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...hour. Last week three of France's ablest pilots, North Atlantic Flyer Maurice Rossi, South Atlantic Flyer Jean Marmoz, one-time War Ace Paul Girardot, climbed to the controls of three Potez "56"' pursuit planes in Paris last week and took off with Air Minister General Victor Denain and other French officials for Rome...
Obeying strict orders, they flew slowly. The planes spent the night at Marseille, then took six hours to fly to Rome. Fascist air officials were waiting for General Denain, rushed him to a natural amphitheatre on the Pincian hill where Il Duce was scowling paternally at a socialite horse show...
...scares were not the only thing that brought France's General Denain to Italy last week. Beside the military agreement, a commercial plan was signed for an air line that will provide daily service between Paris, Marseille, Rome. Italy's newest airliners, huge four-engined Savoia-Marchettis, will be used...
...French Army budget for 1935, loaded with the colossal charge of 5,689,000,000 francs ($374,000,000). An additional 800,000,000 francs will be voted later "outside the budget" (to avoid unbalancing it) and raised by a special loan. After stirring appeals from Air Minister Victor Denain, the Chamber prepared to toss him $230,000,000 and it was estimated that the total 1935 French Defense Budget will exceed...
...Minister General Denain proceeded with drastic plans to revamp the entire fighting service in his charge. By decree of President Lebrun, ex-War Minister Marshal Pétain was reinstated, this time permanently, as a member of the Supreme Council of National Defense. "We shall develop our alliances and our friendships," proclaimed Premier Flandin. "We shall strengthen our national defense...