Eritrea. Africa Italy Estonia. Europe. U.S.S.R.. Ethiopia (Abyssinia).. Africa Italy Europe. Denmark.. So. America... British Empire. Fiji Islands. Oceania. British Empire. Finland. Europe. Republic.. Formosa (Taiwan) Asia.. Japan France. Europe Republic. French Equat. Africa. Africa France. French India.. Asia.. France. French Indo-China. Asia. France. France. Africa. France. Gambia. Africa. British Empire. Georgia Europe. U.S.S.R.. Germany Europe. Republic.. Gibraltar. Europe. British Empire. Goa. Asia.. Portugal. Gold Coast. Africa British Empire. Greece. Europe Republic. Greenland No. America.. Denmark, Guadeloupe. West Indies... France Guatemala Cent. Amer... Republic.. Guiana, British So. America. .. British Empire. Netherland.. So. America. . Netherlands.. French. So. America... France. Guinea, French Africa. France. Portugal Spain. Europe Germany. Haiti. West Indies... Republic Hejaz Asia.. Kingdom. Europe. Germany. Cent. Amer. Republic. Honduras, British. Cent. Amer. British Empire.. Hong Kong & Territory Asia.. British Empire.. Hungary Europe. Kingdom.. Hyderabad Asia Seml-Indep'd't. Iceland.. No. Atlantic.. Kingdom... India... Asia. British Empire. (British) Asia. British Empire. (Native States) Asia. British Empire. Indo-China Asia. France. Iran (Persia) Asia Kingdom. Iraq (Mesopotamia). Asia. Kingdom Ireland. Europe British Empire.. Ireland, North. (Ulster) Europe British Empire. Isle of Man. Europe British Empire.. Italy .. Europe Kingdom Italian East Africa (see Eritrea, Ethiop ia, Somaliland) Ivory Coast.. Africa... France... Jamaica West Indies.. British Empire. Japan (Proper) Asta. Empire. Japanese Empire. Asia. Empire.. Java and Madura Asla. Netherlands Johore... Asia British Empire.. Kashmir (India) Asia. Semi-Indep'd't. Kazakh... Asia. U.S.S.R.... Kenya and Prot Africa British Empire. Kirghiz.. Asia, U.S.S.R. Korea. Asia, Japanese. Kuwait. Asia. Sultanate Kwang Chau Wan Ayla. French Lease. Kwantung Asla. Japanese Lease.. Labrador No. America.. British Empire.. LAOS Asia. French Protect.. Latvia Europe. 0.8.S.R.. Lebanon Asia. Beirut.. Leeward Islands. West Indies... British Empire. Liberia. Africa. Republic.. Libya.. Africa. Italy Liechtenstein Europe. Principality Lippe. Europe. Germany Lithuania Europe. U.S.S.R.. Lubeck Europe. Germany Luxemburg Europe. Grand Duchy. Macao.. Asia. Portugal Madagascar Africa. France. Madelra. Africa. Portugal. Madras (India) Asia. Seml-Indep'd't. Malay States, Fed Asia. British Empire.. Malay States, Unted .. Asia British Protect. Malta. Europe British Empire. Manchukuo Asia. Semi-Independ't Manitoba No. America.. British Empire.. Martinique West Indies... France Mauritania. Africa .. France Mauritius Africa British Empire. Mechlenburg. Europe Germany. Memel. Europe. Germany.... No. America. . Republic. • Africa .... France Miquelon No. America.. France. 5,618 3,908 Stanley 7,083 210,518 Suva 131,588 3,863, 753 Helsinki 13,880 5,212,426 Taihoku 212,659 39,302,511 Paris, Vichy, (War) 959, 256 3,418.06' Brazzaville 196 300.359 Pondicherry 260,034 22,583,000 Hanoi 1.815.768 14,945,190 Dakar 93,218 408,516 Libreville 4,068 199,520 Bathurst 20,399 Gibraltar 688 304,209 Pointe-à-Pitre 341,237 Georgetown 54,291 171,396 Paramaribo 65,041 37,005 Cayenne 96,866 2,065,527 Konakry 13,944 415,220 Bissau 10,036 140,000 Santa Isabel 288 1,682,220 Hamburg 10,204 3,000,000 Port-au-Prince 150,000 1,500,000 Mecca 2,969 1,469,909 Darmstadt 58,759 Belize 14,436.148 Hyderabad 15,055,115 Teheran 140.000 3.670.000 Bagdad 27,137 2,965,854 Dublin 5,238 