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Show WarMoves Closer As Martinique Becomes a Blockaded Port , , V. ' 't'-J'J . M?rt,1"ltlue view of the town and harbor of St. Pierre, on the French island of Mar- unique, In the Caribbean sea, southeast of Puerto Rico. French embassy sources reported that British cruisers were blockading the island in an attempt to prevent a shipment of American-made warplanes irom failing into the hands of the Nazis. The French airplane carrier Beam sought refuge here when France signed an armistice with Germany. |