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Show AIRPLANE BILL BECOMES LAW Washington, July 24. The $640,-000,000 $640,-000,000 airplane bill became a law today with President Wilson's signature This Immense, appropriation Is only tho beginning of preparations for tho campaign Intended to overwhelm over-whelm Germany from tho air. More than 20,000 planes aro (o bo built as a first Increment nnd there will be mado thousands of aviators. Tho first task will bo the Instruction of tho vast army of American filers. Germany, realizing tho danger of tho campaign, already is feverishly building airplanes to fight tho fleets coming to overwhelm her. Tho element ele-ment of speed thoroforo Is foremost In building tho American floot. Howard How-ard E. Coffin, chairman of the aircraft air-craft production board of the council of national defense today said all Industrial In-dustrial records for tho development of a now art must be broken in rushing rush-ing through tho program to completion. comple-tion. Mr. Coffin said that despite inexperience inex-perience In producing fighting planes, America would havo thousands of them for next year's use. He added that alroady three of tho twenty-four now training fields havo been completed com-pleted nnd work on the others is being be-ing rushed. Ono hundred and ton thousand officers of-ficers and enlisted men will make up tho United States air force. Thousands Thous-ands aro nlrcady in training and this number will bo increased at once. |