Azores Seen as Prize in Atlantic War Powers Battle
The Azores, a Portuguese archipelago, could tilt the Atlantic war between Britain and the Axis. Control would allow mid ocean refueling and wider air range for U boats and bombers or better protection of shipping for Britain. Portugal strengthens forts and garrisons while concerns grow over potential invasions and a possible exile government in the Azores aligned with Britain. Routes and bases at Ponte Delgada Angra do Heroismo and Horta highlight strategic value amid rising global conflict.
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New York
Britain
Azores
mid-Atlantic
Lisbon
London
Havana
France
Atlantic
South America
Germany
Portugal
Santa Maria
Flores
Ponte Delgada
United States Navy
Central Atlantic
San Miguel
Angra Do Heroismo
Terceira
Horta
Fayal
Spain
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Salazar
Crete
Royal Air Force
Maria II of
Dom Miguel
Day of Aerial Battles Nearing With Radio Controlled Planes
The piece surveys progress in pilotless, radio controlled aircraft as a near term possibility for war. It notes tests by the Army at Selfridge Field and Navy in Honolulu, cost barriers, and pilots or observers on the ground ready to intervene. It cites Verlin Haines, Reginald Denny, and Antonio Pannuti with advances toward long range control and bomb guidance via television eyes.
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New York
Special News Service
Army
Navy
Honolulu
Army Air Corps
Selfridge Field
Detroit
British Air Service
Patrick Breen
London
Victoria Station
Parliament Buildings
River Thames
Verlin Haines
Port Columbus
Ohio
Haines
Reginald Denny
Lee de Forest
A. A. Sanabria
Warren
Antonio Pannuti
Pre War French Air Minister Sees Failure in Hitler War Aims
Pierre Cot once France's air minister and later Yale visiting professor argues Hitler aims at wider conquest will fail much like Napoleon. He warns of Europe’s split under fascist rule and predicts a long war with eventual victory through military effort and popular uprisings. He notes France's air preparedness was deficient and criticizes Vichy policy though he sees no popular support for collaboration.
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Hitler
New Haven
Conn
Special News Service
Pierre Cot
France
Chamber of Deputies
League of Nations
Cot
Yale
Hitler Cot
Napoleon
Europe
Britain
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Munich
Mussolini
England
United States
Vichy
Civilian Defense Training Aims In U S Cities
Mrs. Melville Mucklestone heads a 250000 member group pushing civilian defense training for local government workers. She cites Chicago shelters and tunnels as models for protecting urban populations and urges immediate preparation and cross-departmental training.
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Melville Mucklestone
National Consumers Tax Commission
Hughes retires as Chief Justice citing high regard for court
Charles Evans Hughes, age 79, announces retirement on July 1 after 11 years as chief justice. He says the move preserves the court from embarrassment and reflects dwindling energy to carry on. He plans to stay in Washington and may travel to the Canadian Rockies if Mrs. Hughes recovers.
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Charles E. Hughes
U. S
Washington
The
Special News Service
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
James C. McReynolds
White House
Hughes
Canadian Rockies
Columbia University
Flashes of Army Life From Across Posts
Army life notes report a seasick soldier on a swaying pontoon bridge at Camp Landing Florida. At Camp Shelby Mississippi a parrot Stanley reads menu changes and bites a sergeant. Camp Robinson Arkansas Whippoorwill nightly chorus unsettles officers as they search for a man to whistle the final note.
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Camp Landing
Fla
U. S
Camp Shelby
Miss
Quartermaster Company
112Th Quartermaster Regiment
Stanley
K. G. Beebe
Cincinnati
Ohio
Camp Robinson
Ark
137Th Infantry
Guy E. Vining
Horton, Kan
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Central Press
Mexico
Mazatlan
Tuxpan
Unites States
Mies
British Isles
Becano
Dakar
Paul D. Gormley
Fort George Meade
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Haven
Wacker Drive
James W. Douth
Christopher
N. Main
W. Park
East Park
Associated Press
Hatters
East Silver
Wyoming
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