Marine Chief Prefers Strength to Build Up
Gen. Clifton B. Cates commandant of the Marine Corps argues the United States should maintain ready armed forces rather than rely on rapid buildup. Speaking before the American Ordinance Association on Wednesday, he urged that the U.S. must have armed forces in being to project power wherever interests are threatened.
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Anti Communist League Receives West Virginia Charter
The state issued a charter to the West Virginia Anti-Communist League, a Huntington based non profit group. Incorporators include F C Sammons Huntington Conde McGinley Union N J and Frederick C F Weiss White Plains NY. The charter cites promoting the American constitutional system over European Marxist Soviet models.
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Anti-Communist League
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Mutiny Fades as Savaged Stranger Arrives at Plymouth
Three months after Mayflower’s harboring at New Plymouth a deadly sickness takes 40 settlers, while Captain Jones anchors in place. Squanto arrives in English garb, speaks with Winslow Standish and Brewster, and is welcomed as he asks for beer and introductions as the settlement braces for possible Indian contact.
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Squanto Accepts Coat as Stranger Becomes Quieter
In a tense moment by the Common House Standish opposes Squanto entering the houses while Carver and the settlers test him with a coat gift. Squanto, previously distant and wary, softens after donning a red coat, drinks beer, requests brandy, and questions arise about his English and hunger as Mrs. Carver feeds him.
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British Dockhands Feast On Bananas At Liverpool
In Liverpool England more than 3 000 dockhands ate 37 000 bananas a dozen each after a shipload was deemed too ripe for distribution. About 40 000 bananas remained uneaten and were burned.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Eng
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