London, Oct. 6.
Vast training schemes arë required for the rapid expansion of the Royal Air Force to full war strengtH®and for the; maintenance of air power. These schemes, worked out before the war began, have been completed without/a hitch.
Although the preparations which were made envisaged that a ehahge would have to take place when the country was subjected to enemy air action, ihe complete absence of hostile aircraft assisted in the smooth working of the plans. The complexity of modern aircraft makes the training time much longer than in the last war, and the object now is to train war airmen in complete crews rather than to'turn out individual pilots or gunners.
It was stated today that the standard of récrüits was as high as it ever had been, and "we are very satisfied with—Reuter.
Fighting Typhoon Seattle, Oct, 5.
Captain John Anders: of Shanghai who w: cued two days ago aboard his Chinese junk Taiping near the Canadian border after having been en route to U.S.A. 106 days, declared today that the adventurer Richard Halliburton, who set sail in he junk Sea Dragon from the China Coast some months ago, was "lost."
He said his junk saw Halliburton fighting a typhoon on March 24, but afterwards the Sea Dragon disappeared.
Captain Anderson, his Russian wife, and the other five seamen aboard were in an exhausted condition when sighted by a Coast Guard survey boat off Vancouver Island.
Their intended destination was Treasure Island, San Francisco, but, when found, they were way off their course,—Reuter.
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