e Loss of war material through sinkings and bombings were negligible, declared Mr. Purvis, head of the British Purchasing Commission in the United States; to reporters last evening just before his departure England. Nevertheless, he added, Britain needed more and vital weapons of all kinds, including ships. Tr. Purvis is en route to London to R.A.F. Raids Declared Having Results New York, Nov. 17.
Hardships caused by British air raids and prospects of a long war with diminishing chances of victory already were producing "significant results" in Germany, according to Otto Tolischus in an article in "Time Magazine." The results, he says, manifest themselves not only in, increased grumbling, but also in & kind of passive resistance through "loifering and lingering," which is cutting down production. The writer Says even the Nazis find it dificult to cope with this new type of opposition Reuter. report to the British Government on British. war purchasing in the United States.—Reuter.
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