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...ships to shoot as soon as they see German ships. And I have commanded German ships, whenever they see American ships, not to shoot thereupon, but to defend themselves as soon as they are attacked"). At about this time German U-boats were sighted lurking defensively within sight of Newfoundland's northern...
...great technological developments let loose upon industry and society. For example, with "no octane" gas, 50% more powerful than 100 octane, a plane will some day be able either: >To fly from New York to London on the same amount of gasoline it now takes to fly from Newfoundland to London, or > To carry about 30% less gas and therefore carry a much larger payload...
...Navy won its first sea victory of World War II late in September, but the announcement was not made until last week. No Jutland or Trafalgar was this engagement: a U.S. warship patrolling Greenland waters to protect the huge Navy and Army air bases now nearing completion at Newfoundland, captured a 60-ton Norwegian steamer. Aboard was a crew of 20, including an agent of the German Gestapo. Their mission: to establish radio stations on the fjord-fissured, thousand-harbored Greenland Coast, keep Germany advised of the most vital of all information in the Battle of the Atlantic, the weather...
...deliveries. It has delivered many hundreds of bombers (the exact number is a tightly held secret) to Britain, has lost about a half-dozen ships on ocean flights. Of these only three were bombers in delivery. The others were shuttle planes, used to carry pilots and crews back to Newfoundland...
...checking up, he perhaps made some notes on his cuff as he went along: noted how the wind seeped through the flimsy walls of the Eastbound Inn at the Newfoundland base as the ferry crews waited for the weather to lift. He would need no notes to remember the radio jam as the squadron approached Britain, and plane after plane called for bearings from ground stations...