Dollar Diplomacy Builds Not Exploits in South America
Washington analyzes how Americas postwar strategy could reshape Latin America through economic ties rather than conquest. Peter Edson notes competing views on benefits for U S government and private interests as South American cooperation grows. He outlines scenarios where during and after the war, hemispheric solidarity may redefine trade, defense, and influence.
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Latin America
Sam
Amarin
Peter Edson
NEA
Aris
Edson
Washington
South Americ
United States
Yell
Oen
Carmen
Missouri
Carrey
Lawk
America
New World
Pampas
Primies
Thomas
Uy South America
North
South America
Cone
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Desu Dunes
Defense Supplies Corporation
Moefils Reserve Corporation
Rubeber Reserve Company
Expressec
Argentina
Defense Supplies Corport Liom
Tapacity
North America
Boliyvar
Dent
Cordell Hull
Americas
Simon Bolivar
George Washington
Building South America and U S Trade Ties
A historical analysis argues that postwar U S policy should help South American economies develop by building payrolls, infant industries, and local tax bases. It highlights Quito’s wool and textile mills, Peru’s Indian weave mill, and the shift from raw exports to manufactured goods, framing this as dollar diplomacy to Bolivar’s dream of a united region.
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South America
U.S
United States
Europe
Quito
Ecuador
New York
Peru
Subey
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Central
South American
Venezuela
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Bolivar
Bolayur
Hemisphere
New Airport at the Capital
Washington report highlights a planned modern airport with a streamlined baggage system. Travelers check in at desks, weigh bags on a scale, then bags slide via chute to ground trucks while manifests route passengers through concealed tubes to a control room for rapid sorting and boarding.
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Sigrid Arne Washington
DB. C
Congress
Nothing Up His Magic Sleeve
A quirky piece profiles Russell Swann, a magician who skips traditional tricks. His act uses mechanical devices and humor to misdirect, with stunts like a plane ride aid and a talking cobra. Swann relies on fooling the audience with humor rather than spectacular feats, stressing that people enjoy being fooled in a different way.
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Max
Swann
Patrick
Cobira
Rainbow Room
Private Ezra Has Tough Time
Private Ezra Stone recounts Army life at Camp Upton, humorously detailing misadventures delivering papers, saluting a captain, and adjusting to military routines. He notes the cannon beside his barracks and hints at broader wartime topics like Uncle Sam’s air plans and the vast reach of Russia.
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Camp Upton
Long Teland
Satan
Block
Captain Stone
Henry
Ezra Stone
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