DEMOCRACIES IN EAST
WATCH BY UNITED STATES COMMENT IN TOKIO (Reed. Sept. 22, 10 a.m.) TOKIO, Sept. 21. The Tokio newspaper Nichi Shimbun states that the United States has assumed the responsibility of watching the interests of the democracies in the Far East.
Recently an aircraft-carrier was transferred to Manila with 15 heavy bombers. The United States had decided to replace with new vessels 15 old submarines, also to advance by several months the 1940 Pacific fleet manoeuvres, build air 'bases in Alaska, Midway Island and Johnston Island, and to broaden the Panama Canal.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 7
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94DEMOCRACIES IN EAST Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 7
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