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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Parana River from rich Argentina came two mine layers and a delegation of nine officials led by Rear Admiral Eleazar Videla. Out of the sky from Bolivia came nine planeloads of officials; from Brazil more airplanes; from Chile a delegation with Foreign Minister Joaquin Fernández; from Uruguay U.S. Ambassador William Dawson. From as far away as Costa Rica came others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PARAGUAY: Back to Glory | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

Since the war began the "Newcastle" has soon action in northern, Mediterranean, and southern waters. First she served on the Iceland patrol, where her eight-inch guns saw special action in an all-night fray with the merchantman "Parana...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two British marines Spend Mid-War Shore Leave at Harvard, Wellesley | 9/25/1941 | See Source »

...days; few were the Washington glamor girls who had not smashed a bottle on a prow. The Maritime Commission at year's end had 932,000 gross tons of merchant shipping under construction, was launching a vessel a week (last week's: the 17,500-ton Rio Parana, for New York-South America service). The venerable Cramp yards in Philadelphia reopened with a $106,380,000 Navy order; eight Navy, 23 private yards worked at top speed. Last week, for dessert, the British attempted to offset their shipping losses by placing a $100,000,000 order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1940, The First Year of War Economy | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

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