ISLAND AERODROME
JAPANESE IN PACIFIC WASHINGTON INTERESTED (Received November 5, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 4 A message from Tokio says the Japanese Governor of the Pacific mandated islands announces a decision to build an aerodrome on Saipan Island in order to study the weather, aid the fisheries and improve communications. This statement has aroused considerable interest in naval circles in the United States as aviation facilities on Saipan would be of military value as a base for scouting operations over the Philippines and the waters surrounding them.
ATLANTIC CRUISE
UNITED STATES FLEET REMOVAL FROM PACIFIC WASHINGTON. Nov. 3 After a conference to-day between President Roosevelt and the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Claude A. Swanson, it was announced that the movement of the United States Fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic was seriously considered. A later message said Mr. Roosevelt had authorised a cruise of the fleet into Atlantic waters next summer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21641, 6 November 1933, Page 9
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