Word: croix
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years the U. S. has gradually increased its domain by battle and bargain until today 137,008,435 persons live under its flag from Point Barrow on the North to Pago-Pago on the South, from St. Croix on the East to Balabac Island on the West.* Last week Congress sent to the White House the first bill in history proposing that the U. S. decrease its territorial empire...
...mailed it to U. S. Ambassador Walter Evans Edge. Mr. Edge wrote letters to the several dozen Frenchmen, thanked them, returned their money. Other Frenchmen wrote denunciatory letters. In Montparnasse a mob knocked out the front teeth of a Dr. Daniel Mahoney of San Francisco, who won a Croix de Guerre...
...trucks until the end of the War. The War brought it big orders and a reputation for performance. In the Battle of Verdun the only White trucks to break down were those disabled by shells. 'The result was that 2,500 of them received the distinction of France's Croix de Guerre. Geared to truck production, White decided to specialize in it after the War, just as Packard decided to specialize in passenger cars. The White line is now complete, from light city delivery wagons to heavy duty trucks, patrol cars, armored cars, busses. Last year it sold...
Cobourg, Ontario, the son of a laborer. He went to France with the 69th (which became the 168th Infantry) as its chaplain and later was commissioned a Major. For bravery under fire Father Duffy received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Croix de Guerre with Palm; he was made a member of the Legion of Honor, cited for valor. He was called "the ideal army chaplain and the ideal parish priest" by Patrick Cardinal Hayes. Said Father Duffy: "If anybody sticks a pin into me, he'll find that I'm very American, very Irish...
When he returned to the U. S. he had with him a Croix de Guerre and a Swedish wife. First he was made business manager of INS; in 1928 he became its president and general manager. Like most Hearstmen, he was sensitive to the vast organization's undercurrents. Year before last he said he was going to resign to direct publicity for Abraham & Straus, Inc., Brooklyn department store. Whether or not that is the job he will take when he gets back from Europe, Newsman Mason would...