Dakar as Axis prize reshapes Atlantic balance
Henry Noble Hall argues Dakar is the linchpin of Allied sea routes and a potential German target. He notes de Gaulle’s failed Dakar bid, Vichy weakness, and how control of Dakar would connect Berlin to South American air routes, with the harbor, docks, naval yard, and rail links making it a perfect naval base.
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Henry Noble Hall
NEA
Dakar
South America
South Atlantic
England
India
Cape of Good Hope
Union of South Africa
London
de Gaulle
Chad
French Equatorical Africa
Libya
Sudan
Congo
Britain
French Congo
Cameroons
France
Great African Empire
Vichy
Petain
Toulon
Straits of Gibraltar
Admiralty
Monsieur de Boisson
French West Africa
Father d'Argenlieu
Marshal Foch
Becourt-Foch
Richelieu
Germany
Balkans
Reich
Darlan
Otto Abetz
Paris
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Gibraltar
Marshal Petain
Africa
Atlantic
Greenland
Falkland Islands
Suez Canal
Far Eastern
Argentina
Berlin
Pacific
Rome
Rio de Janeiro
Arequipa
Peru
Last Ghost Ship Returns to Service in Freighter Shortage
The last of nearly 1,000 ghost ships once laid up after World War I is refurbished. West Grama, built in 1918 in Los Angeles, is to be towed to Mobile for repairs and reentry into service, signaling the end of an era of idle U S Shipping Board vessels. The fleet, once vast, was reduced by sales and scrapping, with only a fraction remaining by 1940.
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Milton Bronner
NEA Service
Washington
Uncle Sam
West Grama
James River
Virginia
West Hematite
U. S. Shipping Board
America
Los Angeles
Calif
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Mobile
Ala
New York
Cerns
Britain
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
Alobile
New Orleans
San Francisco
Seattle
Maritime Commission
Fort Eustis
Solomons
Bremerton
Wash
War Department
George Washington
Navy Department
Edgemont
Indefinite Duty Seen For National Guardsmen
National Guardsmen likely to remain in service beyond one year as the unlimited national emergency looms. Army officials expect a congressional request to extend federal service for 291,000 guardsmen while planning to replace them with selective service units. Secretaries Stimson and Marshall foresee a decision next month, with questions about Congress power under the 1920 National Defense Act.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
National Guard
Army
Roosevelt
Congress
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Guard
The Word Colonels Derives From Italian Leader Term
The Italian word colonello meaning leader of a column heads a regiment and gives us the military title colonel, explaining its origin and usage in drill and rank nomenclature.
Executor's Notice for E T Kearns Estate in High Point
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co executor invites all claimants to prove debts against the estate of E T Kearns of Guilford County North Carolina by May 31 1942 and requests immediate payment of any indebtedness. The notice is dated May 28 1941 and is filed in High Point North Carolina.
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E. TF. Kearnstate
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
Wachovia Bank and Trust CO
T, Kearns
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Ingram Furniture CO
North Main Street
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Clemmons Furniture CO
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Choice
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National
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Elsiewood
Sedgefield
Greensboro
High Point Road
Penny Brothers
Copper Pot Cleaners
Loe
PUREX
Woodbury's Dental
Clorox
Rinso
Plano
Gerhert
Macass Crtape
Colgate Dental
Colgate Tooth
CUE
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Lessom
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Abe
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William
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