Word: panamas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...your story of Mr. John F. Stevens' recent trip to the Isthmus of Panama (TIME, Feb. 28, p. 10), you say that General Geo. W. Goethals "conquered the greatest foe of his predecessors, yellow fever...
Among those who are familiar with the history of the construction of the Panama Canal, credit for the eradication of yellow fever from the Isthmus is given principally to the late General W. C. Gorgas. It detracts nothing from the honor due General Goethals as a great engineer, a great organizer and a great executive, to give General Gorgas the honor due him, and in the name of the thousands of his fellow countrymen who love and respect his memory, I ask that you will...
...high seas, 300 miles southwest of San Francisco, two six-pound shells from the U. S. Coast Guard boat Algonquin splintered the deck of the Federalship, a Canadian rumrunner flying the flag of the Republic of Panama. When the smoke cleared, Captain Stewart S. Stone of the Federalship stood upon her bridge with his hands up, signifying surrender. His ship was towed into San Francisco. On board were 12,500 cases of Scotch whiskey valued at $1,000,000 and 19 young adventurers...
...Panama Congress," Dr. Baxter, Sever...
...coral reef and the St. Louis had engine trouble. The cripples were mended, but the San Antonio again fell behind with engine trouble before Guayaquil, Ecuador, was reached. The others flew on, the San Antonio following as soon as a new Liberty motor reached her by tug from Panama City. The San Antonio was at Lima, Peru, when the advance planes crashed...