Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cliff Buyers. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. owns a railroad, lumber tracts, coal mines, chemical works, charcoal plants. It has a large fleet of Great Lakes freighters. Normally it is also a producer of pig iron. But first & foremost Cleveland-Cliffs is a miner of iron ores. Its ore reserves in Minnesota rank second only to those of U. S. Steel Corp. And for that if no other reason Cleveland-Cliffs is a highly desirable property in any steelman's eyes. Whenever steel mergers are rumored, its name is sure...
...understanding does not exist between the Netherlands Government and British Prime Minister Baldwin. It seems incredible that Dutch editors, or editors of any nationality, could possibly believe that an understanding does not exist. But the Anglo-Dutch alliance is not aimed at Japan. On the contrary an Anglo-Dutch fleet in the South Pacific will prove an inestimable aid to the Japanese in the coming Pacific war. England is playing her usual game, gathering up allies for the next struggle. She can count on the assistance of all countries with kings, with the exception of Italy, because of the close...
...made about Britain's Mediterranean base at Malta being now so weak as to be vulnerable to Italian air attack. Amid that utter fog which British statesmen so often find useful in masking their intentions, the Government created a sensation by announcing that several units of the Mediterranean fleet which went home for King George's Jubilee Review were preparing to steam back to their stations ominously led, "a week early," by the aircraft carrier Furious...
...John Bull, wagging their fingers at II Duce, sing: We don't want you to fight But, by jingo, if you do, We shall probably issue a joint memorandum suggesting a mild disapproval of you! All this seemed less funny this week as Greeks reported that a fleet of British bombing planes had swept over their islands bound for Africa. From Egyptian sources it appeared that an armed British sneak toward Lake Tana was indeed being prepared. The Admiralty announced that the Mediterranean fleet would "cruise" for the time being in such fashion as to command the mouth...
Such was the announcement which lay last week on the desks of editors throughout the U. S. Immensely proud of holding what was believed to be the world's first fleet review for children, the Navy planned to mass thousands of them on Ballast Point at the mouth of San Diego Harbor. Its reasons: 1) Admiral Reeves's "intense fondness" for youngsters; 2) His desire "to indoctrinate them in what the Navy means...