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Spain is a member of the Pan-American Postal Union. Under that international convention U. S. letters carry only 2? postage to South and Central American countries. It costs no more to mail a letter from Duluth, Minn, to Punta Arenas. Chile, near Cape Horn than it does from Nogales, Ariz, across the street to Nogales, Mexico. Only South American exceptions to the 2? rate are Dutch and French Guiana, which, as non-members of -the Pan-American Postal Union, require 5? postage...
...Last week President Hoover formally received Dr. Celeo Davila as the new Honduran Minister to the U. S. The President will have to be careful not to confuse him with Ambassador Carlos Davila of Chile, Minister Charles Davila of Rumania, Commercial Attaché Cesar Davila of Venezuela or Resident Commissioner Felix Davila of Porto Rico...
...ineffectually. Students at the National and Catholic Universities declared a four-day strike, in memory of the "Four Days of Liberty" under Blanquier, locked themselves in the building and hung revolutionary flags from the windows. A crowd of over 2,000 organized a parade and attempted to march to Chile's White House, the Casa Moneda. Kept away by a formidable cordon of police, the crowd retreated, relieved its feelings by tossing bricks through the windows of the Casa del Pueblo (founded by Ibanez). Then it gathered in front of the home of Miguel Letelier who had been suggested...
This might have filled the bill if the people of Chile had not suddenly decided that if eight days of Blanquier were long enough for Ibanez, four years of Ibanez were long enough for them. Crowds rioted for three days, overturning trolley cars, shouting "We want the head of Ibanez...
Premier Esteben Montero at once assumed the vice presidency. That made him acting President of Chile. He is temporarily the favorite of the students, who were making the most ruckus in Santiago last week. Versed in student excitements, he appeared at a tall window of the Moneda Palace, presidential residence, and got the clamoring crowd to sing. They sang until thirsty. Then they dispersed to restaurants for beer and harangues...