Word: puerto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Juan, President Roosevelt's Governor General Robert Hayes Gore, father of nine, created a commotion by suggesting to Puerto Ricans that, as their New Deal, landed estates might be split up, rented to small farmers (see p. 14). ¶ To Havana, where U. S. Ambassador Welles was trying-despite continued dou-ble-crossing-to arbitrate bloody differences between Cuba's political ins and outs, the President sent President Gerardo Machado a pleasant but barb-pointed cable: "Restoration of political peace is a necessary and preliminary step on the way to Cuba's economic recovery." ¶ The President...
Last April when President Roosevelt appointed Robert Hayes Gore to be Governor of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican politicos did their best to find out who he was. Unlike their then Governor ,Republican James Rumsey Beverley, he had never lived in Puerto Rico. Unlike young Theodore Roosevelt who had preceded Governor Beverley, he had no great name. All they could discover was that he came from Florida, had nine children. They were pleased with the nine children because that meant that he could sympathize with the Puerto Rican love of big families. They were also pleased to find that...
...Most notable means by which Providence aids Puerto Rico's overpopulation problem: hurricanes...
...recognition of obvious Paraguayan rights or Paraguay forcing Bolivia slowly to "git" even if it took ten years to do it-Kundt or no Kundt. The Chaco is studded all along its coast by prosperous townships-Villa Hayes (so named in honor of U. S. President Charles Rutherford Hayes), Puerto Pinasco (American company), Puerto Casado, Puerto Sastre, etc. Extensive cattle ranges with Hereford and Shorthorn strains go for hundreds of kilometres into the interior which in many parts has narrow gauge rails for transportation. Swamps and bogs are to be found in every part of the world that are underpopulated...
...whom was the Post sold? There were guesses galore: Publisher Julius David Stern of the Philadelphia Record. Publisher Frank Noyes of the Washington Star. Governor General Robert Gore of Puerto Rico, who publishes three Florida newspapers. James Middleton Cox or Representative Chester Bolton of Ohio. John J. Raskob. Rarely had the principal in a major transaction effected such complete anonymity. Revelation was promised after the District Court should confirm the sale. Meanwhile some shrewd guessers eyed Eugene Meyer, onetime governor of the Federal Reserve Bank. Supposed motive: promotion of a Republican comeback...