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Other sections revealed use of Transocean News in propaganda activities; attempts to indoctrinate Latin-American countries; use of friendly Americans as "fronts" for Nazi activities. Lauded in the German correspondence was Lawrence Dennis, approvingly noted as the author of The Coming Fascism in America and as "economic adviser of the gigantic firm of E. A. Pierce & Co., 40 Wall Street, which is probably the largest brokerage house in the U. S." Ralph B. Strassburger, of Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania was listed by Transocean as the only person taking two subscriptions. Mr. Strassburger, owner of the Norristown, Pa. Times Herald, later appeared...
...Krupp field-artillery pieces. Last year 19 of the 20 Latin-American republics spent an average of 25% of all Government expenditures on defense. Latin America maintains a peacetime strength of about 350,000 men. War strength is calculated at 1,800,000. With a total population of 125,000,000, Latin America can muster a potential man power of 12,000,000. Fifteen of the 20 countries have air forces. The aggregate Latin-American navy consists of five battleships, six cruisers, 32 destroyers, 20 submarines, a scattering of gunboats, minelayers, river-patrol boats and coastguard cutters. But only Argentina...
Last week both NBC and CBS got ready for more action on the Latin-American front. Back from Latin America with a report on radio conditions was NBC Short-Wave Program Director Guy Hickok; preparing to leave on an inspection tour this week was a trio of CBS bigwigs-President William S. Paley, News Chief Paul White, and the recently appointed Director of Latin-American Relations, Edmund Chester, former head of A. P.'s Latin-American Division...
...order to distinguish between Americans of the North and of the South, CBS uses the Spanish coagulation "Estadouni-dense" (United Staters) for the Latin-American trade. Star broadcast of CBS to Latin America is their School of the Air program, which now reaches fifteen million children in the Western Hemisphere...
...diplomacy's sake. In the offing was a still more difficult problem : How could the U.S. arm Latin America while arming itself and Britain too? With the U. S. steel industry at an all-time production peak and domestic priorities threatening, Latin America's orders stood at the end of the queue. Japan was still importing steel sheets and shapes for its Navy from U. S. mills last week. One possible halfway step: to give Latin-American orders priority over Japanese...