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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1939
Page
3
Joseph W. LeBine analyzes prospects for the League of Nations revival under a Russ-British agreement. The piece argues reforms are needed and calls for action to purge the organization’s current leadership, including Avenol, to restore credibility and effectiveness.
The piece revisits the League of Nations' decline under Joseph Avenol and its wavering response to Japan Italy and Germany. It notes hopes for a revival through a British French Russian pact and highlights distribution costs in 1929 plus debates over anti Communist and anti Fascist movements and a Nazi Bund case in New York.
In 1914 German troops kept gear precise but ignored Rhine flood risk. By 1945 35 000 ton battleships and larger were planned, but eight battleships won't be ready before 1945 or 1946. Pan American trade shifts reduce European reliance as the U S Navy expands to 773 million dollar program with 74 ships underway.
Europe grows nervous as warships converge on Gibraltar The Rock at the gateway to the Mediterranean is being fortified with land and air defenses Food stockpiles and munitions fill deep rock tunnels and vast reservoirs Online bugle notes Gibraltar hosts Barbary ape colony and a long history from Phoenicians to Moors to Iberians.
The Corfu island near the Ionian Sea has long shaped European history, serving as a strategic naval base in World War I and earlier occupations by Venetians, Ottomans, and others. The article traces Corfu’s geography, wartime significance, and cultural ties to figures like Kaiser Wilhelm, plus a tour through its medieval streets and olives economy.
Soviet Russia has ordered a 60 percent rise in its 1939 national defense budget to match Germany and Italy. The cost is estimated at one ruble per unit and covers ships, markers, and plastics packaging. US gasoline consumption in 1938 rose 1 percent while motor vehicle production dropped 1 percent from 1937.
On June 15 Justice Edgar J. Lauer of the New York Supreme Court is expected to resign after his wife was convicted and sentenced for smuggling. The same date notes include due semi annual war debt payments and a list of government arrears for December. The items mention Donald B. MacMillan sailing from Boothbay Harbor and Paul V. McNutt's travel to San Francisco to launch a campaign for the Democratic nomination.
Narrative recalls Tarik hill seized by England in 1704 and contested by Moors and Spaniards. England held the hill, then ceded it to Britain nine years later, sparking renewed struggles. A major bid to regain the territory occurred in 1779 by French and Spanish forces.
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