Word: easts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week saw plenty of fighting in Morocco. Along the northern concave side of the sausage which is Mediterranean Coast, the Spanish made a landing and bit out a little piece of enemy territory near Ajdir. The troops were embarked at Melilla to the east and cruised along the Riff coast for two days with convoying battleships, both French and Spanish, shelling enemy works. After two feints, one morning the battleship Paris steamed into Alhucemas Bay and began to shell the Riff positions at the main beach. For four hours the bombardment with 12½-in. guns continued. The Riffs...
During the dinner, Will Thorne turned to "Lady Astor's sister" (Mrs. C.D. Gibson?) "remarking that the beauty of her reminded me of a song I had often heard sung in East End. She was curious to know what it was and finally persuaded me to hum the song that I had in mind." The song...
Admiral Bristol-High Commissioner of the U. S. at Constantinople since August, 1919-has probably exerted more influence upon the scenes of ancient civilization than nas any other American. No U. S. official is more highly respected by the statesmen of Europe and the Near East, and certainly none is better known...
...cameramen were speeding towards the scene of the wreck from points hundreds of miles away. There are no records of fatalities in those flights for news, but the hardships and difficulties to be overcome were great. The storm had not completely abated and the planes coming from the East had to cross the Alleghanies against the storm...
During the past year rents have proved stable in the East, and to a slightly lesser extent in the Middle West. In the South the trend was downward, except in the "boom" state of Florida. In Tampa, for instance, rents have since last March climbed between...