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Communication. ". . . Railway lines have been extended so that it will soon be possible to travel with practically no interruption from the northern border of the United States to the southern border of El Salvador, and in South America from Peru to Patagonia. . . . On the wall of my office hangs a map showing proposed highways connecting the principal points of our two Continents...
...placid, palm-fretted harbor where the Maine was blown up, guarded by hoary Morro Castle, which was begun in 1587 by Felipe II of Spain as protection against Sir Francis Drake and his marauding ilk. Perhaps someone on the Texas could point out the stone chute in the seaward wall where executed prisoners used to be slid to the sharks...
...Nicaragua. Defenders of the Administration sidetracked embarrassing resolutions (see THE CONGRESS). But Congress could not silence embarrassing remarks by citizens such as one Harold Leavey of Brooklyn, N. Y., father of one of the embarking Marines. Said Mr. Leavey: "The boys are being sent to fight for the Wall Street brokers, not Uncle Sam. I'm only a poor milkman and I need my boy more than they...
...last week a brief story about Harry Kaufman, leading Elk. Mr. Kaufman, lacking a nickel, became infuriated because he could not attract central's attention from a Manhattan pay station booth. He wrenched off the mouthpiece; twisted the receiver hook; all but tore the box from the wall...
...house of the Garfield period in Portland, Me., a dead tree, and a brick wall, all uninteresting objects from an artistic point of view, can make a most expressive picture is well shown in a painting by Edward Hopper, which has been done quite recently...