Evening star., 1942-07-10
British Plane Output
Now Equals Reich's S,
Press Agency Asserts
EnqIond Is Declared
Sending 809o Of War
Production Abroad
By BLAIR BOLLES.

Englands plane production nov
equals Germany's, the British In
formation Services reported today
and England's tank production ha.
doubled since last August.
1t was learned that the English
figures are being closely studied
here with q view to broadening the
American production plan.
The current program calls for the
American output of about two ane
one-half times the English output
because our population is about two
and one-half times that of England
But England has scored its pro-
duction record in spite of bombing
raids which do not harass opera
tions of American factories.
Britain has tried to onset the
ravages of the visiting bombers by
dispensing her production all over
the country. Parts for tanks are
made in 5000 small shops and then
assembled, the BIS said.
In a resume Of the British contri-
button to the war, the BIS said
England was sending more than &c
per cent of its war production
abroad, to military fronts operated
by the British and to Russia.
England last year sent abroad
9,781 planes, over four times the
number she imported, and 5000
tanks, over Is times the number
imported. The chief source of i'm
ported goods of war is the United
States, which less than two months
ago was underproducing England.
Whatever difficulties the British
have on the fighting fronts, their
factory skills have bloomed during
this war. Their Stirling bomber
carried a greater bomb weight than
even the Boeing Flying Fortress,
made here.
Youths Busy in War Work.
Seven out of every 10 English boys
and girls between the ages of IA and
II are doing war work The num-
ber of women in industry now is S.
500, 900. Workers in essential indus
tries have waived the right to quit
their jobs and they cannot be dis
missed except by permission of the
government.
Among Fifty Facts About Britain
at War" gathered by the BIS are
these:
1.-TWO out of every three persons
between the ages of IA and 65 are
working full time in the armed
forces, civilian defense or war in
dustry. This is equivalent to a
of $4,000 900 people in
the United States.
Seven million women of Britain
have been registered and are
being directed into war work. Un-
married women between 20 and 80
can be drafted into the uniformed
forces.
The home production Of food has
almost doubled since the outbreak of
war. Six million more acres are
under the plow than before the war.
Britain now is the most highly
farming country in Eu-
rope.
Testing Ground Of Theories.
I'm 1899, 100000 weekly wage
earners in Britain paid income tax
amounting to $4,000, 900. BY 1941,
the number had risen to 5,50O,OO0
workers, paying tax of $500 900 900.
"The experience of the British
has been of value to the United
States not only in the designing and
use of war weapons, but also in tao
king civilian defense, blackout, ra-
tioning, evacuation and other war
time problems.
Britain has collected enormous
quantities of metal scrap. Sixty
thousand tons of railing have been
collected-enough to make 800 15-
inch naval guns. House house
collections, buildings destroyed by
air raids and other sources have
yielded in all 1900 900 tons of metal
scrap-enough to build 800 Destroy
ers.
ITO send help to Russia through
Iran, Britain has built special as
sembly plants in that country. BY
January, 1912, 200 trucks a month
were being assembled and carrying
Locomotives and freight
cars are built in Britain to transport
supplies to Russia over the Iran
railroads. The quantity Of planes
sent through Persia increased 600
per cent in 1912.
Britain has sent 5000 900 pairs
OF boots to Russia"