Word: city
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jury. Facing a possible fine of $10,000, which the once rich Thomases could ill afford to pay, or a ten-year prison sentence, she stoutly declared: "I loathe the publicity involved, but there is something beyond my personal preferences-my obligation to test unconstitutional rights as an American citi zen." Her eyes filled with tears as she added, "In this I have my father's complete approval. How he would stand with me if he were able." Not her father, who was once famed Haw ("Silver Dollar") Tabor's lawyer, but Miss Thomas' Lawyer Brother George...
...answer to Marine inaction was being formulated in Washington by Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson. The Hoover Administration was deciding to underplay rather than overplay its military strength in Central America. Five days after the slaughter of the nine U. S. citi- zens, Secretary Stimson bluntly instructed U. S. diplomats and consular agents in Nicaragua as follows...