Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1940 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1940

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SOUTH AMERICA NOW MAY AID IN DEFENSE POLICY

With Proud Britain Giving Bases, Maybe Brazil and Peru Will Also.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. —Acquisition for the first time of U. S. naval and air in South America may profoundly affect the future of

hemisphere defense, Up to the present, the South American republics manifested great hostility any project which even suggested that the United might be aiming at such bases In their vicinity Down deep in their Latin American countries have often been grateful for the Monroe Docirine and the security which it has meant for them. Nevertheless none of the major nations has vet been ling to offer Uncle Sam a base from which hemisphere defease could be carried out more eftectively, Monroe Doctrine Strengthened

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not shove such a deal, they might reason, whv should they be? Rut whether they look at it way or not, acquisition of and sir bases In British and Trinidad—to mention those on or adjacent to America-—greativ implements Monroe Doctrine as it afTects area south of Panama. At will if the bases are speedily 1 was in British, Dutcn French Guiana four

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possessions, will screen the Eastern United States and the Panama |

Canal from European attack.

Leasing of British Bases Bulwarks American Safety

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (U.P 1m return for 50 over-age destroyers: BERMUDA A naval and air base. Probably on the great bay, familiar sight to thousands of American tourists, with landlocked harbors and eight square miles of. sheltered water. A base of the British West Indies fleet, it ‘has a depth of from 18 to 66 feet and is additionally pro-

Sr ie from hurricanes by an outWPA AIRPORTS lying coral reef.

Ireland Island to the northwest

side of the bay is heavily fortified. has barracks and dockyards. DurSouth Bend d Project Among 36 Approved Recently

ing the World War portions of the United States fleet operated from By Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (U. P)

there. Trans-Atlantic clippers often stop for reflueling. Bermuda's outlying position, 640 miles from Hatteras, 697 from New York and 673 from Norfolk, would permit a fleet based there to make extensive scouting operations to intercept any imvader from Europe. |The Azores lie 1790 miles eastward. I'he Works Projects Administration is considering today plans for a network of flving fields to “ing the United States. The relief agency is pledged to give priority to defense projects. A ring of airports in seaboard and border states, it was understood 1s being studied.

From July

NEWFOUNDLAND-—A naval and air base site on the south shore of the Avalon Peninsula. This is the squtheasternmost point of Newfoundland, close to northern sea lanes to Europe and commanding Atlantic air routes. There are well protected harbors and bavs., It north and east of New England and dominates the entrance to the St Lawrence River, whose valley is the historic route of invaders of the North American continent.

| BAHAMAS—Crooked Island passage. The base here is expected to be for aircraft only since the “ahamas offer no satisfactory nav-l harbors. Dominating the narrow pasage. this base also could serve as a listening and reconnoitering projects in the same period. Thirty- post. More important, such a base one of these likewise are in more Would dominate the northeastern

1 to Aug. 24, 2 WPA airport projects were certified by the Army and Navy as having defense value. Of these, 83 are in seaboard states or states on the Canadian and Mexican borders. In line with the WPA program to speed the preparedness drive by expediting defense projects, President Roosevelt approved 36 airport

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exposed states. entrance to the windward passage One of the for Europe-Caribbean traffic just as Roosevelt wn the United States’ naval base on Bend Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, now being : enlarged. protects the southern approach. . . Fe D. R. GROUNDED JAMAICA—A base site on the BY SECRET SERVICE south shore, Great Britain has its naval base at Kingston, on the WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (U. P.). other shore. The island, rich in President Roosevelt has revealed tropical procucts, has been called that Secret Service officials have the “crossroads” of air and mari“grounded” him. time routes between the Americas. He admitted for the first time ves- Great Britain formerly maintsined terday that Secret Service precau- a large naval base here, nut not in tions will not permit him to use recent years because of friendly reirplane transportation. The Secret lations with the United States, The Service is charged with protecting American base would be an importthe life of the President and his @nt addition vo the defenses of the family Panama Canal, 594 miles away. M1 service had decided

Roosoe velt revealed the Secret | on LUCIA—A base site on the rule in announcing that he . : bn western shore. This is one of three ; to confine his rips Yo of the windward islands in the Lesareas where he would be only 12 co; Antilies, which have good naval hours from the White House. He harbors The British base of St ald he would be unable 16 IMSPect eq is Port Castries defended by aelense activilies the Middle iligary emplacements on tire hills West above. The islands dominate the It was suggested that traveling route between the South Atlantic by airplane he could go as far as the gq the Panama Canal. Pacific Coast and still be within 12 or 16 hours of the capital. He then ANTTIGUA-—A base told of the Secret Service prohibi- only harbor. A sleepy tropical outregular tourist rcutes.

tion against flving. post off the half-way between St.

eee [11S @BOUL {Lucia and the Virgin Islands and 1s the scat of government of Britjain's leeward islands. Many vears ago its harber was England's leeward islands naval station. It has a total area of only 108 miles and a population of about 35.000.

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TRINIDAD-—A base site on the Gulf of Paria. Close to Venezuela. protected by narrow passages, the | base would be almost impregnable, astride the route from South America to the United States west coast. Rich in oil. sugar and cocoa, it is one of Britain's richest insular | possessions.

BRITISH GUITANA—A base site | about 40 or 50 miles from Georgetown. Here the coast is lined with muddy banks and the only harbors are river mouths and these are poor. It was believed an air base outpost for the naval base at Trinidad was planned. British and Dutch Guiana, furnished 98 per cent of United States imports of bauxite and aluminum ore in 1938. INDIAN GRINDSTONE- FOUND WARREN, Me. Sept. 4 (U. P) .— A 150-year-old Indian grindstone measuring 15 inches in diameter was found hy Alvah Spear while excavating & basement for his ga-

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