Hoover Backs Roosevelt Defense Plan Endorses wartime armament changes
Former President Herbert Hoover endorsed President Roosevelt's defense program urging nonpartisan national defense. He called for careful production planning, industrial leadership from active producers rather than financiers, and a staff to oversee vast military spending while avoiding political pressures.
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How U S Plans To Spend New Arms Fund
Washington reports outline President Roosevelt's 1.182 billion emergency defense plan. Key items include 300 more airplanes with 200 Army and 100 Navy heavy bombers, boosting Garand rifle production to 500 daily, faster warship work, naval shore upgrades, airplane factory subsidies, training 7 000 pilots yearly, upgrading existing aircraft with armor and self sealing tanks, a 15 000 man army increase, new anti air guns, and additional seacoast defenses.
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Mechanization and harbor defenses cited in wartime aim
The list details aims for military modernization including mechanization of the marine corps, torpedo boats like those used by the Italian navy, submarine nets for harbor defense, Panama Canal fortifications, completion of an Anchorage air base, and funds to recommission 35 old destroyers.
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Retail Federation Backs Arms Budget Support
The American Retail Federation representing 250,009 stores endorsed Roosevelt’s emergency defense budget. Delegates in Chicago sent a telegram to the President stressing a decisive armed force for national defense.
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Brains Behind Nazi Chutists Identified in Berlin
Berlin reports identify Gen Ernst Udet, famed barnstormer, as the brains behind German parachute tactics used in Norway, Holland, Belgium. Udet trained crews, tested at Gatow, and influenced landing methods and rolling attacks with engineers. Hitler approved, promotions followed as testing expanded toward Poland.
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Udet Known for Stunt Flying at 1931 33 Air Meets
The famed German air ace is on the staff of Air Marshal Hermann Goering. Udet gained fame in the United States for stunt flying at Cleveland in 1931 and Los Angeles in 1933. His acts included upside down flights, close ground maneuvers, and picking up objects with wing tips.
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Roosevelt Plea Halts Effort to Boost 1941 Relief Fund
President Roosevelt's call for large extra defense spending appears to derail attempts to raise relief appropriations beyond the $1,111,745,916 approved by the appropriations committee. House economy advocates seek to cap relief, arguing defense needs will curb calls for more funds. Some supporters privately concede the outcome.
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Liege Forts Hold Fast Says Belgians
London dispatch reports Brussels radio says the forts at Liege remain firm after being cut off from Allied forces since Saturday. Belgians describe the defense as holding fast despite isolation and ongoing pressure from enemy forces.
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Roosevelt defense plan would push debt to 46 billion
Washington reports President Roosevelt’s defense program would lift national debt to about 46 billion dollars by June 30, 1941 unless Congress enacts new taxes or uses the stabilization fund. Indications point to no new taxes this session, though a temporary 10 percent levy on existing taxes is discussed to finance defense outlays.
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Debt limit debate delays new session plans
Budget experts estimate the $45 billion statutory debt cap will not be reached until April. Secretary Morgenthau opposes tapping the stabilization fund and argues it should be used only for a serious emergency. He says the government's credit would remain intact even if the limit rose to $50 billion.
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