Word: guatemala
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chicle is sap from the sapote tree, found in Central America. Preparing to go thither last week were President Thomas H. Blodgett of the American Chicle Co. and Author Gregory Mason, to study the civilization of the Indians in unexplored territories of Guatemala, British Honduras and Mexico. Their guides and collaborators will be chicleros (gatherers of chicle...
...Guatemala City. Through the streets of a 400-year-old town a gay white float is passing by, "The Spirit of St. Louis," made all in flowers in honor of the guest. The real Spirit is lodged in an open hangar guarded by barefoot Indian soldiers. In the city Col. Lindbergh is making his grave, honest speeches. He is the city's first adopted son; receiving a medal engraved with the national bird, the quetzal...
Unconscious of these wrangles over the national coffee cups, Col. Lindbergh tended to business. He climbed into The Spirit of St. Louis at Mexico City; nosed upward; set off for Guatemala, British Honduras, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama...
Last week the Mexican government revived this closed incident in a surprising manner. At Mexico City Señor Alfonso Carvioto, Mexican ambassador to Guatemala, issued a statement in which he roundly flayed Ministress Kollontay for flouting diplomatic tradition by "attacking the government of Mexico on her return [through] to Moscow...
...Minister Francisco Sanchez la Tour from Guatemala to the U. S. died. President & Mrs. Coolidge attended his funeral in Washington (Episcopal) Cathedral...