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National defense age urges new war convoy plan
The article reports Roosevelt backing a shift from WW II convoy rules to single fast or slow sailings under American and British escort as part of funding Britain and other democracies. It notes airfield expansion, potential 200000 planes, and concerns over air saturation and German air power. It also covers labor disputes over war bonuses for South Africa and West Indies bound ships, mediation board actions, and rising anti-Semitic sentiment in South America with Nazi influence in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Britain
White House
China
Greece
Yugoslavia
A. E. F. Dough
Halifax
Boston
New York
F. D
Army Air Corps
America
Hitler
England
Burton Heath
South Africa
West Indies
Alcoa
Engineers
Seamen’s
A. F. of S
South
Chant Marine Institute
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
Africa
Midland Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown
William Green
Roosevelt
Congress
Mediation Board
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Argentina
Chile