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...fortunately O'Neill was in the bathtub when the angel of light came around looking for a playwright to write "The Sacred Flame," so the modest angel alighted gracefully on the somewhat rounded shoulders of Somerset Maugham, and whispered in his ample ear her idea for a great tragedy...
...wisely included in his platform a guarantee of adequate protection for foreign investments (United Fruit furnishes 65% of Honduras' wealth, employs 250,000 of its 860,000 citizens), and stipulated that every voter should dip his forefinger in indelible ink as he cast his vote. He defeated Dr. Angel Zuniga Huete, the Liberal candidate, handily...
...Dictator-President Gerardo Machado. Within an hour of Dr. Bello's murder members of the Porra or Machado strong-arm squad attempted to assassinate Dr. Ricardo Dolz, anti-Machado leader and Rector of Havana University. They did assassinate the three Andrade brothers in their home and Dr. Miguel Angel Aguiar...
...deal now passed to the Porra who promptly raided the home of Dr. Cuervo Rubio and arrested Angel Alvarez Fernandez, a student, on suspicion in connection with the September murder of Dr. Bello. Student Alvarez also "attempted to escape," was shot through the head...
...fifth annual races, run off last week at Miami Municipal Airport, had been threatened by Depression. Prize money was reduced, few cups were donated. There was no free gasoline for contestants. The show needed an angel. Up stepped bristle-bearded Henry Latham Doherty, utility tycoon who lately bought swank Miami hotels and beach clubs. Alert to the promotion value of the meet he posted $2,500 and a cup for an amateur pilot's race from Daytona Beach to Miami, at the end of a pilgrimage sponsored by the U. S. Amateur Air Pilots' Association. Also he invited...