Word: gatun
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With one victory to his credit wants another. His argument is this: From a military standpoint the present canal is weak: its locks may be broken by bombardment from sea or air; an earthquake such as that of 1882 might break Gatun dam and empty Gatun lake; a ship might be sunk in one of the locks where it could not be blown up without ruining the works. From a commercial standpoint he maintains that the Canal will become inadequate, estimating that it will have a traffic of 45,000,000 tons in 1934, and 135,000,000 tons...
...wireless that they had established contact with the enemy off Porto Bello?and reported no more?indicating that they had been "destroyed." Meanwhile, the Langley (Black) had found rough water that prevented launching its aeroplanes. A few Black planes launched from a base near Porto Bello reached the Gatun locks but were driven off by anti-aircraft batteries. Ten Blue planes reached Porto Bello and attempted to bomb the Langley...
...ended the battle, with the U. S. Pacific fleet destroyed. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hamilton V. Bryan, Admiral McCully's flag officer, disguised as a civilian with a cargo of candles, representing dynamite, penetrated canal guards and placed his explosives at important points, the control chamber of the Gatun locks, etc. He later disguised himself as a correspondent, chatted with Blue officers at their head- quarters, read papers on their desks, cut telephone wires at the Gatun headquarters. His exploit was discounted, however, because complete restrictions such as would be made in actual war-time were not placed on civilians...
...Miraflores locks are in ruins, the Gatun spillways are broken, Gatun Lake is drained, the Panama Canal is dry land once more, our fleet is divided and our Pacific Coast is at the mercy of the " Black" Navy. These are the hypothetical results of the battle maneuvers of our fleet in the Pacific. The United Stales fleet under command of Admiral Jones put the Canal defenses to the most severe test possible and discovered weakness. The story of the attack was this: The fleet divided into a "Blue" fleet defending the canal and a "Black" or "enemy" fleet attacking...
...oceans was seriously discussed in a Cabinet meeting few days ago. With Panama traffic quadruped since 1914 and the fruit growers of the West turning more and more to the sea to avoid the prohibitive price required to pay the overland carriers, experts forecast that the locks of Gatun and Miraflores will be used to the limit of their capacities within the fifteen years necessary to complete a second passageway...