Word: monrovia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Liberia, about the size of Mississippi, was founded in 1822 by the do-gooding American Colonization Society, which swapped a shipload of trinkets for 1,000 acres of jungle on which to relocate U.S. slaves. Liberia's capital, Monrovia, is named for President James Monroe; its constitution is based on that of the U.S. Population: 20,000 Christian descendants of the former slaves, who run the show; 1,500,000 jungle pagans, some of whom were not subdued until 1936. Resources: gold, iron ore, (Firestone) rubber...
...Monrovia, Calif...
...Monrovia, Calif...
UPTON SINCLAIR Monrovia, Calif...
...shipment to the U.S. from mines in Liberia. To get out the ore, Republic Steel Corp., which bought an estimated 62% interest in Liberian Mining Ltd. two years ago (TIME, March 28, 1949), has had to build Liberia's first railroad, from the mines to the port of Monrovia 43 miles away. The high-grade Liberian ore (whose iron content is almost 70%, compared to 51% for Lake Superior ore) is rich enough to be used directly in Republic's open-hearth furnaces. Republic expects to use 600,000 tons a year of Liberia's output, estimated...