Word: casa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some 12,000 fugitives from Franco settled in Mexico, most of them in and around Mexico City. They found the language and customs congenial, relief for those who needed it efficient and openhanded. The Cardenas Government offered immediate free citizenship for the asking, set up a Casa de España through which scholars and other refugee intellectuals could carry...
...U.S.O. In the 26th of July issue, Stars & Stripes devoted the entire mail call section to G.I.s who agreed with Frankie that "If you can't give them a good show, then don't give them none at all." The "Sinatra Show" played here in Casa, and the crowd was so tremendous that two shows had to be scheduled. After the second performance of the troupe, no G.I. (who had seen the show) could be found who wouldn't say it was one of the best, if not the best U.S.O. show that he had ever...
...slept until noon the next day, when Eddie McGuire called him. Eddie met him that afternoon and they had some beers, ate dinner at a place near Culver City, drank some whiskey and finally ended up at Casa Mañana. They picked up some girls and danced to Jimmy Lunceford's band. Horn decided he was doing all right-having a swell time for the second night of furlough...
...last week Buenos Aires seethed with war rumors. By becoming an ally, Argentina might silence (as had Brazil and others) all criticism of her authoritarian regime. President Edelmiro Farrell called his Ministers to the Casa Rosada for a special Cabinet session. Ships of the Argentine state merchant fleet were ordered to scurry for the nearest safe ports. Perón himself rushed to the great Campo de Mayo barracks on Buenos Aires' outskirts, pleaded with the pro-Nazi officer group to agree to war, at least against Japan...
From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway was an easy right turn and ft om there Rose went on to operating all over the map: in Manhattan with a succession of nightclubs (Casino de Paree, Casa Mañana, the still flourishing Diamond Horseshoe), at the Centennial Fair in Fort Worth (at a wage of $1,000 a day, at San Francisco's, Cleveland's and bushing's fairs. The Aquacade alone netted him $2,000,000 after taxes...