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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...telegraph wires. There was no one to oppose them but a few Rural Guards. A burst of machine gun fire sent these scampering. The rest of the men worked feverishly unloading crate after crate of rifles, machine guns, ammunition. Another party of rebels was waiting in Gibara with an ancient wood-burning locomotive and three creaking freight cars. These were run down to a siding and loaded. It was a filibuster to warm the heart of any revolutionist...
...Hurling is Ireland's ancient version of Hockey. Hurling sticks (Hurleys) are shorter and thicker than hockey sticks, with flat bottomed blades as in ice hockey. There are 15 men on a team, seven backs, eight forwards. The field is 140 yards long with a crossbarred goal at each end. A shot over the bar counts 1 point or A of a goal. A goal is a shot beneath the bar. An official game consists of two periods of 30 minutes each. Of hurling says W. P. Clifford, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
...General Francisco Peraza. Even 1895 was no novelty for intrepid General Peraza, who was then 44 years old. He was a 17-year-old "Colonel" in the first war for independence in 1868. He fought through the Spanish-American War as a General. In 1917 he buckled on his ancient horse pistol and went out as a rebel against President Menocal. For this revolution he had made peace with Menocal and joined his forces, partly through a mutual hatred of Machado the Rooster, and partly because -Que Diablo!-a good revolution doesn't come every day. Federal troops cornered...
Unfortunately, Mr. Simmons never had his desire satisfied. In the furniture field his company trod on many ancient toes, no stability came. Berkey & Gay refused to make money. Recently the lights had to be shut off during the daytime as well as at night. And when last week Simmons Co. reported its July sales (down 17.3% from last year) an important footnote was appended. Since Berkey & Gay no longer operates, Simmons Co. has written its entire investment off the books. The exact price of this investment has not been revealed, but in 1928 Berkey...
Plans for Bennington College, an institution to release promising young women from strict curricular bondage, began to be realities last week. In the ancient, green-hilled Vermont town of Bennington, famed for its historic white homesteads and its annual production of 500,000 Kiddie-Kars, gathered many a distinguished well-wisher for the ground-breaking exercises. Robert Devore Leigh, 40, onetime Williams professor, president of the new college, led the ceremony. The audience eyed him appraisingly, a pink-cheeked, bespectacled scholar who is expected to infuse Bennington with the same stirring liberalism he had shown at Williams. Dorothy Canfield Fisher...