1,279,745 Belfast 49.308 Douglas 119,800 45,330,441 Rome 184,174 3,981,459 Bingerville 4,450 1.173,645 Kingston 148,756 72,875,800 Tokio 260,644 105, 226,101 Tokio 51,032 41,718,364 Batavia 7.500 613,500 Johore Bahru 84,516 3,646,243 Srinagar 1,047,797 6.796,600 Alma-Ata 224,960 3,500,352 Nairobi 75,926 1,302,100 Frunze 85, 246 22,633,587 Seoul (Keijo) 1,950 50,000 Kuwait 325 220,000 Kwangchow 1.438 1,656,726 Dairen 110,000 4,716 93,130 Antigua 45.000 1,500,000 Monrovia 679,358 888,401 Tripoll, Benghazi 65 12,000 Vaduz 115 136,413 Lubeck 6 200,000 Macao 241,094 3,797,936 Tananarivo 314 211,601 Funchal 143.870 47.193.602 Madras 27,540 2,169,313 Perak 22,276 1,918,831 Johore 122 268,668 Valletta 503,013 36,949,972 Hsinking 246,512 700,139 Winnipeg 385 246,712 Fort de France 419,059 Port Louis 1,099 152,000 Memel 763,944 19,478,791 Mexico City 166,096 744,503 Brazzaville 83 520 St. Pierre 221 12 30.168 7.99 1,875,000 6,533 213,350 18,350 225 297.654 29.326 35,284 175,000 54,000 12,704 735.267 27,985 8,548 42,734 93,000 5,790 309,432 103,934 60,000 499,410 372,559 5,238 523,620 1,309,682 124,556 21.068 37.374 2,083 82,000 412,582 49,647 392 10,429 33,667 90,540 174,854 Moldavia. Europe U.S.S.R.. Molucca Isles. Asia. Netherlands Monaco Europe Principality Mongolia Asia China. Moravia. Europe Germany Morocco (French) Africa French Protect. Morocco (Spanish). Africa Spanish Protect. Morocco (Intern. Zone) Africa Intern. Protect.. Mozambique Africa. Portugal ..... Mysore (India). Asia. Semi-Indep'd't. Natal. Africa British Empire. Nejd The. Asla. Kingdom Nepal, Asia Kingdom Netherlands, Europe Kingdom Netherland Indies. Asia Netherlands. New Brunswick. No America.. British Empire. New Caledonia. Australasia France Newfoundland. No. America .. British Empire. . New Guinea, British. Oceania.. British Mandate New Hebrides (Isl.).. Australasia... Fr. & Brit. Prot.. New South Wales. Australia British Empire... New Zealand. Australasia. British Empire. Nicaragua Cent. Amer Republic.. Niger Africa France. Nigeria Africa. British Empire. Northern Ireland Europe British Empire. Northern Territory Australia. British Empire. N. W. Territory No. America.. British Empire. Norway Europe. Kingdom.. Nova Scotia. No. America .. British Empire. Nyasaland Prot. Africa.. British Empire. Oldenburg Europe Germany. Oman Asia Kingdom. Ontario. No. America.. British Empire. Orange Free State. Africa British Empire. Orkney Isles. Europe, British Empire.. Palestine. Asia. British Mandate. Panama So. America. Republic Papua.. Oceania British Empire. Paraguay So. America... Republio.. Persia (see Iran) So. America... Republic.. Poland (inc. Teschen) Europe. Republic.. Portugal Europe Republic Prince Edward Isl. No. America. British Empire. Principe & St. Thomas . Africa. Portugal. Prussia.. Europe.. Germany Punjab, India. Asia Semi-Indep'd't. Quebec No. America. British Empire. Queensland Australia... British Empire. Rajputana. Asia British Empire. Reunion.. Indian Ocean France. ... Rhodesia, Northern Africa British Empire. Rhodesia, Southern. Africa. British Empire. Riau-Lingga Arch. Asia. Netherlands. Europe Kingdom.. Europe. Germany Africa British Empire. St. Pierre Islands No. America.. France. Sakhalin Island (So.). Asis.. Japan. Salvador. Cent Amer. Republic Samoa, Western Oceania British Mandate San Marino Europe Republic Sarawak.. Asia British Empire. Sardinia. Europe Italy Saskatchewan. NO. America. British Empire. Saxony Europe Germany. Schauinburg-Lippe. Europe Germany Scotland Europe British Empire. Senegal