Would be Facilitated Paris, May 18.
The French Government is planning to convert the island of Madagascar gradually into a strong naval base which would be an important key position for the control of the Indian Ocean, The weekly paper "Candide" reports that dredg work is now in ihe in progress so Suarez Bay. The dredging of bay and other fortification. work now being undertaken in this area has allegedly been started at the! request of the British Admiralty which wants to make the bay one of the bases of the Anglo-French defence system. The existence of a strong naval base at Madagascar would in the view of French military and naval expers be of enormous importance in the event of conflict in the Far East since it would greatly facilitate the defence of Indo-China, No Daylight Saving Time Wanted by Denver Denver, May 17.
Denver voters had rejected today a proposal to re-establish daylight savings time after an absence of eighteen years. The measure, which was carried on the ballots for the last 1 municipal elections, was de-defeated.—United Press.
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