Clinch Valley News

WE BUILD OUR DEFENSES.
What kind of army, navy or air force will the United States have as a result of national defense legislation now being approved by Congress? The legislation is in the first stages of approval.
The answer, as officials of the War and Navy Departments proudly give it, is this: Between now and midsummer of 1941 American taxpayers will spend close to four billion dollars for national defense. Their money will buy:
A streamlined navy roughly matching the British navy and far outstripping any third navy afloat.
An air force of 9,000 planes, held large enough to aid effectively in repelling any attack on the western hemisphere.
A regular army of about 220,000 men—40,000 more than at present—plus an enlarged National Guard, both forming an "Initial Protective Force" of 450,000 men.
—The United States News.
"In the name of my country, I invite to confident collaboration all the powers which think as we do, all those who, like us, are ready to persevere in the paths of peace but which would rise together in a single rush in the face of aggression."
—Premier Daladier.
"Italy does not intend to remain suffocated in the Mediterranean."
—Premier Mussolini.