Africa France. Serbla (pre-war) Europe Yugo-Slavia Seychelles Islands Africa.. British Empire. Shetland Isles Europe British Empire. Europe Italy Sierra Leone Africa British Empire. Sikkim (India) Asia Semi-Indep'd't. Slovakia... Europe Republic Slovenia. Europe Yugo-Slavia France. British Empire. France.. Italy British Empire, South Australia Australia British Empire.. South West Africa. Africa British Mandate. Spain. Europe. Republic.. Spitzbergen. Europe Norway Straits Settlements Asis. British Empire. Sudan (French) Africa France, Sudetenland Europe Germany Sumatra Asla Netherlands Swaziland Africa British Empire. Sweden... Europe Kingdom.. Switzerland Europe Republic.. 615,000 Tiraspol 23.973 Monaco 60,000 Tangier 4,995,750 Lourenco-Marques 6.557.302 Bangalore 2,018,000 Pietermaritsburg 3.000.000 Kidayah 5,600,000 Kathmandu 8,728,569 Amsterdam 67,000,000 Batavia 408,219 Fredericton 53.245 Noumea 294.800 St. John's 666,000 Balam sua 54.531 Vila 2,770,348 Sydney 1.640 901 Wellington 1,380,287 Managua 1.809,576 Niamey 20,641,814 Lagos 1,279.745 Belfast 6,973 Darwin 9.723 Regina 2,937,000 Oslo 512,846 Halifax 1,679,977 Berera 582,400 Oldenburg 500,000 Muscat 3.690.000 Toronto 790,800 Bloemfontein 21.600 Kirkwall 1,529,559 Jerusalem 467,459 Panama 337,000 Port Moresby 1,000,000 Asuncion 6,672,881 Lima 34,775.698 Warsaw 7,460.195 Lisbon 92.000 Charlottetown 59.000 Santa Cruz 41,762,040 Berlin 24,018,639 Lahore 3.140,000 Quebec 1,015,927 Brisbane 11,225,712 Jaipur 208,858 St. Pierre 1,376.325 Lusaka 1.385,560 Salisburg 298.225 14,098,850 Bucharest Peru... 532,000 150.470 35,490 2,184 384 113,575 105,020 594,534 670.500 129,059 970 290,320 150,333 12,234 75,400 256 POPULATION, AREA OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES-Continued Area, Continent Government or Square Popula- Capital or Chief tlon City Syrla and the Lebanon Asia.. French Mandate.. 57,900 3,630,000 Beirut Tadzhik Asla.. 55,040 1.332,700 Stalinabad Tanganyika Africa 360,000 5,270,484 Dar-es-Salaam Tangier Africa 225 60,000 Tangler 26,215 241,576 Hobart Thailand (Slam). Asia. Kingdom.. 221,898 15,976,000 Bangkok Thuringia. Europe. Germany 4,541 1,760,595 Weimar Thibet.. Asia 463,200 3,000,000 Lhasa Timor Arch Asia. 7,330 463,796 Dilly 114 25,358 Port of Spain Togoland Africa. 21,893 780,497 Lome Togoland Africa. 13,041 391,473 Lome 33,785 Nukuslota Tonkin Asis. 40,530 8,970,464 Hanoi Transjordan Asia. 37,470 300,000 Amman Transvaal Africa. 110,450 3,535,100 Pretoria 1,862 473,455 Port au Spain Tunis. Africa 48,313 2,608,313 Tunis 294,416 17,869,901 Ankara Turkey (pre-war) Europe-Asla... Sultanate 710,224 21,273,900 Constantinople Turkoman Asis.. 171,384 1,268,900 Ashkhabad Turks & Caicos Islands West Indies.. British Empire. 166 5,300 Grand Turk. 0.8.8.R.. Europe-Asia. Soviet Republic. 8,819,791 192,695,710 Moscow 93,381 3,790,689 Entebbe 170,998 31,901,400 Klev Union of So. Africa. Africa.. British Empire. 472,550 10,160,000 Pretoria United Kingdom. Europe. Kingdom.. 94,279 46,213,169 London Uruguay So. America. Republic, 72,153 2, ,545 Montevideo Uzbek.. Asia.. 66,392 5,044,300 Tashkent Vatican City, State of.. Europe.. Papal State. 1.6 1,025 Vatican City Venezuela. So. America. Republic 352,170 3,491,159 Caracas Victoria. Australia. British Empire. 87,884 1,887,278 Melbourne Wales, Europe. British Empire. 8,012 2,593,014 Cardiff West Australia Australia, British Empire. 975,920 465,916 Perth White Russia Europe. 49,022 5.439, 400 Minsk Windward Islands West Indies... British Empire. 