Gullion and Hershey Named to Lead Draft Effort
General Gullion will direct the selective service draft with Col. Lewis Hershey as deputy. The choice follows a critique of rail and road transport reliance for military movement and calls for integrating civilian motor transport with a national defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
National Guard
Quartermaster General
Army
War and Navy Departments
Gullion
Hershey
General Gullion
Col
Lewis Hershey
General Gulliot
Atlantic Base Network Listed From Newfoundland To Antigua
A National Geographic bulletin outlines a new chain of U S air and naval bases acquired from Britain, stretching from Newfoundland through Bermuda and the Bahamas to Jamaica Trinidad and British Guiana and north to St. Lucia and Antigua. It notes Newfoundland as a key northern outpost and details the 2,700 mile air route span and Bermuda as a central defense hub within 1,000 miles of major North American ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton Phillips
Union
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
United States
Great Britain
Marquess of Lothian
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Trinidad
British Guiana
St. Lucia
Antigua
National Geographic Society
South America
The
Bulletin
Canada
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
Botwood
England
Ireland
Greenland
Portugal
Azores Islands
North Atlantic
North America
Britain
Cape Hatteras
N. C
West Indies
Great Sound
Bahama Islands
Duke of Windsor
Florida
Hispaniola
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Bimini
Miami
San Salvador
Watling Island
Cuba
Carribbean Sea
Kingston
France
Panama Canal
Canal
South Atlantic
Natal
Brazil
Georgetown
Puerto Rico
Leeward Islands
Guadaloupe
Tax Commission Proposes Budget For Rearmament
Chicago reports a National Consumers Tax Commission plan to fund a billion-dollar annual rearmament program without taxpayer cost. NCTC President Melville Mucklestone says local efficiency could save enough to offset 994.4 million raised by the National Defense Act, with cities and counties cutting 10 to 20 percent of local tax bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
National Consumers Tax Commission
Melville Mucklestone
NCTC
Mucklestone
Caribbean island bases and colonial demographics detailed
The report surveys Bahamas and adjacent Caribbean islands, noting population distributions and strategic value. It highlights Jamaica Kingston port and harbor, Trinidad petroleum and asphalt output, St. Lucia and Antigua roles, and British Guiana's coast line, capitals, and population as bases near the Panama canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Kingston
Caribbean Airlines
Trinidad
Venezuela
Windward
Leeward Islands
Caribbean
England
St. Lucia
Windward Islands
Panama Canal
Dakar
Africa
Export-Import Bank Authorized to Loan Half Billion
Washington reports Congress extended the Export-Import Bank’s life to 1947 and authorized $500 million in further loans. The bank, with no cash or vaults, has helped mobilize hundreds of millions in overseas trade since 1934, using commercial banks to advance funds and share interest. President Warren Lee Pierson says it acts through existing banks to finance foreign sales and stabilize U S foreign trade for American exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States Exportimport Bank
Warren Lee Pierson
United States
Government Seeks Oil For Delicate Machines
TACOMA WASH Although the rise in aeronautical instruments watches and other delicate mechanisms is creating a shortage of fishjaw oil a government agency is surveying sources of such lubrication to ease the supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
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Hugh S
Johnson
Washington, D. C
Army and Bus Lines
National Association of Motor Bus Operators
Hitler
America
Fem Caribbean
United States and
Panama Canal Zone
Lothian
Tax Commission
Fal Phillips
Tank
Axis
R.A. F
Mori Fremon
Marshal Petain
Bing Crosby
Wendell Willkie
Harry James
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Warren L. Pierson
and Poultry Co
Placer Street
Butte, Montana
Fox Studios
Billings
Mont
Es . Rolls
Sova Northwest Photo Service
Fargo
Dept.k
North Dakota
Acme Trading Co
Montana Ave
A.C
D.C
Billings Pipe & Supply CO
Los Angeles
Leslie Taylor
Box
Butte
Montana
McCoy
Evanston
Ill
Robert Wall
Robert
Heart
the Tongue
Ambassador
the Heart
Lyly
Moody
Ani
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Deereg Rock
Doans
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