Word: portes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Norway, in 1843, he came to this country at the age of six. He lived first in Chicago, then in Wisconsin and finally in Minnesota. During the Civil War he served as a volunteer in the Fourth Wisconsin Infantry until he was severely wounded at the battle of Port Hudson in 1864. After the War he studied law and entered politics. He served in the legislatures of Wisconsin and Minnesota, was Governor of the latter state for two terms, was six years a United States Congressman and 28 years a Senator...
...situation is this: there are five ships serving the port of New York which require 1,000-foot piers: The Majestic, Berengaria, Olympic, Homeric and Aquitania-all operated by British lines. When the Leviathan comes into service on July 4, she will be the sixth ship of this class. The British vessels have been using the Chelsea piers, which, originally not so long, were extended during the War for the use of these long ships. The City of New York is also building a series of 1,000-foot piers farther north along the shore of Manhattan. Pier...
...islands were bought chiefly so that Germany might not obtain a naval base in the Caribbean. Now the question is: What shall we do with them? St. Thomas has a good port for a naval station but will not be used by the Navy because Guantanamo Bay is superior. St. Croix is suitable for agriculture, but has had almost no rain for three years; so its sugarcane industry is practically ruined. The drought, which has also affected most of the Greater Antilles, is so great that there is not even enough water on the islands for cattle, and the cattle...
...Army airplanes completed a 6,000-mile flight, begun on March 3 at Kelly Field, San Antonio, covering Havana, Port au Prince, Santo Domingo, and ending at Bolling Field, Washington...
...indisputable that Port Arthur and Dalny have been greatly developed by the Japanese, and that any interruption now would mean the total destruction of valuable institutions that have taken years to establish...