BRITAIN AND U.S.A

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 6 February 1941, Page 7

BRITAIN AND U.S.A

SECRETS REVEALED MR It HOPKINS’ TOUR. POLICY OF GOVERNMENT (Official wireless) (Received Feb. 6. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 5 Within the next few days Mr H. Hopkins, personal representative of President Roosevelt, will leave Eng- ; land* for the United States, j He has been here a month and will take back with him more , knowledge of the inner workings and j policy of the British Government and l a more accurate estimate of the i scope of the British war effort than j any other visitor has achieved, i When Mr Hopkins reports to Mr Roosevelt there will be few secrets of the War Cabinet which he will not be able to repeat, having since January 9 attended conferences in Downing Street from which all but a i few of the service chiefs are always ! excluded. The News-Chronicle says that Mr i Wendell Willkie will take home with j him a wider and perhaps more de- | tailed picture of the external situai tion—the face of Britain—but Mr Hopkins will know far more about the internal situation—the heart of Britain. “KEEP UP YOUR CHINS” WENDELL WILLKIE’S TRIBUTE ALL POSSIBLE HELP PROMISED DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrig-iit) LONDON, Feb. 5 Mr Wendell Willkie left London last night on the first stage of his return journey to the United States. Mr Willkie told the press his journey to Eire had been well worth while. “Mr de Valera and myself had a frank discussion,” he said. “ I received the information I wanted. Anything I can do to help Britain in her fight for freedom I shall do, “ The British people’s courage is magnificent. Keep up your chins!” Commodore L. W. Murray, Royal Canadian Navy, has taken up the newly-created post of Commodore commanding Canadian ships and establishment in the United Kingdom.

1000 A MONTH AEROPLANES FOR BRITAIN HUGE AMERICAN EXPORTS GOVERNORS SUPPORT BILL (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 It is learned from a Government source that 90 per cent of United States aircraft production was sent to Britain in December and January. Supplies may exceed 1000 machines monthly by March. After the passage of the “Aid-for-Britain” Bill formulas are expected to be worked out by which the United States will send aeroplanes already attached to the Army and Navy, including “flying fortresses,” to Britain in sufficient numbers to back up the British defence against the German attack. Aeroplanes ordered for Britain, but not built, would then be assigned to the United States. T.he Governors of the States of South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia and Alabama sent a telegram to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressing the view that the passage of the “Aid-for-Britain” Bill was “essential for the safety of the notion.” “Mathematical Wizard” Lieutenant-Colonel Paul French, in a radio broadcast at Boston, said the United States Army has a mechanical “mathematical wizard” for accurately directing anti-aircraft fire. “This is the ground equivalent of the secret bomb-sight, and is capable of calculating the exact point at which anti-aircraft shells and approaching enemy aeroplanes should meet,” said Colonel French. BRITISH PRECAUTIONS STRENGTHENING OF DEFENCES SIAM AND MALAYAN FRONTIER (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 6, 11 a.m.) BANKOK, Feb. 5 Travellers from Malaya state that the British have strengthened the Siam and Malayan frontier defences. LORD HALIFAX CONFERENCES IN AMERICA MEETS MR CORDELL HULL i nitnd Press ,\>sn,— Elec. Te], copyright) (Received Feb. 6. 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. a Lord Halifax and Mr Cordell Hull conferred for an hour. The conference was described as a general discussiun.