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...These are the British names given to the destroyers Herndon, Crowninshield, Cowell, A. P. Upshur, Shubrick, Bailey, Yarnall. Some other British rechristenings: Thatcher into Niagara, Mackenzie into Annapolis, Hunt into Broadway...
...Niagara Falls...
...Davis 2L, Medford, Mass.; Charles E. DeLong 2L, Philadelphia, Pa.; George J. Devlin 2L, Somerville, Mass.; Paul Dobin 3L, New York, N. Y.; John F. Dowd 3L, Bellaire, L. I., N. Y.; Cecil Elfenbein 3L, Erie, Pa.; Stanley M. Epstein 2L, New Bedford, Mass.; Richard B. Finn 2L, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Nathan Fishman 3L, Union City, N. J.; David Flower, Jr. 2L, Brookline, Mass.; Myron L. Gordon 2L, Milwaukee, Wis.; Israel J. Graff 3L, Wheeling...
...repercussions of the deal in the campaign of 1940, and 2) the precedent set for executive action without approval of Congress. Snorted William Allen White, chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies: "The only objection seems to be that Roosevelt didn't cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope, leading a brass band. When you're negotiating a horse trade you can't take all the neighbors into your confidence...
...Britain's war of blockade: keeping the Italian Navy bottled in the Mediterranean. Like a rude punctuation mark after Mr. Churchill's speech came a mine explosion 12,700 miles from Gibraltar, in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. Down went the Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara (13,415 tons) a few hours out of Auckland for Vancouver. All 203 crew and 146 passengers were rescued. This week an Italian submarine was reported sunk by British fire off the East Indies...