Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Strikes gripped Valencia, Tarragona, Bilbao. In Guillena began the first cowherds' strike in Spanish history. Hundreds of cowherds rode in off the bleak Andalusian ranges, demanding more pay, leaving hundreds of black Spanish cattle bellowing pitifully for water. The Governor of Se ville mobilized a squadron of cavalry and sent them forth with a ringing message that reporters wired round the world: "Soldiers of Spain! Go to Guillena and lead the cows to pasture...
...with Mrs. Wilson and the Baruch family through streets of cheering citizens. As President Moscicki came abreast of rank after rank of Poznan citizens most of them shouted: "Long live Paderewski!", a few "Long live Mrs. Wilson," none shouted "Long live President Moscicki." The President. Mrs. Wilson and friends rode on through the streets...
...best he could the young priest stowed them away, slipped with pounding heart out of the Vatican, penetrated Italy, rode demurely in a hot and rattling railway car for more than 24 hours, then faced grim but unsuspicious Fascist frontier guards who gave one scowling look at his Papal passport, let him go. After that it was easy for the young priest to carry his precious documents to their destination. Once in Paris, he turned them over to Catholic superiors who nodded approval when the young priest begged, "Please do not let the newspapers know my name...
...Edson Taylor, Oct. 24, 1901; Bobby Leach, July 25, 1911; Jean A. Laussier, July 4, 1928. Last July George Stathakis went over in a barrel, smothered to death while waiting rescue from the cataract below the Falls. Last May as well as the May before one William ("Red") Hill rode over the lower rapids in a barrel. He did not go over the Falls either time...
...Tornado v. Train" (TIME, June 8) you say that "in the string of eleven Pullmans there were 119 passengers," etc. The inference is that the one man killed was a Pullman passenger. Such is not the fact. The unfortunate traveler rode in a day coach. Fear-stricken, he jumped through a window; the car a moment later was blown over on him. The Pullman Co. is proud of the fact that last year (1930) we carried 30.800,000 passengers 12,814,000,000 passenger miles (1,183,669,000 vehicle miles) and only one of these passengers was killed...