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...their way to lunch heard the clatter of hoofs, the tramp of feet, much blowing of bugles in the broad Plaza de Espana. There they found General Sanjurjo on horseback before the city hall. Behind him was a column of Civil Guards, infantry and medical corps. From his pocket the general withdrew a piece of paper, unfolded it, read: "I, Jose Sanjurjo, general in the Spanish Army, constitute myself captain-general of Andalusia and order all previous dispositions concerning the public order superseded. I also declare the present local authorities without jurisdiction. Viva Espana!" An hour later Seville...
...trousseau. Pendergast was reported to have quickly won back his loss at the race track. A hard-boiled politician, he is extremely vulnerable to caricature in the hostile St. Louis Press? bloated face and body, long arms, short spindle legs. To keep his machine greased, he always carries a pocket full of quarters, passes them out to Kansas City bums. Though his man lost the Senatorial nomination, he succeeded in naming the Democratic candidate for Governor, Francis Wilson...
...speakeasy. Harpo plays the slot machine with buttons, tries to enlarge his winnings by dropping coins in a pay telephone. He bowls grapefruit at bottles on the bar and when he hears someone say "Cut the cards." does it with an axe which he carries in his pocket...
...Negro kept insisting to White House attaches as he camped outside President Hoover's office door. A "prophet of doom," Bonner wore an old Army uniform (he used to be a quartermaster sergeant), with a blue cheesecloth turban on his head. Small gilt crucifixes dangled from every blouse pocket. White House guards let him sit day after day in the lobby, vainly waiting to carry his "message" to the President...
...been drafted," declared Mr. Pomerene as he hurried from Cleveland to Washington to see the President. When he arrived at the White House, the man who will help administer $3,800,000,000 worth of Federal credit, told correspondents he had only 98¢ in his pocket. "And I've been asked for that at least a dozen times," he added...