Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...land where all days are not fair...
...Pierce, administrator of the disputed estate, and Warren Kennedy, marshal of the red men's court-were taken prisoners for contempt. Their attorney, George P. Decker of Rochester, carried the case to Washington, where it became public last week. The red men contend that the patches of Seneca land, totaling 50,000 acres, constitute an independent sovereignty. They base their bold thought not only upon immemorial residence but also upon a solemn treaty concluded by the U. S. with the Six Nations in 1794. Indians in Oklahoma and elsewhere have sworn allegiance to the U. S. But the Senecas...
Most important of the islands of Hawaii is Oahu on which Honolulu is situate. Eight miles to the west of the city, the land recedes in a sinuous curve and ten square miles of Pacific Ocean rolls in through a channel, mountain-flanked. This is Pearl Harbor where ships may ride, safe from storm, safe from hostile view. Behind it rises the impassable Koolau and Waianae mountains. As a naval base, it is unexcelled...
...three days the battle raged. One of the Black airplanes on reconnaissance was shot down. Two Blue destroyers and a minelayer unwarily came within range of the land batteries, and one of them was sunk. A Blue submarine caught sunning itself on the surface was sent to the bottom by a Black submarine tender . When the Blues pressed the attack, the umpires described the casualties as "very heavy"; in other words, the carnage was great. Tn the final attack, the Blues succeeded in capturing Haleiwa, a commanding position over the Pearl Harbor base. Promptly they were con ceded the victory...
Peasants. Following Grigori Zinoviev's pledge to grant long leases of land, if not outright ownership, to the peasants (TIME, Apr. 27), the Government further conciliated and attracted the peasantry...