Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many a year will Germans find a statesman to take the place in world politics of Gustav Stresemann. But last week they found a man to take the late famed Foreign Minister's vacant seat in the Reichstag...
...Vatican City last week the sharp-eyed nuns who now inspect the costumes of women about to be received in papal audience,* refused to pass the wife and daughter of Panama's distinguished Foreign Minister J. Demóstenes Arosemena. Flushed and embarrassed these ladies hastily sought a modiste not far from the Vatican, bought gowns with longer skirts and sleeves, returned, were passed by the nuns, knelt and received the blessing of Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, Pontifex Maximus, Pope Pius...
...present organization rather than the acquisition of new units. Already one of the greatest in the world is the system to which this expansion will be brought. Texas Co.'s oil and gasoline are the only brand sold in every state. To supply this demand, as well as foreign markets, the company controls 6,431,151 acres of oil land from which flow 147,000 barrels a day. Pipe lines carry this oil 6,505 miles to 17 refineries, after which it is transported in a fleet of 6,863 tank cars and 30 ships...
...they had endured in previous years. A strong debating point was the fact that the Government needs a large and efficient air service to provide trained men and ready material in case of war. For that future possibility it is paying the mail carriers a virtual subsidy as are foreign governments. In Europe the subsidies average $1 a mile flown, with little return in the form of postage. In the U. S. the mock subsidy also averages $1 a flying mile. But 5? an ounce postage reduces Government expense to a mere $3,000,000 Post Office deficit...
...Foreign News...