Word: rico
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York City a Congressional Medal for her work in Puerto Rico as an Army nurse 40 years ago during the Spanish-American War, recalled, "I tried to enlist, but was taken with an attack of mumps before I could...
...ways are ready next year, the Navy will try them out in such harbors as New York's and Norfolk's, may detail some to the Caribbean. In that case, they will be under the upturned nose of retired Admiral Leahy, now the civilian Governor of Puerto Rico...
...from Puerto Rico, fanwise over eastern Caribbean waters, the U. S. Navy's patrol squadron 51 has kept an aerial peace watch since Sept. 9. Last week in San Juan, the squadron's Lieut.-Commander Stephen B. Cooke reported on his vigil. Nary a submarine, said he, had been sighted by his fliers; of frequent reports, not one had proved true...
...celebrate their fifth annual championship last week the Comets went back to their birthplace. From as far north as Skaneateles, N. Y., as far south as Puerto Rico, they came: 41 of them, with skippers ranging from dainty, 14-year-old Sally Wilcox (who had her father as crew) to salty, 59-year-old Edward Merrill, last year's champion. After three days of racing, over a six-mile course, 22-year-old Robert Levin of Beverly, N. J. hoisted the championship pennant-scoring 109½ points with his Bad News. Runner-up, only 5½ points behind...
...Besides signing a D. S. M. award for Admiral Yarnell last week, the President held a surprise party in his office, pinned a D. S. M. (voted by Congress) on Admiral William Daniel Leahy, retiring this week as Chief of Operations to become Governor of Puerto Rico...