821 259,742 St. George's Wurttemberg, Europe 7,532 2,907,166 Stuttgart Yemen. Asia.. 75,000 3.500,000 Sanaa 95,558 16,200,000 Belgrade Yukon No. America.. British Empire. 207,076 4,230 Dawson Zanzibar. Africa. 1,020 235,428 Zanzibar The Berlin-Rome-Tokio Axis Germany, Japan and Italy signed in Berlin Article Four-With the view to implementing the (Sept. 27, 1940) a ten-year military and economic present pact, joint technical commissions, memtreaty--the Treaty of Berlin-by which they pooled bers which are to be appointed by the respective their totalitarian armaments and pledged to help governments of Germany, Italy and Japan, will one another against the United States if one of meet without delay. them becomes involved with America. The official Article Five--Germany, Italy and Japan affirm English translation of the treaty follows: that the aforesaid terms do not in any way affect The governments of Germany, Italy and Japan, the political status which exists at present as beconsidering it as a condition precedent of any tween each of the three contracting parties and lasting peace that all nations of the world be given Soviet Russia. each its own proper place, have decided to stand Article Six-The present pact shall come into by and cooperate with one another in regard to effect immediately upon signature and shall remain their efforts in Greater East Asia and regions of in force ten years from the date of its coming into Europe respectively wherein It is their prime pur- force. At the proper time before expiration of said pose to establish and maintain a new order of term the high contracting parties shall at the rethings calculated to promote the mutual prosperity quest of any of them enter into negotiations for its and welfare of the peoples concerned. renewal. Furthermore, it is the desire of the three govern- In faith whereof, the undersigned, duly authorments to extend cooperation to such nations in ized by their respective governinents, have signed other spheres of the world as may be inclined to this pact and have affixed hereto their signatures. put fourth endeavors along lines similar to their Done in triplicate at Berlin, the 27th day of own, in order that their ultimate aspirations for September, 1940, in the eighteenth year of the world peace may thus be realized. Fascist era, corresponding to the 27th day of the Accordingly, the governments of Germany, Italy ninth month of the fifte year of Showa (the and Japan have agreed as follows: reign of Emperor Hirohito). Article One-Japan recognizes and respects the Hungary joined the Axis (Nov. 20, 1940), Rumania leadership of Germany and Italy in establishment (Nov. 23) and Slovakia (Nov. 24). Bulgaria signed of a new order in Europe. as a member (March 1, 1941). Yugoslavia attached Article Two-Germany and Italy recognize and its signature (March 25) with the provision that respect the leadership of Japan in the establish- Axis troops should not march through the country ment of a new order in Greater East Asia. and that its sovereignty and territorial integrity Article Three-Germany, Italy and Japan agree should be respected. The regime that signed the to cooperate in their efforts on aforesaid lines. pact with the Axis was overthrown two days later They further undertake to assist one another with and the new Cabinet did not ratify the agreement. all political, economic and military means when The subjugation of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers one of the three contracting powers is attacked by followed. Croatia, carved from a part of vana power at present not involved in the European quished Yugoslavia, joined the Axis (June 15, war or in the Chinese-Japanese conflict. 