Word: tribuna
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week observed that a German invasion of Great Britain last autumn "would have spared the English people some distress and grief," adding that the reason why the invasion was not made would be told at the opportune time-"and not only with words." The Berlin correspondent of La Tribuna of Rome wired his paper that Germany was making formidable preparations for the final assault on Britain: "There are German troops who for months and months have been trained in nothing but embarkation and landing operations. There is no pause in the work of preparation, which continues day and night...
...Costa Rica when one of its planes, on an unscheduled flight, whanged into a mountainside, killing the pilot and five passengers. Hoping the plane had merely made a forced landing in a deserted spot, TACA withheld news of its lateness for several hours. Next morning the San Jose Tribuna printed a scathing editorial, hinted some might have been saved if TACA had reported the missing plane sooner. To make matters worse, TACA's dapper lawyer, Jean La Baron, who constantly puffs on long, thin cigars, was quoted by Costa Rican newsmen as saying: "American Export Airlines has the sympathy...