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Cambridge Sentinel in Cambridge, Massachusetts

28 Sep 1940

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Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1940

Page

2

America's New Atlantic Bases from Caribbean

A National Geographic bulletin describes U S naval and air bases from Newfoundland to British Guiana, extending 2 700 miles by air and with Bermuda as a key defensive hub. It notes Botwood in Newfoundland and Azores Bermuda proximity to major Atlantic ports and argues Bermuda’s reefs enclose the Great Sound as a potential American base.

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Norton Phillips Union Washington Ocean Caribbean United States Great Britain Marquess of Lothian Newfoundland Bermuda Bahamas Jamaica Trinidad British Guiana St. Lucia Antigua National Geographic Society South America Canada Gulf of St Lawrence St. Lawrence River Botwood North Atlantic Atlantic North America English Channel Britain Cape Hatteras Great Sound Bahama Islands Duke of Windsor Florida Hispaniola Haiti Dominican Republic Bimini Miami San Salvador Watling Island Cuba Panama Canal Kingston Caribbean Airlines Venezuela Windward Leeward Islands England Dakar Africa Atlantic Ocean France Guiang Canal South Atlantic Natal Brazil Georgetown Caribbean Sea St Lucia Puerto Rico West Indies English Guadaloupe
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Tax Commission Proposes Budget For Rearmament

The National Consumers Tax Commission urges a billion-dollar annual rearmament program with no cost to taxpayers, claiming local government reforms could save more than the defense act revenue. The piece then digresses into Caribbean island notes and colonial references amid unrelated context.

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Chicago United States National Consumers Tax Commission Melville Mucklestone NCTC Mucklestone
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Export-Import Bank Authorized to Loan Half Billion Dollars

Congress extended the Export-Import Bank’s life and authorized $500 million in new loans. The bank uses commercial banks to handle funds and documents, sharing interest with the banks. Since its founding in 1934 it has funded projects worldwide, with substantial repayments, and operates without physical banks or vaults.

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Washington Congress United States Export- Import Bank Warren Lee Pierson
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Hatch Act limits trigger wasted campaign funds, Willkie focus

Washington view of Hatch Act curbs reveals wasteful spending on literature advertising and posters by both parties. The piece notes Wendell Willkie’s campaign strategy, stresses the pressure of daily rail speeches, and reports Navy officials considering using conscription law provisions to secure priority for essential naval goods.

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Truman H. Newbury Michigan Senate Washington Navy Wave
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Government Seeks Oil For Delicate Machines

TACOMA WASH Although a survey of lubricants sources finds beluga oil from white whales near Cook Inlet Alaska may aid delicate aeronautical instruments watches and other mechanisms in short supply fish oil.

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Tacoma Wash Cook Inlet Anchorage Alaska
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Hatch Act Debate Highlights Field Critique of Provisions

Carter Field says the Hatch Act’s purpose is magnificent but the law itself detests its aim. He notes large expenditures beyond act limits escape national committee control. Field adds that Willkie’s voice, though joked about, could become a major campaign factor.

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Willkie Carter Field U Washington Alben W. Barkley Kentucky Barkley Happy A. B. Chandler Chandler Senate Logan Newbury John W. Davis Davis Congress United States Field
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