1941) in a ceremony in Venice. The Average Father of 32,000,000 in the U. S. Statisticians of the Census Bureau picture the or non-emergency work. average of 32,000,000 fathers in the United States If he works in an industrial establishment his as follows: yearly wage is about $1,100 or $1,200 a year. Age: 44. It is 9 to 1 he is white and 3 to 2 he is a native The odds are 9 to 1 that he is a married man American whose parents were born here. living with his wife and has one to two children He spends about $1,200 a year for family purliving at home. The rest of the fathers are mostly chases in retail stores; he worries over å $480 widowers and a very small sprinkling of divorced annual tax bill, males. About 2,250,000 fathers each year have the thrill The chances are 3 to 2 that he will live in a city of a childbirth in the home, about 25,000 of which of 2.500 or more. involve twins, 274 triplets and 2 quadruplets, The odds are 8 to 1 that he has a job in private One father in the United States has 27 children. Population of Important Foreign Cities Source: Latest census figures and latest official estimates City Country Pop. 659,665 Odessa. Russia. 604.223 Agra. India. 229,764 Glasgow. Scotland.. 1,126,000 Oporto. Portugal 232,280 Ahmedabad. India. 313,789 Gorky Russia 644,116 Osaka, Gr'tr.Japan... 3.394,200 Alexandria.. Egypt. 682,101 Gothenburg. Sweden. 2 0,602 Oslo, Norway 253,124 Algiers. Algeria 252,321 Graz 210,175 Palermo. Italy 434,311 Altona. Germany. 241,970 The Hague Holland 495,185 Para Brazil 279,491 Amritsar.. India. 264,840 Hakodate.. Japan. France 2,829,746 China. .. 234,159 Hamburg Germany 1,682,220 Peiping China. 1,556,364 Antwerp Belgium 274,406 Hanchow China. 506,930 Pernambuco Brazil. 472,764 Akershus. Norway 236,939 Hankow. China 777,993 Perth.. Australia. 224.800 Athens. Greece. 652,385 Hanover Germany 472,527 Piraeus Greece. 328,299 Auckland. N. Zealand 221,500 Harbin, Manch' k'o 330,436 Plymouth England. 210,460 Avellaneda.. Argentina. 386,000 Havana.. Cuba. 568,913 Poona. India 233,885 Bagdad.. Irag 499,410 Helsinki. Finland 293,237 Porto Alegre Brazil. 321,628 Bahia.. Brazil 363,726 Hiroshima. Japan. 340.100 Portsmouth. England. 256,200 Baku Russia.. 809,347 Hong Kong.. China. 1,028,619 Poznan.. Poland. 268.800 Bangalore. India 306,470 Howrah. Indla 224,873 Prague. Cz'choslov 848,823 Bangkok.. Thailand 931,170 Hsinking. Manch'k'o 360,294 Rangoon. Burins. 400,415 Barcelona ... Spain.. 1,399,000 Hull.. England... 319,400 Recile.. Brazil. 472,464 Batavia. Java. 437,000 Hyderabad.. Indla. 466,894 Riga. Latvis 393,211 Bellast. Ireland. 438.112 Istanbul Turkey. 789,346 Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 1.711,466 Belgrade Yugo-Slav. 405,000 Johan'sburg C.of S. Afr. 257,671 Rome. Italy. 1,348,700 Benares. India 205,315 Kaiyuan. Manch'k'o 317,520 Rosario.. Argentina 514,613 Berlin, Gritrjermany.. 4,332,242 Karachi. India 263,565 Rostov Russia 520,700 Birmingham England... 1,029,700 Kassel, Germany.. 217,085 Rotterdam Holland 612,372 Bochum Germany 303,208 Kazan Russia.. 258,700 Salford England. 201.800 Bogota, Colombia 330,312 Kharkov. Russis 833,432 Saloniki Greece 236,524 Bologna Italy 318,444 Kiel. 829,830 Bombay India 1,161,383 Kiev Russia 846,293 Sao Paulo. Brazil. 1,151,249 Bordeaux France 258,348 Kobe. Japan. 1,006,100 Saratov. Russia 327,500 Bradford.. England. 