Word: armaments
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...more loot in London than in Addis Ababa, and I prefer that London should not be at the mercy of any Dictator!" Only Comrade William Gallacher, the House's new and lone Communist M. P., opposed Britain's current $1,500,000,000 rush to increase her armament (TIME, Nov.11), a rush so precipitous that last week the Admiralty besought sailors who have been pensioned off to rejoin the colors immediately. Yapped "Red Willie": "A strong Britain under the present Government would be a menace to Civilization!" In a salty plea for more efficient Imperial Defense, which evoked...
...license from the State Department. Object of the law is to keep Secretary Hull informed of the operations of U. S. "Dealers of Death." Incidental effect of the law is to make Secretary Hull aware of the Buyers of Death. Last week he issued a summary of U. S. armament exports for January revealing the nations that spent $4,217,814 on Death, Made...
London. Information was circulated to the Press by His Majesty's Government that, during the past two weeks, measures have been taken to raise the armament of the United Kingdom as rapidly as possible by expending...
...whether living in colonies, mandates, or protectorates, be handed over to another power. But it is essential that international trade be restored to a normal basis. Its existing chaotic state is causing continual friction to all nations of whatever size or wealth, and is a potent factor in the armament race now so smoothly under way. It is the easing and ultimate solution of this friction, and not any vague problem based on an artificial and unjustified division between two groups of powers, which is fundamental to world peace. H. S. Fletcher...
...first Flying Flagship. A twin-motored Douglas DC2 transport, it is the first of three ordered by the Air Force at $85,000 apiece. Under the direction of Major General Frank Maxwell Andrews, it has been equipped as a complete flying headquarters with offices, radios, kitchen, but without armament. In it General Andrews acts as air admiral, flying above his fighters, directing them by radio. With its ceiling of 23,000 ft., the flagship will be out of range of antiaircraft guns, while its 200 m.p.h. speed will permit it to outrun most existing fighters. Its significance lies in accenting...