EXTRA GUARD.
Strengthening Defences Of Panama Canal. UNIFIED MILITARY COMMAND. WASHINGTON", May 2. Tn order to decrease the possibility of enemy naval forces (slipping through the ring of Caribbean islands which •■liard the Atlantic approach to the Panama (anal, the War Department has ordered that the entire area be placed under unified military command, headed by Brigadier-(ieneral Kdmuml Daley, with headquarters at San Juan, t'orto Hico. . Military circle* said to-day that the arrangements Mould mean that more troops, anti-aircraft gun?; and airports would be established in tlifi area.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 11
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