289,510 Konigsberg. . Germany. 368,433 Sendal. Japan 219,547 Bremen.. Germany 342,113 Kure.. Japan. 262,300 Seoul Korea. 706,396 Breslau.. Germany.. 615,006 Kyoto, Japan. 1,177,200 Sevilla, Spain 238,727 Brisbane Australia.. 326.000 Labore. India 429,747 Shanghai. China. 3,489,998 Bristol England.. 415,100 La Paz Bolivia 250.000 Sheffield. England.. 518, 200 Brno. Cz'choslov 264,925 La Plata, Argentina 268,000 Shizuoka. | Japan. . 200.737 Brunswick Gerinany.. 201,306 Leeds. England... 491.880 Singapore. Straits Set. 727,564 Bulgaria.. 287,095 260,000 388,000 Buenos Aires Argentina. 2,364,263 Lima... Peru. 500.000 Stalino. Russia. 285,500 Poland.. 665,200 Stoke-on-T.. England... 272,800 274,659 Sverdlovsk. Russia 400,800 224,850 Lwow. Poland.. 317,700 Sydney Australia. 1,305,040 Catania. Italy. 244,972: Lyons Iran. 219,000 Cawnpore. India 243,755 Madras India 647.230 Taihoku. Formosa. 274,157 Chemnitz. Germany. 334,563 Madrid. Spain 1,194,000 Tashkent. Russia. 585,005 Chungking.. China. 635,000 MagdeburgGermany.. 334,358 Teliran Iran.. 360,000 Cologne. Germany. 768,426 Manchester, England.. 736,500 Tientsin. China, 1,292,025 Colombo... Ceylon 284,155 Mannheim .. Germany. 283,801 Tinis.. Georgia, R. 519,175 Copenhagen, Denmark. , 843,168 Marseilles. France 914,232 Tokio, G't'r. Japan. 7,094,600 Cordoba.. Argentina, 288,916 Melbourne.. Australia. 1,046,750 Toronto. Canada 631,207 (racow Poland 254,600 Messina Italy 192,051 Toulouse. France 213.220 Croydon England 242,300 Mexico City, Mexico. 1,754,355 Trieste Italy 261,368 Dairen. Kwantung 282,665 Milan, Italy 1.219, 240 Tsingtao. China 514,769 Tunisis. 219,578 Italy 698,096 Dne'p'tr'ysk Russia 500.662 Moscow. Russia 4,137,018 Valencia Spain 352.802 Dortmund.. Germany, 537.000 Mukden Manch'k'o 772,017 Valparaiso. Chile. 263,228 Dresden Gerin any 625,174 Munich, Germany.. 828,325 Vancouver. Canada 308,340 Dublin.. Ireland... 482.300 Nagasaki. Japan, 230,800 Venice.. Italy 285,833 Duisburg Germany.. 431, 256 Nagoy&.. Japan. 1,249,100 Vienna Germany 1,918,462 Dusseldorf.., Germany.. 539,905 Nagpur India 215,165 Wannsein...China. 210.837 925,325 Wenchow. China 631,276 Florence Italy.. 354,975, Newcastle.. England. 290,400 West Ham.. England. 259,500 Foochow.. China. 322,725 Nice. France 241,916 Winnipeg Canada 280, 202 Frankfort. Germany. 546,649 Ningpo. China 218.774 Wuppertal.. Germany. 398,009 Fukuoka,... Japan. 322,000 Nottingham. England.. 278,800 Yawata. Japan... 243,500 Fusliun Manch'k'o 295,036 Novosibirsk, Russia, 278.000 Yokohama Japan. 866.200 Gelsink'ch'n, Germany.. 313,003 Nurnberg Germany. 430.851 Zurich... Switzerl'd. 330,000 United States Trade with Latin-American Countries Millions of dol. Commodity 1938 1939 1940 1938 1939 1940 3.0 5.1 Total Exports 489.7 562.5 718.5 Bituminous coal. 12.01 10.3 Iron and steel mill products 7.5 Automobiles 67.6 69.6 74.5! All other, 94.1 112.5 148.4 Industrial inachinery 53.1 56.3 74.3 Total Imports 447.4 495.8 593.0 Chemical products, 28.7 39.2 55.2 Coffee 133.8 136.2 124.3 Textile manufactures 31 241.8 48.2 Cane sugar. 79.7 75.0 69.7 Electrical much, and apparatus 31.4 34.1 40.6 Copper 26.6 30.1 51.9 Rice, flour, other veg. prod. 34.7 34.5 37.2 Crude petrol., seminn. olls. 18.9 23.3 47.6 Crude petrol., renned olls, 28.3 28.5 25.7 Raw wool 7.8 17.1 46.7 Paper and paper materials 7.7 10.8 22.7 Hides and skins. 9.8 19.0 24.4 12.1 13.2 13.1 Meats, fats, milk, edib. animal prod 14.7 17.8 19.8 Cocoa... Agricultural implements 21.9 16.2 14.4 Sodium nitrate. 10.7 11.2 12.5 Lumber and wood products. 