Word: oropesa
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...doubting reporters Mr. Cella showed photographs of himself and his sister Mrs. Paul Hippolitus, posed with British royalty on the liner Oropesa which carried T. R. H. to South America (TIME, Jan. 26, et seq.) "I joked the Prince of Wales about Britain having to resort to the dole system," said Mr. Cella, "and he came back with this remark...
...return voyage to Europe last week of the liner Oropesa (the ship that carried Edward of Wales and Prince George to Peru), her royal suite, especially fitted up for Their Royal Highnesses, was occupied by a hard-faced little man with only seven fingers...
Twenty-four hours late, the liner Oropesa dropped anchor in Hamilton harbor. Wearing grey flannel suits, which Edward of Wales topped with a startling broadbrimmed "wideawake" hat, the two Princes stepped ashore, posed for photographs, shook hands with Acting Governor Edward W. Evans and his staff, then boarded a tender and putt-putted to the swanky Mid-Ocean Club at Tuckerstown. The Earl of Chester celebrated the beginning of his trade tour by playing golf with Bermuda's leading tradesman, Eldon Trimingham of Trimingham Bros. (clothing store), famed yachtsman and Bermudian socialite. It was a close match...
...hour later the Oropesa pulled out of the harbor with the princes on board and a parting gift of twelve boxes of ripe red Bermuda strawberries. Four days later the slow Oropesa was in Havana harbor, dropped anchor for five hours. Possibly because of Cuban political unrest, officially because the British Court is still in mourning for the Princess Royal, H. R. H. Victoria, sister of King George, Their Royal Highnesses set no foot on Cuban ground. Only potent gentlemen to meet them were British Minister Thomas J. Morris, Cuban Secretary of State Francisco Maria Fernandez and President Machado...
...large white letters), two sets of golf clubs (one reputedly the gift of Bobby Jones), several cases of bright green beer (artificially colored, brewed in Edinburgh), H. R. H. Edward of Wales and Prince George flew to Paris, there entrained for Santander, Spain, where they boarded the S. S. Oropesa for Bermuda, first stop before their whirlwind tour of Latin America. Their frank effort: to drum up more trade for British manufacturers...