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...obtain all the usual dictatorial power (previously held by such men as King Alfonso and Primo de Rivera), President Azana circulated rumors among the Deputies that a plot had been discovered by his Government "to end the Spanish Republic tomorrow morning." On the Assembly platform, however, the President's jaw worked thus...
...writer has carefully refrained from giving away any more of the plot than is strictly necessary to establish the atmosphere of what is, after all, a very superior mystery play. This is a tough week, generally speaking, and one should be grateful for all the dramatic entertainment one can obtain. If you happen to be temporarily bothered by academic or athletic difficulties, you certainly should not miss the Copley play. Even if you have an hour exam impending on the morrow, you will assuredly remain to the final curtain
...Governor" Cyr set up a cry that the Aldrich claim was a Long plot to burlesque the situation. Governor Long ignored this charge, busied himself looking up and jotting down a long list of Governor-Senators who had done what he is doing?remained Senators-elect until their gubernatorial terms expired. "Governor" Aldrich said he would take charge of the State in a few days. L. D. Smith, another jobless one, got himself sworn in as lieutenant governor. E. H. Reed, Shreveport grocer, did the same, said he would attach himself to "Governor Aldrich's staff." Sang the groceryman: "Every...
Persecution. Bishop Cannon was in Atlanta at a church conference (see p. 22) when he heard of the indictment. No one was surprised to hear him say: "This is merely a plot to discredit me. a persecution by a Roman Catholic district attorney acting under orders of his priest.'' (The case had been turned over by Catholic District Attorney Rover to Protestant Assistant District Attorney John J. Wilson, who presented the evidence to the Grand Jury last month.) With bond set at $1.000 and the trial slated for some time before Jan. i, Bishop Cannon said...
...above implies in toto to "Karamazov," a German talking film at the Fine Arts Theatre. It purports to be taken from Dostoevsky's novel, "The Brothers Karamazov," but has only the vaguest resemblance to it, so that the plot may prove thrilling even to those who have read the book. The direction, typically Continental, is particularly Teutonic in its effort for detailed correctness of setting and costume--even the windows of the bar where the hero imbibes are lettered in appropriate Russian for beer, tea, and coffee. But it seems unnecessary to stress such perfection of immaterial details, especially...