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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Delaware on Christmas night, Bolivar crossed the Andes in midwinter. Washington had German drillmasters, French troops to help him. Bolivar had a foreign legion of British and Irish veterans of the Napoleonic wars under the dashing General Simon B. O'Leary. Washington's insularity may have been due to the fact that he never left the U. S. Bolivar's internationalism was due to the fact that he was married in Madrid, first swore in Rome to fight Spain, visited France, Britain, the U. S., was once self-exiled to Jamaica. Professor N. Andrew N. Cleven...
...saloon of the P & O liner Clima, which was eagerly attended by the captain, chief officer and most of the staff. While Mrs. Freeman-Thomas dimpled her prettiest, and the bridge was left to the tender mercies of one near-sighted quartermaster, the Clima ran on the rocks. After due investigation, P & O officials dismissed Captain and Chief Officer in disgrace...
...rivalry between Bolivia and the Far East, and the introduction of much modern equipment into the latter territory. In London last week the world's tin producers met, sought to limit production. Silver. An abrupt decline in silver has accompanied the drop in other metals, but this is due more to developments in the currency situation. Last week Irving Trust Co. blamed Great Britain for the drop in silver, saying it was caused by putting India on a gold standard. Causes? Great economists differ on the question of whether the World Depression was caused by the crash...
Thus spoke Professor Ernest Malvoz of the University of Liege last week and Queen Elisabeth made no denial. To all appearances Her Majesty was suspicious of the Belgian Cabinet's official declaration that the deaths of 67 persons in the Meuse valley last fortnight were due solely to "cold fog" (TIME...
...contest previously carded with the Buffalo professional team has been called off, due to the addition of the Michigan game to the schedule. Harvard will play under the revised American amateur rules against Michigan, but the games with the two Canadian teams will be governed by the old amateur rules still in use in Canada...