Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this time restricted the choice. Suddenly it was remembered that William Orville Douglas, 40, chairman of SEC, was born in Minne sota, raised and schooled in Yakima and Walla Walla, Wash. A trial balloon for the Douglas appointment was released just before the President went war-gaming with the fleet (TIME, Feb. 27). This week, the President named Mr. Douglas to be the youngest Associate Justice since Joseph Story, who was but 32 when President Madison appointed him in 1811 for a term that lasted 34 years...
...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...
...Spanish War on the sea, only occasionally an active phase of the fighting, ended abruptly last week when the major part of the Loyalist fleet steamed into the neutral French port of Bizerte, Tunisia, and was interned. In parade formation, still flying the Spanish Republic's red, gold & purple flag, three cruisers, eight destroyers and a number of lesser ships sailed in from revolt-ridden Cartagena, the fleet's base, 600 miles across the Mediterranean. Met by the French cruiser Dupleix and a squadron of French destroyers, the ships were inspected for sanitation, then, their ammunition removed, allowed...
Although greater in tonnage and ships than the Franco Navy, the Loyalist fleet early in the war lost control of the strategic Strait of Gibraltar and with it the mastery of the Spanish waters. Reasons: 1 ) when the war started sailors on Loyalist ships killed most of their experienced officers, leaving only inexperienced men in command; 2) the Franco fleet was rein forced by Italian submarines, destroyers and lesser craft. Both sides lost heavily during the war. There were about eight engagements during which the Franco fleet's most notable losses were the battle ship Espa...
Although outmatched early in the war, the Loyalist fleet continued to do some quiet, important convoying near the coastline. Last week, with the enemy ships out of the way, Generalissimo Franco declared a complete blockade. The Loyalist coastline was declared "closed to navigation for all classes of embarkation, regardless of their flag and merchandise." Ships were warned that at several points the Franco Navy had submarines waiting with orders to "sink every ship that tries to pass the three-mile limit, no matter what flag...