Word: santas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Government exist, he could hardly expect to hoodwink the world. A so-called Government was, however, set up in Italy. As the Queen of Italy is the daughter of the late King Nicholas of Montenegro, Italians gave the Montenegrin cause warm support. After Italy had signed the treaty of Santa Margherita with Yugo-Slavia, it was no longer possible for her to give official support to the Montenegrin Royalists, with whom she had previously been in sympathy; for by signing the treaty Italy had also recognized the Yugo-Slavian boundaries...
...Charlie, and the saving grace of the performance. He is supreme in all business affairs, but, like most great men, he has one weakness--his daughter, Rosie. Her character, as portrayed by Catherine Willard, is a contrast between the self-willed rich girl and the "bloomin' angel" who plays Santa Claus to all her father's down trodden employees...
...Harriman) Railroads. He feels that these roads would not be fairly treated under Mr. Holden's proposed plan. Mr. Holden's plan provides for four railway systems: (1) The Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington (Hill); (2) The Union Pacific (Harriman) and other minor roads; (3) The Santa Fe; (4) The Southern Pacific (Harriman) and others...
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...
...cure for the railroad problem in the United States. Holden's plan, supported by Hines and other big railroad executives, contemplates a rail consolidation that would tie up every road west of the Mississippi Valley gateways into four great systems. As designated these would be the Burlington, Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific systems, all reaching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico to tap the Panama traffic and to the Pacific Coast to meet the Oriental trade. Net income and investment of each of these lines would be about the same...