Word: panama
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Told the press he will ask Congress to extend beyond next June the State Department's powers to conclude reciprocal trade agreements, thus coming to the aid of beleaguered Secretary Cordell Hull. >Mourned the death of President Juan Arosemena of Panama (see p. 57). ^ Presented to Mrs. Richard Aldrich...
Died. Juan Demostenes Arosemena, 61, President (the 16th) of Panama, longtime champion of Pan-American solidarity; of a heart attack; in Penonome, Panama...
...stated, we had arranged to deliver to the Pitcairn Islanders the radio transmitter they sent to Panama for repairs and which, due to the present international situation, is still in Panama. Without it and with the present lack of shipping these people are cut off from the outside world and their lives are in jeopardy...
...interests in China (with only two-thirds the value of the U. S. domestic barber business) and U. S. resources in the Philippines (gold, iron, chromite, manganese, tobacco, hemp, timber, sugar) are not worth holding at the risk of conflict; that the U. S. should withdraw to the Panama-Hawaii-Alaska front, strengthen defenses there...
Last week the President: >Ending his fortnight-long fumble with the proposed transfer of U. S. ships to Panama registry, gave a broad hint that he was now opposed to the plan...