Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Feature of the third corrida of the season at the Comayaguela Fair, 50 mi. from Tegucigalpa was the appearance of one Ramiro Dominguez, second-rate Mexican matador. Major Geyer attended in a ringside seat. Attempting to execute a difficult passade, Matador Dominguez became entangled in his cape, slipped, fell prone before the charging animal. Without an instant's hesitation Major Geyer drew his service pistol, dropped the bull with a single bullet between the eyes. The air was rent with cheers for quickwitted Tauricide Geyer, mingled with boos for slovenly Tauromach Dominguez...
...Major Geyer," cabled a correspondent, "is the hero of the Fair...
...will listen to an interval of stirring music at the fatigue hour (two hours before quitting time). The efficiency, industry, ingenuity of the sawmakers will be graded by men who watch from sus pended overhead walks. A similar building is being planned as a temporary exhibit at the Chicago Fair...
Misery v. Taxes. When waspish little Senator Caraway of Arkansas read the Hoover statement to the Senate, the floodgates of Democratic abuse were opened. The most fair, the most logical attack was upon the President's $4,500,000,000 figure which was arrived at by the threadbare device of piling one duplicate bill upon another, of including all grotesque measures which die the moment they are introduced. Another point raised against the White House calculation was that in most of the "relief" bills the U. S. was giving away nothing but simply advancing programs and policies theoretically approved...
These facts, the citizens of Buckingham Town found out last week, have for good Mrs. Baldwin but one meaning. In opening the Conservative Christmas Fair at Buckingham she said...