Allies Place _$200,000,000 Order for Bombers, Chasers Washington, Mar. 31.
Mr. Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, yesterday sent letters to 175 aviation corporations authorizing them to begin negotiations for the sale of 800 planes, which ihe United States Army originally had ordered, to foreign buyers.
At Los Angeles, it was authoritatively learned that the British and French have. placed orders for 74200000000 worth of Douglas Lockheed and Curtis Wright planes totalling 3,500 light bombers and pursuit planes. The orders will keep the factories running full time for two years, it was said.—United Press.
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