12.8 13.5 13.5 All other.. 148.0 170.7 202.8 Rubber and manufactures.. 8.4 10.71 12.31 8.7 AVIATION International Aeronautical Records Source: The National Aeronautic Association, duPont Circle, Washington, D. C., representative in the United States of the Federal Aeronautique Internationale, world sport governing body for aeronautics. The officers of the association are: Charles F. Horner, president; George B. Logan, vicepresident; William R. Enyart, secretary, and John H. Jouett, treasurer. The International Aeronautical Federation was formed (1905) by representatives from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and the United States, with headquarters in Paris. Regulations for the control of official records were signed (Oct. 14, 1905). Thirty-eight countries were members of the association (1939). The records presented here are as of Oct. 1, 1941. World records are defined as maximum performance, regardless of class or type of aircraft used. Records accepted by the Federation follow: WORLD AIR RECORDS Maximum speed over a 3-kilometer course (1.864 miles)-755.138 km. p. h. (469.220 m. p. h.)-Fritz Wendel, Germany, April 26, 1939. Distance airline--11,520.421 kilometers (7,158.440 miles)-Squadron Leader R. Kellett, Flight Lt. R. T. Gething and Pilot Officer M. L. Caine (one plane); Flight Lt. A. N. Combe, Flight Lt. B. K. Burnett and Sergt. H. B. Gray (second plane); Great Britain, Nov. 5-7, 1938. Altitude -22,066 meters (72,394.795 feet) Anderson and Stevens, United States, November 11, 1935. All other records, international in scope, are termed International records and are divided into classes, free balloons, airships, airplanes, seaplanes, amphibians, gliders, and helicopters. In the following tables categories are used and are defined as: Light airplanes Light seaplanes Engine cylinder displacement 1st category. 397-549 cubic inches 397-549 cubic inches 2nd category 244-397 cubic inches Less than 397 cubic inches 3rd category 122-244 cubic inches None 4th category. Less than 122 cubic inches None AIRPLANES (Class C) Distance closed circuit (International)-12,935.770 kilometers (8,037.899 miles)-Angelo Tondi, Roberto Dagasso and Ferruccio Vignoli, Aldo Stagliano, Italy, July 30-31-Aug. 1, 1939. (United States)-5,036 kilometers (3,129.219 miles)-Major C. V. Haynes and Capt. w. D. old, U. S. A., A. C. pilots; Capt. W. G. Bryte, Lt. A. C. Brandt, Sergt. A. Cattarius, Sergt. D. L. Spicer and Corp. J. E. Sands, U. S. A., A. O., crew; Dayton, O., Aug. 1-2, 1939. Distance airline (International)-11,520.421 kilometers (7,158.440 miles)--Squadron Leader R. Kellett, Flight Lt. R. T. Gething and Pilot Officer M. L. Gaine (one plane); Flight Lt. A. N. Combe, Flight Lt. B. K. Burnett and Sergt. H. B. Gray (second plane); Great Britain, Nov. 5-7, 1938. (United States) 8,065.736 kilometers (5,011,800 miles) ---Russell N. Boardman and John Polando, from Brooklyn, N. Y.. to Istanbul, Turkey, July 28-30, 1931, Altitude (International)-17,083 meters (56,046.473 feet)-Col. Mario Pezzi, Italy, Oct. 22, 1938. (United States)-13,157 meters (42,165.880 feet)-Lt. Apollo Souceck, Anacostia, D. C., June 4, 1930. Maximum speed (International)-Speed 755.138 km. p. h. (469.22- m. p. h.) - Fritz Wendel, Germany, April 26, 1939. (United States)--speed 567.115 km. p. h. (352.388 m. p. h.)