France Tops List With Britain, Canada, Australia Following; Finland, China Buy Arms; Japan Cut Out New York, Jan. 27.
T shortly that it has placed British Purchasing Commission is expected to announce a new order with the Lockheed Corporation, totalling £19,000,000, for aircraft without engines and propellers, according to a Dow-Jones Agency dispatch from Los Angeles. The order, it is understood, calls for an improvement of the present type of Hudson reconnaissance bombers now being delivered, including a substantial increase in speed.
Lockheed bombers are already being flown across the Atlantic to the Western Front, according to the "Herald-Tribune," which adds that flights will be continued until the entire order of 250 planes is delivered. Planes are said to be taking off from Botwood, Newfoundland, and are being flown by French crews, According to a Washington de: Patch, there appears to be no foundation for reports that British and
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