeks will be called shortly to give evid once. Meanwhile Mr. Wilbur, addressing a women’s conference on National Defence declared that even if the defensive power of aircraft extends two hundred miles from the coast, the navy will still be the only protection beyond that, point. He asserted that the navy is strengthening and building up the aviation branch, adding, “If bombing planes can sink battleships, wc want bombing planes.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19247, 26 February 1925, Page 5
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