Word: canale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week's end France was confident that a satisfactory deal could be made with Italy which would necessitate giving up only a few of the concessions demanded by Italy-such as a free port at Djibouti, the Addis Ababa railway, and a share in the Suez Canal. But England was confident three weeks ago that Adolf Hitler would behave himself. As for the Italian people, they were anxious for glory but somewhat jittery. Signor Mussolini closed his speech with an old Fascist motto: "Believe! Obey! Fight!" The Italians knew whom to obey, but just what to believe and whom...
...world knew that Germany now economically and politically dominated emasculated Czecho-Slovakia. But the fact that Germany had recently gone through the diplomatic motions of requesting (and getting) currency adjustments, railroad, road and canal rights-of-way across Czecho-Slovakia seemed to indicate that the Reich was content with de facto subjugation. Had Herr Hitler not said that all he wanted was to get all the Germans back together again? Had he not signed a declaration with Britain not to do anything that might disturb the peace of Europe without consulting...
...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...
...House Military Affairs Committee to cut from $25,000,000 to $10,000,000 the amount to be expended this year on the proposed $100,000,000 purchase of strategic imported raw materials for war (tin, manganese, mercury, etc., etc.). He announced he favored double-locking the Panama Canal instead of digging a second canal across Nicaragua, on grounds of economy ($200,000,000 as against...
Charles Goodyear never visited Akron. His invention arrived there in 1869, eleven years after his death. That year, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich founded the city's first rubber company, choosing the town because the Ohio & Erie Canal afforded cheap transportation. Goodrich celebrated its 70th birthday last week by announcing a 1938 net of $2,240,119 after a 1937 loss of $878,580. Surpassing it in size are three younger competitors-Firestone Tire & Rubber, U. S. Rubber, Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Goodyear, now the industry's biggest (with 1938 profit of $6,012,423 on net sales...