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NATION A i
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-cattle- a j or honor ad henry
( Arnold,Chief Arny Air Corps and'
: : .evhers of his staff left bashing t<
on July 10th on a ton day flying .
. trip to inspect the recently under
■ j cahen- Alaska. Airbases .'they will
’•(.fly a tv/in engined transport going
' via. - Spokane, i rince h'oorge, •• air
i banks and Anchorage . 'they will
j also visit other points in Alaska
; to inspect posable auxiliary
1 anding f i old s . r£i .e now b a se ne ar ,
Anchorage win go knovn as klnen
dorf. hieid and the cold weather
base at hair banks v;ill bo cc.llod
Lc.dd hie Id j the so two projects-' were
recently authorized by Congress
which appropriated eighteen nillioj
d oil ar s in. ? o d iatoly ay ail ab 1 o f o r
their construction. Arnold and his
staff will return to Washington
about July bOth.his party consistsj
of ItCol Arthur --eDaniel of San
Antonio;at ool ira o.^tor of seen;
Texas >-ajor Warold If Clark of -InnJ
oc:*)o 1 is ;Capt.-tigone A.boobo of
’ Santa fqrhara-; Technical Sgt.Lfh. ■,
, xuz'onski .flight engineer of Clove
. land; and apt.Robert lioado•radio
; ope re tor. of- -act Orwell Ohio.
’ Arnold commanded. air .cprps- flight
of ton pianos which mC.ppod* aerial
. survey" in Alaska in 1934 and as
! the result of 'same was awarded the
I Distinguished, flying Cross .
! Shreveport DA.- The Thirty °ovunth
1 'oiiibardment Squadron of •-kirksdr.lc
| field headed for thoir cw post at
! Denver on Wednesday 10th with
Anchorage scheduled as the event
ful base after temporary:duty at
Dowry fiold Denver•
Washington- fudget -.oscage which
accompanied • e ocovoIt's re cuest
for additional defense funds named
i some of the projects covered by
• the- nine hundred and thirty six
1 million sought by f. o favy.T^oso
j included ^odiak Air Station, pa
| llano Ramp etc five hundred thous
and.^ it ka Air faso to extend Sea
plane hangar five hundred thousand
-ahic station at ^utch farbor.thdrJ
thousand.Among projects included ii
army construction program is a
transmitter station at foint uomp.
'.wll three hundred twenty coven
. thousand.
f Soattlc-Iloosevolt told press conr
forcnco that ho definitely would
! not go to thu convention in '^hicag<
I Ho again avoided^ovory question.
! dosigned to bring about disclosure
: of his Third TpmU stand.Roosevelt"
i hearers interpreted hi3 flat statu
■ uont to ncan that he would not go
j to the Democratic Convention oven
: i f ho rocolvocl noa^xatlor Icon".; <
r~ FOREIGN__J
!
London- Italy sharply disputed j
hrittannins rule over seas as
.botli sides claimed victory in a i
violent tig_ zag battle in the
Ionian sea just be lev: the instep
of Italian boot ..British version
says that Italian warships flc-d
after an Italian battleship had
suffered much damage in a_long
■ range conflict while the Italian
coWiiiuniquo assorts th..at the -Brit
ish fleet was driven off,however
thug admit casualties of twenty
nine hilled and sixty nine woun
ded with.]-the sinking of the -des
trover hefforio and that they did
also lose nno submarine.Italy1s
i claim that they seek iniativc sea
• br.ttlcg dif •"bro markedly with the
. fritisli account which reports the/;
its royal navy m.adc contact with'
Italian ships and pursued them in
flight.
iiono.on- - on . -trnc.n p ic.no s woro
h reported shot down in greet c.ir
bottle oyer hnglcncl? s southern
.cor.pt' involving ncr.rly hundred
unci fifty pi. no a. Air mid warden
ef Aouthe stern English port said
two formations of her.inn raiders
j each nearly fifty strong attach e&.
a convoy of snail ships and tint
he believed one ship was sun1:,
hinich— iiingary leaders told def
initely by •hitler do foreign min
isters that Italy and hung ary, gnus t
not upset apple-cart in the -pel
icans at this tine until he settlor:
war with hn.glc.nd.
tendon- nip- .British ^oyc.JL
Air force figl:.tor shot down four
more ,ubrpan bombers off Last coast
of Lnglrpid after Afng Go ergo es
caped by minutes fro:..1 heavy Lazi
bo: bing a11ack.Sovorign reported
. visiting' his troops somov/horo in
.mat hern England at the tine of
tt.w bomb a sr.ult ,'fho -Jritish Govt
so eras faced with the ~iazi threat
of a Submarine blockade of "fit is': •
Islooand.will consider plans to
, impose a scientific diet on rcsid
;yents to save on foed supplies. -
i franco- Striving to shape future
hope from ruins of the republic
•of --ranee concentrated in eighty
four-. ye ar . old * marshal he nr i hi' i 1 iv
hetaintho power of president and
hrenicr. Ho announced franco woult
be governed by authoritarian centiu.
). pcv:6r and old provincial system.
London- hnablo to arrive at amic
able arr^y'aments with the Irish
Govornrior.t ■ s to military operat
• icn residents of northern Ireland
formed the Security Guards, to
assist the troops, in patrolling
>) the coaSjtlino . font,ram6J