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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like two red-headed buzzards sitting on a fence, the volcanoes Acatenango and Fuego perch not far from Guatemala City and wait for a catastrophe. Twice earthquakes have destroyed the city; each time Acatenango and Fuego have picked it clean. The old capital of Antigua Guatemala has its skeletons of whitened ruins. Last week a series of earthquakes shook the country. Panes rattled, pictures fell, walls cracked. Guatemalans, remembering the destruction of their capital in 1918, fell on their knees and prayed. The shocks continued, grew more violent. The two volcanoes reared their heads. Fire, ashes, lava spouted from their...
...former marriage who is now on the throne of Indore." The circle of red powder on her forehead was not a caste mark, the Maharani explained, "but an auspicious sign which one may or may not wear without violating ethics." Because she and her husband had visited India only twice since their marriage, spending practically all of their time at their St. Germain home or on the Riviera, the Maharani declined to discuss Indian affairs...
Applicant for the receivership was Mr. Spreckels himself, owner of $10,000,000 par value securities in the company and its creditor for $50,000. Depression has hit the company so badly that it has only nominal cash, has current liabilities almost twice as great as current assets, has paid no dividends since 1924, is accumulating interest debts at the rate of $300,000 a year...
...Manhattan, William Jander, 70, asked his sister what there was for dinner. Said she: "Fried eggs." "Eggs! Always eggs! I want no more eggs!" he shouted, and, pulling a gun, shot her and her husband twice each and then himself dead...
...much-dreaded "exam" period will start for Wellesley girls Tuesday and continue two weeks. Authorities are planning diversions during this period. Each dormitory, for instance, will serve soup, tea, and crackers at 9.30 o'clock each night, and will have afternoon tea for residents at least twice a week. The Juniors will have their annual tea dance for the freshmen after the freshman English composition examination Friday. Juniors say that only girls with ink-stained fingers and "exam" clothes will be admitted...