Japa troops were marching into Lingyi, at 10.50 o'clock on Tuesday morning, a Japanese milita spokesman in Shanghai announced afternoon on the basis of observation reports received Chinese troops were said to retreating toward the Lunghai Railway along old roads east of the Tsinpu Railway spur, A party of Br ish Air Ministry is leaving for New York today to explore the possibility of buying aeroplanes in the United States, to augment the already vast output of Britain's aircraft factories.
They expect to encounter certain difficulties in their mission as America's armament factories are exceedingly busy. while the United States has legislation forbidding the export of aircraft until the types concerned are at least two years old.
The mission is the outcome of the rearmament programme announced by the Government soon after the Austrian Anschluss, It is seeking quick supplies until such time as British factories can make up the leeway.
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