Word: pan-american
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...circumnavigate the globe for The New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alliance, using only those means of transportation available to ordinary tourists. He timed his start so as to reach Manila to catch the first West to East passenger flight of the Pan-American Clipper service. Mr. Kieran did not fly the South China Sea in a special plane as did Mr. Ekins, nor did he fly the Pacific as a member of the crew before the line was opened for passenger service...
...Evanston gathering, whose deliberations took place in the diocesan Pro-Cathedral of St. Luke, was impressive, devout, tedious. Chief subjects considered by their excellencies of Canada, the U. S. and the West Indies were Peace and Christian Unity. Washington's Bishop James Edward Freeman opened the Pan-American Congress with this observation: "State craft has utterly failed to abolish war, and Christianity must come to the rescue or civilization and the church will perish from the earth!'' Bishop Irving Peake Johnson of Colorado disagreed. Said he: "It is impossible for the church to alter political systems...
From Havana, the Pan-American Columbus Society petitioned all the governments of the Western Hemisphere to offer protection in Madrid during the Spanish rebellion to Don Cristobal Colon, Duke of Veragua, direct descendant of Christopher Columbus...
...going to be the first U. S. Senator to drive his own car down the new Pan-American Highway to Mexico City & back," boasted North Carolina's Senator Robert Rice Reynolds last month. Last week, on a side trip from Mexico, D. F., Driver Reynolds became the first U. S. Senator to be cleaned out by bandits. Stopped by a traffic jam, Senator Reynold was approached by several Mexicans. His story: "They were not abusive, only businesslike. I thought they were merely customs officials. When one of them took off my wrist watch and pocketed it, I realized they...
...most extensive busline business in the U. S. which last year earned net profits of over four and one half million dollars is the (1 Northland Transportation, 2 Transcontinental, 3 Santa Fe Trail, 4 Pan-American, 5 Greyhound Corporation...