London, Oct. 9.
Sir Kingsley Wood, Air Secretary, said at the opening of the Cambridge municipal aerodrome that Europe has just been very near io a great disaster. Many had realized for the first time by the preparations for evacuWtion and distribution of gas masks what modern war might mean.
The old security as an island nation had gone and they were bridged to the continent by machines capable of destruction and death. Much had been done but much remained in connection with air defence:
Productive capacity was being increased in many directions. Extensions of buildings were being carried out throughout the aircraft industry. He was in a position to announce that the Air Ministry had approved the construction of a new factory at Gloucester, to be managed by Gloster Aircraft Company. costing over £1,000,000. Extensions had else been approved for the Fairey factory at Stockport at a cost of more than £500,000.
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