--Howard R. Hughes, Santa Ana, Calif., Sept. 13, 1935. Speed for 100 kilometers (62.137 miles)) (International)-Speed 634.320 km. p. h. (394.147 m. p. h.)Major Gen. Ernst Udet, Germany, June 5, 1938. (United States)-Speed 470.896 km. p. h. (292.600 m. p. h.) Miss Jacqueline Cochran, Acomita, N. M., April 20, 1940. Speed for 1,000 kilometers (621.369 miles) (International) - Speed 524.185 km. p. h. (325.713 m. p. h.) -Furio Niclot, Italy, Dec. 9, 1937. (United States)--Speed 492.341 km. p. h. (305.926 m. p. h.), Miss Jacqueline Cochran, Burbank-San Francisco-Burbank, Calif., course, Sept. 15, 1939. Speed for 2,000 kilometers (1.242.739 miles) (International)-Speed 533.847 km, p. h. (331.716 m. p. n.), Miss Jacqueline Cochran, Mt. Wilson, Calif.-Mesa Giganta, N. M.-Mt. Wilson, Calif., course, April 6. 1940. (United States) same. Speed for 5,000 kilometers (3,106.849 miles) (International)---Speed, 404.936 km. p. h. (251.615 m. p. h.), Nicholas Chebanov and Vladimir Matvelev, Sebastopol course, Aug. 28, 1939. (United States) -Speed 272.030 km. p. h. (169.031 m. p. h.) D, W: Tomlinson and J. A. Bartels, Floyd Bennett-Bolling Field-Floyd Bennett Field course, May 16-17, 1935. Speed for 10,000 kilometers (6,213.698 miles) (International)--Speed 311.620 km. p. h. (193.631 m. p. h.) -Comm. Rossi and Adjt. Chief Emont, France, Aug. 15-16, 1939. LIGHT AIRPLANES (first category) Distance, Airline (International)-3,318.198 kilometers (2,061.703 miles)-A. Goussarov and V. Giebov, U.S. S. R., Sept. 23, 1937.* Speed for 100 kilometers (62.137 miles), (International)-Speed 392.584 km. p. h. (243.940 m. p. h.)Giorgio Parodi, Italy, Aug. 27, 1939. (United States)-Speed 333.179 km. p. h. (207.027 m. p. h.)Clarence R. McArthur, New Orleans,, La., June 26, 1938. Altitude (International) 9,075 meters (29,773.560 feet)---Herman Ilig, Germany, July 7, 1939. (United States)--5,721 meters (18,769.646 feet)--Grace Huntington, Burbank, Calif., May 31, 1939. LIGHT AIRPLANES (second category) Speed 100 kilometers (International),Speed 383.388_km. p. h. (238.225 m. p. h.)-S. J. Wittman, U. S., Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19, 1937. United States). Distance, Airline (International)---5,099.300 kms. (3,168.365 miles)--Andre Japy, France, from Istres to Djibouti, Nov. 30, 1937.* LIGHT AIRPLANES (third category) Distance, Airline (International)-6,303.840 kilometers (3,917,017 miles)-Horst Pulkowski and Lt. R. Jenett, Germany, from Bengasi, Libya, to Gaya, British India, Dec. 29-31, 1938. (United States) 3,986.944 kilometers (2,477.367 miles)-J. M. Jones, Nov. 29-30, 1938. LIGHT AIRPLANES (fourth category) Distance, Airline (International)-1,909.833 kilometers (1,186.713 miles)--Heinz Gabler, Germany. Aug. 2, 1939.. (United States)-1,631.878 kilometers (1,014 miles)--Robert E. Bryant, from Miami, Fla.; to Camden, N. J., July 31, 1939. SEAPLANES (Class C2) Distance, closed circuit (International)-5,200 kilometers (3,231.123 miles)-Mario Stoppani and Carlo Tonini, Italy, May 27-28, 1937. (United States)--2,525 kilometers (1,569 miles)-Lts. B. J. Connell and H. C. Rodd, San Diego, Cal., Aug. 15-16, 1927. Distance, Airline (International)-9,652,001 kilometers (5,997.462 miles)-Capt. D. C. T. Bennett and First Officer I. Harvey, Great Britain, from Dundee, Scotland, to near Port Nolloth, S. Africa, Oct. 6-8, 1938. (United States) -5,280.015 kilometers (3,281.402 miles)--Lt. Commdr. Knefler McGinnis, U.S. N., Lt. J. K. Averill, U. S. N., N. A. P., T. P. Wilkinson, U. S. N., from Cristobal Harbor, C. Z., to San Francisco Bay, Alameda, Calif., Oct. 14-15, 1935. Maximum speed (International)-Speed 709.209 km. p. h. (440.681 m. p. h.)--Francesco Agello, Italy, Indicates no United States record has been established. |