Word: vice
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disturbed and even terrified did Venezuelans become at the dangerous caprices of President Castro, that they welcomed with frenzied enthusiasm a coup d'etat by the then Vice President, General Juan Vicente Gomez. Ever since that day -Dec. 19, 1908-General Gomez has been perfecting his Dictatorship and directing what he calls "Venezuela's era of national rehabilitation." Though his methods have been harsh, they have seemed justified by the widespread Venezuelan prosperity directly attributable to President Gomez's driving, kinetic leadership. Dictator Castro had utterly scared off all foreign investors. But under Dictator Gomez investments exceeding...
Elected. Frederic Ely Williamson, executive vice president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., of St. Paul, Minn.; to be president, succeeding Hale Holden of Chicago, Ill., newly-appointed executive chairman of the Southern Pacific...
Elected. Paul Shoup, executive vice president of the Southern Pacific Railway, of Los Altos, Calif.; to be president, succeeding William Sproule of San Francisco on his retirement...
Died. Irwin R. Heilbroner, 39, vice president of Weber & Heilbroner, famed Manhattan clothiers, cousin of Founder Louis Heilbroner; from a 14-story fall supposedly caused by vertigo; in Manhattan...
Dawes-Banks. Two Chicago banks-Central Trust Co. and Bank of America, -last week merged to create a $161,000,000 bank, to be chairmaned by U. S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes...