The War and Navy departments number of fliers now enrolled with today refused to disclose the precise
the fighting forces, but it is believed fo be in the neighbourhood of 9,000.
One authority here said the new air programme, which includes the probable construction of 14,000 new planes, is intended to "meet the aeronautical crisis" now facing the United States and will create a reservoir of civilian airmen "surpassing anything of the sort ever before conceived in the world."
Another authority said the programme was intended to defend the United States "against the vast aerial militarization programmes now bei pressed with fanatical zeal by foreign Powers."—United Press.
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