Abbeville. In Italy on the Adriatic sector our troops are
within 50 miles of Ancona and reached the river
Tesino. In Burma we advanced 17 miles from
Kohima to Imphal and in this sector alone
3500 Japanese have been killed. 40 miles north of
Myitkyina a place has been captured. On Biak
Island a new airfield was completed in 18 days.
Henry Wallace arrived in Chongqing today. The
Minister for Production, Oliver Littleton, gave some
details about our reverse land-lease which he
said amounts to over £ 500.000.000.-.-. We constructed
over 100 airfields for the Americans, helped to transport
troops across the Atlantic and supply 1/5th of the
food the Americans use. In the Commons
Churchill was asked whether actually the Germans
did try to invade this country in 1940.
The London Count Council has agreed to
spend £ 1.000.000.-.-. in a five year plan for
parks etc. A memorial service was held at
St. Mary in the Fields today in honour of the
flying officers shot after their escape from a
prison camp. Foot and mouth disease
is reported among pigs in Lancashire.
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