Word: jamaica
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From London, Governor Sir Arthur Richards last week returned to his turbulent post in Jamaica. In his briefcase he carried plans for reform which may well set a pattern for British colonial administration when the war is over...
...Cadet Lieutenant in last year's ROTC regiment, Lt. Reilly was chairman of the Dudley House Committee and a leader in House athletics, and lived in Jamaica Plain. He had been at his first post, Camp Pickett, Virginia, only two weeks when orders for Africa came through...
...policy for better or worse, there are two loser's choices: 1) divert more shipping to Central America-not a very likely possibility in view of Army needs; 2) try to work out some system, such as Britain last week was planning to do for her Caribbean colonies (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, etc.). The British scheme includes buying up colonial products just as the U.S. is now buying Brazilian coffee and Peruvian cotton, and let the Caribbean countries use the cash for made-work projects such as road building and swamp clearance. Such a subsidy will cost Britain $24 million...
...buccaneering ex-mates out of business. Villain is Captain Leech (George Sanders, in a beard like a bonfire), also one of Morgan's raiders. The Black Swan is unreformed Captain Leech's pirate ship. Heroine is Lady Margaret Denby (Maureen O'Hara), daughter of Jamaica's ousted Governor...
Chief threat in the team that ranges from ten to 11 years and weighs from 70 to 110 pounds, is tailback Freddie Rhinelander from Jamaica Plain, who, according to Duble, runs, kicks, and teams up with Jeff Coolidge in a payoff passing attack. These two, with blocking back Ned Bliss, have contrived to roll up 89-0 and 18-6 scores in their first two tilts...