Word: airings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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British permission to build American naval and air bases at Trinidad. Bermuda, and Newfoundland are also called for in the proposals. The French would be asked for permission to use island bases in the Pacific and the Atlantic, which would be of great strategic value to the United States in war time...
WASHINGTON--Grave fears over the trend of Central European events brought the Administration's giant rearmament program in step nearer completion today when the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $512,-188,882 War Department bill for the year beginning July 1, with funds for Army Air Corps expansion...
...measure, $18,830,946 more than approved by the House, carries appropriations for 784 new army planes, approximately one-fourth of the number necessary to raise the Air-Corps to a full authorized strength of 6,000 first-line fighting craft. Debate may start next Monday, with passage expected within...
Larry Clinton and his Dipsy Doodlers played a one nighter at the Roseland Tuesday. All that can be done about it is to wave one leg feebly in the air and pray that the invasion won't come again. If there is one thing that can arouse good musicians from their usual torpor, it is the mention of Mr. Clinton's name, the reason being that he is the most unadulterated copyist extant. He was put where he is because a high executive of a record company had him under personal contract and spared no pains to see that...
...measure authorizes a fleet of 6000 planes for the Army Air Corps, the most potent aerial force in the nation's history, calls for new and stronger fortifications around Panama Canal, bolsters seacoast and inland defenses, increases the size of the Army, and equips it with vast supplies of vital equipment such as automatic rifiles, anti-aircraft guns and artillery...