Word: rio
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with the glamor of hope expressed at the opening, some good was done by the exchange of widely divergent views, and there is one definite although potential gain of Pan-American importance. This is the proposal for a Pan-American Congress of Jurists, which is to take place at Rio de Janeiro in 1925. The object of this congress is to codify American international law. Hope is expressed in some quarters that the codification of this law will assist the plan for a Pan-American Court of Justice...
...Club 3. Instrumental Speciality Jazz Band 4. Schneider's Band Glee Club Up the Street Glee Club 5. Piano Solo a) Fantasie Impromptu b) Minuette By F. W. Ramseyer 6. Swing Song Mandolin Club Laughing Eyes Mandolin Club 7. Quartet Specialty Portfolio, Schacht, Combs, Hill. 8. Rose of the Rio Grande Banjo Club Journey's End Banjo Club 9. Australia Glee Club Good Night Ladies Glee Club 10. Fair Harvard Glee and Mandolin Clubs
...replenish its labor shortage with Mexican labor without seriously disturbing economic and labor conditions in the steel towns. It is expected that many employers of common labor will take advantage of the fact that Mexican labor has no legal quota limit, and recruit their desired labor south of the Rio Grande...
Radio broadcasting from the Brazilian Centennial Exposition at Rio de Janeiro was heard at Honolulu, 8,000 miles away, establishing a new distance record. The phonofilm," an apparatus which produces sound and pictures simultaneously, invented by Dr. Lee de Forest, was successfully demonstrated before the New York Electrical Society...
Brazil: A revolution is in progress in the State of Rio Grande do Sul-in the extreme South. The rebels have in many cases been reinforced by deserting Government regiments. The capture of Rosario caused a good deal of alarm in Santa Anna do Livramento and in Quarahy. The inhabitants of both these places fled, taking refuge in Ataques, on the Uruguayan side of the border...