The Archive · 1939

British, French Aircraft Orders Completed

U.S. Firms Prepare for Repeal of Arms Embargo

London, Oct. 10.

American aircraft manufacturers are now working at high pressure on the completion of. orders from England and France, which are estimated to total about £20,000,000, according to the Chicago correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph."

Pending the anticipated removal of the arms embargo clause in the Neutrality Act, he adds, the engines of the planes, many of which are ready for flight, are being placed in warehouses in ports from where they can be shipped immediately the

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