Show WOODRING SAYS ARMY MUST BE STRENGTHENED WASHINGTON July 21 JP- JP A- A Harry H. H Woodring Woodrin acting secretary of war var said today in a letter to Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Johnson an increase in arm army forces both ground and air was th the immediate requirement for defense defens of the mainland The letter was in reply to a suggestion sug sUb made by Mayor Paddock o of Long Beach Cal Cat to the senator an and forwarded to the war department that an air base be established a aLong at Long Beach to defend important o oil oll reserves and storage tanks tank in iii that tha vicinity |