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...Havana, Senator Eduardo Chibás, 43, has been proclaiming and demonstrating his willingness to shed his blood for a cause or for his honor. He has fought numerous duels, including a saber engagement in 1947 with Carlos Prio Socarras, now President of Cuba. When someone fired a bullet at Chibás while he was making an open-air speech back in 1947, he bared his chest and cried, "Go ahead and shoot! The Ortodoxos need a martyr...
...friend, Jose Pardo Llada, who roasted the Autenticos for 20 minutes; Chibás himself made only a short speech. He ended with: "People of Cuba, awake!" Then he fumbled under the coat of his natty, double-breasted white suit, grasped his .38-cal. revolver, squeezed the trigger. The bullet ripped into his belly, shattering his spine...
...some nightclubbing with Hedy Lamarr and her new husband, Ted Stauffer, owner of a local nightclub. Hedy, however, pointedly snubbed Ava; and Frankie, this time with a bodyguard, found another fight when a photographer snapped a picture of the happy couple. While the bodyguard threatened to put a bullet through the photographer unless he gave up the film, Frankie shouted to reporters: "This is a private affair of my own, and I don't have to talk to anyone, you sonsabitches." The whole affair did not seem so private to nightclub patrons who had just witnessed a balcony scene...
Guns cracked all over town. A boy stepped out of a doorway holding up a five-peso note; a bullet dropped him and a grinning bandit pocketed the money. Lighting home-made grenades with cigarettes, the bandits routed out hidden villagers. Once the town was subdued, Comandante Tulio, whose well-formed features and steady voice carried his authority, proceeded with executions of leading Conservatives. Three young boys were included among the victims. "They are Godos [Conservatives] and will grow up," a bandit growled in explanation...
Doctor's Orders. In Hoboken, N.J., Joe Lawless, 11, limped into a hospital with a bullet wound in his leg and told the intern: "You don't have to go digging in there, Doc. I already dug it out with my penknife. Just put some penicillin...