Word: rioja
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a pudgy finger President Roberto M. Ortiz of Argentina last week twirled the dial of his telephone, talked briefly to the governors of his four northwest provinces-La Rioja, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero and Tucuman. Thus symbolized was the fact that these sparsely settled but rich grazing lands for the first time enjoyed telephone connections with the world at large. Also symbolized was far-flung International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.'s successful foreign investment...
...Bernardino Bilbao Rioja and his 2nd Bolivian Division have smashed the 2nd Paraguayan Division, cut off the 7th Paraguayan from establishing contact with the 8th, and completely encircled the left wing of the Paraguayan force. . . . Collecting the great number of Paraguayan wounded has placed a heavy burden on all Bolivian detachments." Later figures gave Paraguayan losses at 3,000 dead, 5,000 wounded, 1,633 prisoners including 78 officers. Paraguay did not take this defeat quietly. To the League's Secretary in Geneva Ramon Caballero de Bedoya announced that, to its great regret, Paraguay was about to embark...