Word: manila
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manila...
...territory. For nearly five years Wallace R. Farrington has been governor. His most notable utterance is: "The eventual destiny of Hawaii is to enter the family of states with the full rights of statehood." Two thousand miles from San Francisco, 4,600 from Panama, 4,300 from Manila, 3,400 from Yokohama, these islands are the "cross roads of the Pacific." Sugar is the leading industry...
...inclusive cost of the trip is $2500. CONDENSED TABLE OF SAILING DISTANCES AND DATES PORTS DISTANCES IN MILES Port to Port From New York Leave New York September 18 New York-Los Angeles October 9 5,200 5,200 Los Angeles-Yokohama November 7 5,600 10,800 Yokohama-Manila December 6 3,800 14,700 Manila-Bombay January 8 6,000 20,800 Bombay-Constantinople February 1 4,000 25,000 Constantinople-Gibraltar March 4 3,400 28,000 Gibraltar-London April 19 3,400 32,000 London-New York...
...Manila, in Honolulu, in Tientsin, in the Canal Zone, in Burlington (Vt.), in Camp Lewis (Wash.), in San Francisco, in Minneapolis, in Tidewater (Va.), in Columbus (Ga.) and Columbus (O.), in Chicago, in Manhattan, in Boston, in St. Louis, in San Antonio, in Atlanta, in Portland (Me.), there were dinners given one night last week, "annual assemblies" of the graduates of West Point...
...later the Methodist Church in Manila passed the following resolution: "Whereas some of our Protestant missionaries have been misunderstood and misquoted on the question of independence...