Word: panay
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...also holds the important islands of Cebu, Negros and Panay in the Visayan...
...Japanese aircraft bombed and sank the U.S.S. Panay in Yangtze River, later said "Very sorry," paid $2,214,000 indemnity...
...abandoning of the peace talks, however, is no dramatic change of policy. Files of our State Department are jammed with documents and correspondence exchanged between both countries during the past few years. These show frequent indignation on the part of the United States over such incidents as the Panay sinking, whereupon "profound apologies" are received from the honorable Japanee. Her polite "go to hell" attitude was forsaken during the short life of the Soviet-Nazi pact when Japan, fearful of this unexpected move on the part of her traditional enemy, found it wise to turn smilingly to America. Despite...
...earnest desire to ensure British victory must not lead us into such bungles for Britain. "Remember the Maine" and the Panay incident have shown the great psychological impact which the loss of a single U. S. Naval vessel could have on American public opinion. We do not want to go to war, but one sinking would reverse the Galup polls. It would mean that America's entry into World War II would be determined and timed either by Adolf Hitler who could force Roosevelt's hand by indiscriminate torpedoing of U. S. shipping or else by F.D.R., himself, who could...
...carried survivors from the Panay down the Yangtze River to Shanghai in 1937. * An Australian destroyer last week captured a 100-ton Italian schooner in the Mediterranean...