Word: croix
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...HENRY Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., U. S. TIME erred. In 1919 (year before Prohibition), Virgin Islands' exports amounted to some $1,500,000, less than $10,000 of which was in rum. Following year only $150 worth of rum left the Islands. Latest reports show Virgin Islands' principal exports to be: sugar 54%, cattle 22%, bay rum & oil 14%, molasses, horses, mules, hides, vegetables, fruits, fish, tobacco, turtle shell, fence posts...
Cousin Julius had been valedictorian at Lawrenceville, vice president of his Princeton class (1914), a distinguished army officer in France. Back home with a D.S.C., Croix de Guerre, many a citation, he retained his title of colonel and a love for the military...
...Manhattan Rotary club, War Ace Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was introduced as a winner of the Distinguished Service Cross with nine palms, the Croix de Guerre with four palms, the Congressional Medal of Honor, the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. Snorted Ace Rickenbacker: "It is true that I could come here with a chest full of medals. But I do not wear the ribbons. ... I have no respect for decorations of that kind. I respect only the awards for peacetime service...
...businessmen get along so well with the Press as Edward Vernon Rickenbacker. Since his early days as an automobile racer, sports editors have been his friends and drinking companions. Home from the War, ace of U. S. aces, wearer of the Distinguished Service Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honor, he never affected the slightest conceit. As a high-powered executive first in the automobile business, later in commercial aviation, he continued his easygoing camaraderie with managing editors and callow cubs alike...
...officer and interpreter in the Allied forces, in which capacities he was sent by France on missions to the United States and Scandinavia. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor...