Word: costas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reduced annual dues will be allowed to the Central American Republics - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, San Salvador - in order to keep them members of the League of Nations...
Delegates from Armenia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England and 20 other countries sat down to a World Conference on Education at San Francisco. It appears that the conference may develop concerted action for training the youth of the world to "think internationally...
...Herbert J. Spinden, penetrating south from Yucatan, found outposts of ancient cultures allied to the Maya, in eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, and as far south as Costa Rica. There are fortified villages, tremendous walls, pottery, statues and stone corn-grinding machines on hilltops, possibly pointing to a curious cult of " corn worship...
...declaration of war. Vice Admiral McDonald, in command of the Blue defending fleet, which had been hurried through the Canal to the Pacific, tried to locate the Black fleet, but because of a lack of scout cruisers, was unable to do so. The Black fleet slipped into Culebra Gulf, Costa Rica, without his knowledge. From there, Black aeroplanes made a quick 385-mile flight to the Atlantic end of the Canal. No defending aeroplanes were at hand and the Gatun Spillway was blown to pieces by an avalanche of bombs. Then south from Culebra came the Black fleet, driving...
...sure the plan is still etherial. Costa Rica, Salvador, and Honduras must give consent and grant rights similar to those bought from Nicaragua under President Wilson, before work can even be started. The suggested plan calls for the use of the Panama tolls, a million and a half dollars a month, to defray the cost of building; and the investment seem valuable particularly as the proposed route would shorten the time required from coast to coast by four or five days...