Word: croix
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Virgin Islands, lying about 60 miles off the east coast of Porto Rico, were bought by the United States from Denmark in 1917 for $25,000,000. There are three chief islands in the group, St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, and about 50 smaller islands, most of them unnamed and uninhabited. Their combined area is only 132 square miles and their population about...
...were bought chiefly so that Germany might not obtain a naval base in the Caribbean. Now the question is: What shall we do with them? St. Thomas has a good port for a naval station but will not be used by the Navy because Guantanamo Bay is superior. St. Croix is suitable for agriculture, but has had almost no rain for three years; so its sugarcane industry is practically ruined. The drought, which has also affected most of the Greater Antilles, is so great that there is not even enough water on the islands for cattle, and the cattle industry...
...class of 1883, first saw actual service in the Philippines during the insurrection in 1899. For 10 months he was on front-line duty, directing his troops in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives; and for meritorious service the French government awarded him the Croix de Guerre with Palm and made him a Commander of the Legion of Honor. He was relieved from active duty the first of this year...
...Geran, taking a pass from McCarthy in a mix-up in front of the Crimson goal, shoved the puck into the net. Near the end of the period, Beals, racing down the right lane, took a long shot from near the center of the rink, which slipped past La Croix for the Crimson's only score...
HARVARD B. A. A. Walker, l.w. r.w., McCarthy Beals, c. c., Geran Hill, r.w. l.w., Small Crosby, l.d. r.d., Campbell Owen, r.d. l.d., Smith Bigelow or Flint, g. g., La Croix...