Word: naval
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Scrap all war boats and military or naval aircraft...
...Abolish military, naval and air ministries, as well as general staffs and corps of officers...
...important event of the meeting was that Russia has apparently resumed its normal place among nations. This was undoubtedly the only meaning of the speech by M. Litvinoff, who opened the session by outlining a scheme calling for immediate and complete abandonment of all military and naval forces. Such a plan is hopelessly beside the point and was not intended to convince anyone, for the League has definitely decided that disarmament must be on the basis of security, which calls for no more than the reduction of armaments to the minimum needs of each nation. The proposal was boldly...
...formed last March to regulate the bedlam of the air. President Coolidge appointed him to that post because Admiral Bullard had kept in touch with every step of wireless communication since it first became practical in the 1890's. President Wilson also appreciated him; detached him from naval duties so that he could act as director of the Radio Corporation of America...
...this situation Vickers Ltd. and Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. recently decided to help themselves by amalgamating their naval shipbuilding, armament and heavy and special steel business as a separate company. This new company the parent concerns will control jointly. Last week they had practically completed details of the new company's organization and exchange of stock. On Jan. 1, it begins to function...