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...Navy Department, acting on its own reports from Pearl Harbor, refused to accept Governor Judd's contention that conditions had been exaggerated in the Press. The U. S. fleet maneuvers will be held, as scheduled, next month in Hawaiian waters but neither officers nor men will be given any shore leave in Honolulu or on the island of Oahu because "the situation" there is "too tense...
Other new Newfoundland stamps: 1? catch of cod; 5? caribou; 10? leaping salmon; 14? Newfoundland dog; 15? baby seal; 20? view of Cape Race; 25? fleet of sealing boats; 30? fleet of fishing smacks...
...that its directorate was a roster of "big names." Last week what had been long expected occurred. A receiver was appointed for $25,000,000-in-assets Atlantic Fruit & Sugar. Although its earnings are down because of poorer fruit prices, fewer passengers and less freight on the "Great White Fleet," United Fruit still remains supreme in its field. Last week it was apparent that United Fruit has lost none of the aggressive spirit which has so firmly entrenched it in Central America. In Honduras the company was building a rail-road through the banana country, acting on a concession granted...
...arrival about the middle of this month, Commander R. C. Williams, U. S. N., the executive officer of the Unit, will be in charge of the course. Captain Watson comes here from the Pacific Coast where he was Chief-of-Staff of one of the divisions of the Battle Fleet. He has just been selected for promotion to Rear-Admiral, but will remain on duty here before attaining his admiralcy. During the war he was on active service overseas under Admiral W. S. Sims...
...large power can get a long way in war nowadays without anyone being able to interfere to any extent because modern warfare means complete destruction of cities and their whole population. It would be the easiest thing in the world for a large air fleet to wipe out a great city in a few hours in a modern war. In fact, if the World War had lasted two weeks longer, there would have been a determined air attack on Berlin...