Word: vias
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Majesty who was returning to Spain from Scotland via London, immediately ordered a special requiem mass at St. James's Church, and had his condolences telephoned to his people in Spain...
James J. Hoey was another outstanding figure on the "Santa Claus." He rose to his present position of vice chairman of the national executive committee via the New York Legislature, where he and the Nominee worked together as young men. Big-framed, self-confident, breezy, generous. 50 years old but much younger in looks, he reflects his Western upbringing more clearly than his New York nativity. His Tammany connection has not overshadowed his reputation as a humanitarian, a framer of public school legislation, a philanthropist whose chief work is the Boys Club Federation, of which he is the national president...
...board were four tons of campaign literature, a reference library. 43 newspapermen, eight photographers and a group of the Nominee's best friends and advisers. He was bound, via Chicago, for Omaha to speak out on farm relief. He was going into nine states, carefully selected on the basis of their presidential vote in 1924. It was a dash and a drive to capture Kansas and Colorado which Calvin Coolidge carried by large majorities; Minnesota and Wyoming, which Calvin Coolidge carried by small majorities; Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska, which Calvin Coolidge carried with fewer votes than Democrat Davis...
...they will have nothing to eat for at least another week unless immediate and drastic action is taken. . . . Disease and famine are already here." They urged four relief measures: 1) martial law; 2) requisition of all food supplies and materials; 3) coastwise relief for other parts of the island via boats; 4) the drafting of all available manpower for public service. Again Governor Towner cabled. He beseeched all available aid from the Red Cross and other sources. The estimated property damage...
More and more turbulent grew Philadelphia's liquor ring investigation (TIME, Sept. 17). The city's bootleggers, finding the local distilling plants padlocked were not downhearted. They ordered shipments of alcohol from Porto Rico via New York. These goods were seized, however...