Word: mada
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...head off potential flying lenses, cannon and tanks, Secretary of War Dern last week announced organization of a General Headquarters Air Force-an air-mada of 1,000 bombing, pursuit and attack planes in five wings, concentrated on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and in the Middle West. Recommended in the Baker Committee report on Army aviation (TIME, July 30), the GHQ Air Force will virtually constitute a separate Air Corps-a fighting unit distinct from the observation groups which function directly with ground troops in tactical operations...
...been President of Mexico for six years, but heavy-jawed Plutarco Elias Calles is still The Jefe (Boss), the strongest man in Mexico. Last week Boss Calles rode high in his saddle. In an effort to end the country's financial difficulties he had himself mada President of the Bank of Mexico, became what Hermann Schmitz is in Germany: the country's "money tsar...