London, July 14.
Sir Kingsley Wood, the Secretary of State for Air, today visited the new Rolls, Royce factory at Crewe.
Speaking at a luncheon he said that, except in the late stages of ihe Great War, Britain had never in her history made such great efforts for air defence.
The increase in personnel requirements, together with various mea-stres that had: been aken to augment the effectiveness of the Air Force, had made it necessary to submit a supplementary estimate for a further increase of no less than 32000: officers..and men. in the strength of the Air Force service, and for the vote of a further substantial sum of £40,000000. This brought the gross total of the votes for air services to the new high level of £260,000000 for the year.
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