| Show U. U S. S Watches Azores Is Possible Threat fo 0 Atlantic Security NEW YORK Direct Direct flight o ol of airplanes between New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and the Azores islands a distance dis dis- dis tance of 2000 miles has again focused focused focused fo fo- fo- fo attention on the Azores as a 8 potential aerial threat to American security Beginning this spring two American Ameri Amen can transatlantic air services are making the mlle mile trip In a single single sin sin- gle hop carrying mail mall and gers Military men see no reason why invading bombers could not nol make the same trip Thus the dreamy Portuguese Is Islands islands Is is- lands in mid Atlantic have bave assumed tremendous significance within a few short months after years of isolation Isolation iso Iso- lation and loneliness They have moved within 15 hours bours of the Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic seaboard The islands have belonged to the Portuguese since their discovery in 1444 1 The United States holds no fear fear of Invasion from the Azores so long is u Portugal owns them for fr endly relation of these nations has continued unbroken since Colonial times But it is not implausible to tn assume that an aggressor power may some day seize them Several military men have expressed expressed ex ex- pressed this fear openly In 1938 Rear Adm Yates Stirling former formu navy y chief of staff expected France Franc Spain to failure Portugal |
