Word: rios
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Girl of the Rio (RKO-Radio) is a passable little border romance made from a play called The Dove, in which the late Holbrook Blinn distinguished himself eight years ago. It is about a Mexican millionaire (Leo Carrillo) who, to facilitate his abduction of a cabaret girl (Dolores Del Rio) has her sweetheart (Norman Foster) jailed and removed from the country. All this is done with a superfluity of Mexican accent by Carrillo and Del Rio, and reiterations of clean young Americanisms by Foster, who encourages Del Rio by saying "Be game, kid." In the play these exaggerations made...
...French Senate and Chamber circles the de Chappedelaine plan received prompt, warm support last week, seemed likely to be taken up by the French Foreign Office for diplomatic presentation to the Great Powers. "We must halt the insane race for greater speeds and excessive tonnage," puffed Senator A. A. Rio, Chairman of the Senate Marine Commission. "The danger is evident and can become mortal...
...from the only major railroad in trouble. This period included government operation under William Gibbs McAdoo. In these years the following carriers went into receivership: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Western Pacific; International & Great Northern; Missouri, Kansas & Texas; Missouri Pacific ; St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern; Baltimore & Maine; Texas & Pacific; Denver & Rio Grande...
...Evanston, Ill., R. M. Pearson, Jr., Somerville, E. H. Perkins, Bantam, Conn., C. F. Peterson, Cambridge, A. S. Pier, Jr., Concord, N. B., E. C. R. Pollock, Toronto, Canada, R. Porter, Quincy, J. Prescott, Fall River, D. R. Procopio, Brockton, R. J. Purcell, Pleasantville, N. Y., W. J. Pyles, Rio de Janetro, Brazil, A. B. Read, Jr., Washington, D. C., J. J. J. Reddy, Amesbury, R. C. Rial, Wilkinsburgh, Pa., R. C. Rockwell, Carpenterio, Calif., C. E. Ryan, Jr., Cambridge, R. D. Sard., New York City, C. S. Sargent, Jr., L. I. N. Y., L. Scheffy, West Mansfield...
Harry Ford Sinclair, 55, denied he was or ever had been an officer of Rio Grande Oil Co, Authorities such as Standard Statistics were surprised. They had listed Mr. Sinclair as Rio Grande's board chairman ever since newspaper announcements of last April, which were never denied. Oilman Sinclair's denial last week swiftly followed a receivership action brought by creditors of Rio Grande's chief subsidiary, Rio Grande Oil Co. of Texas...