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...Chicago raised their fists and sang the "Internationale," cheered the unfolding of a big banner on which was printed in Russian: "Workers of the World, Unite." Only one delegate from Kentucky was there, 14 others having "disappeared" in Pineville. The Washington, D. C., delegation was temporarily held in jail in Bedford, Pa. Thomas Mooney, an honorary member of the managing committee, was in jail in San Quentin, Calif. Keynoter Earl Browden of New York announced that the war-cry of the Communists' presidential campaign would be: "Jobs, Bread and Peace." Said...
...Sanchez Cerro is as mentally relentless as he is physically robust and tough. Congress, knowing this, has tried to wheedle him by the flattery of promoting him in military rank. President Sanchez Cerro was unmoved. Lounging at home in a $150 silk bathrobe he let Jose Melgar sit in jail...
Honorably mentioned by the Pulitzer Prize Committee were newsmen of the Philadelphia Record for exposing rascally solicitors of charity funds, and of the Louisville Times for sending to jail a county clerk because of fraud in tax collections...
...Lisbon, which has more and higher hills than Rome, popular Admiral Alfonso Becerqueira spent six days in jail last week...
Rashly the Minister of Marine demanded written explanation of Admiral Becerqueira's refusal, received for answer seven pages of saltiest sea language comparing His Excellency the Minister of Marine to slimiest scum of the deep. For this audacity Admiral Becerqueira spent his days in jail, emerged swearing bluer than ever...