Word: groves
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...June 1932 Citizen Davila succeeded in ousting President Montero with the aid of a part-Irish friend, Col. Marmaduke Grove (pronounced Gro-vay) of the air force. On becoming President. Don Carlos Davila made strenuous attempts to win the favor of the common people of Chile. He announced a program of "progressive" Socialism, one of the chief points of which was nationalization of the Guggenheim-controlled "Cosach" nitrate trust which, as Ambassador, he had helped...
This did not appeal to Col. Marmaduke Grove. He ousted President Davila. But a week later back popped Carlos Davila as President to exile his former friend Grove to Juan Fernandez Islands, involuntary home of the original Robinson Crusoe and native haunt of the finest lobsters in South America. General Bartolome Blanche bided his time...
...time came last week, just after President Davila had announced the creation of six great corporations (modeled on the trusts of Russia) to nationalize Chilean industry and foreign trade. But Provisional President Blanche's time was short. Col. Grove was still on Juan Fernandez Island, but another colonel of aviation was at hand, Col. Arturo Merino Benitez. He followed his predecessor's precedent, forced Blanche out of office. But only for a few hours. The Army remained loyal to General Blanche. Troops were rushed to El Bosque airport and Col. Benitez with 90 of his aviators prudently took...
...Babylon, L. I. police found May Hardy, 38, A. E. F. trained nurse, starving in a maple grove on a private estate. For two weeks she had slept on a bundle of old rags and papers. She was penniless...
...showman-maestro, has been running an Open Air Opera Company in Soldier Field; last week he put on a well- publicized Carmen, with tame bulls from the stockyards. One winter possibility is twelve weeks of opera, to be performed by a semi-co-operative troupe under Conductor Isaac Van Grove of the Cincinnati Zoo Opera, formerly assistant conductor of Chicago's Civic Opera. This would be guaranteed by $200,000 of Chicago money, housed in the old, popular Auditorium Theatre of the late Civic Opera. Another possibility is a ten-week season of a company to be assembled from...