Word: northeast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other side of the border, in Siberia, troops were also on the move, going westward and to the southwest. Russia, as well as Japan, had need of the seasoned soldiers who had stood guard in the northeast of Asia. If Adolf Hitler's legions ousted Great Britain from the Near East, an outlet to the Persian Gulf might be Russia's if she could take...
Present differentials have remained almost constant since 1920, when the railroads were allowed increased rates following World War I's Government control. Tariffs in the Northeast were upped 40%, those in the South 25%. This 15% difference improved the competitive position of Southern mines and played a large part in stimulating Southern mining...
First step of the Army was to reorganize the GHQ Air Force, fighting arm of the Air Corps, into four air districts called Air Forces. The First Air Force covers the Northeast, most vulnerable quarter of the country, the Second the Northwest. The Third has the Southeast, the Fourth the Southwest...
...seized, near the Western Hemisphere. The interceptor's job is like that of Britain's Fighter Command: to take the air when raids threaten, knock the enemy's bombers out of the skies. Last week, having assigned four flying major generals to command the Air Forces (Northeast, James E. Chancy; Northwest, John F. Curry; Southeast, Barton K. Yount; Southwest, Jacob E. Fickel), the Army announced its interceptor commanders: four brigadier generals-all slim and wiry, as pursuit pilots should...
...Italy one of Europe's currently Littlest Men-Benito Mussolini-talked of claiming districts, north and northeast of Albania, which would almost double Albania's size...