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...Passed a resolution authorizing an $8,000,000 loan for hurricane relief in Porto Rico...
...talents of both Cordova and Manduley in this direction are well known at Harvard. The former is a native of Porto Rico and, in addition to concerts and solo work, has done extensive research work in the folk music of his country and Mexico. Manduley, whose home is in Havana, is possessed of exceptional ability with the guitar and is cast for one of the leading parts. The duet, which fits well into the theme of the play, should not only round it out pleasingly and naturally, but vie closely for the favor of the audience with the special dance...
...Wyoming and several destroyers, as well as various liners, were speeding to the rescue over hundreds of miles. But, 25 miles away, the steamer Montoso, from Porto Rico bound to Boston, kept serenely to her course. She had no radio, did not learn of disaster until she docked...
...expression within me. On p. 14, Oct. 1, issue in third column, under caption "Relief" appears: 1,200 tons of food 3,490 tons of misc. supplies 10 days provisions for 100,000 people, etc. All to be distributed to the poor devils, victims of the tremendous hurricane in Porto Rico. I can imagine the anxiety of those people expecting that colossal help. It is a donation to that country that my compatriots will never forget. I can see their mouths water - literally speaking, I've been hungry - when they read in big head lines that it was going...
Appointments and commissions filled William Howard Taft's years-the Philippine Commission, first Governor of the Philippines, a conference with Pope Leo XIII. President Roosevelt made him secretary of War in 1904-an amiable Mars indeed who made empiric yet cherubic sidetrips to Cuba, Panama and Porto Rico. Wherever he went, he acquired weight and respect...