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...pink plume of smoke rose from Mount Momotombo, most perfect of the volcanoes Sandino and his countrymen reverence as their national emblem. Farther north; 100 mi. through the jungle, was the peacetime residue of his followers, sleeping among the farms and mines of his El Cooperative Rio Coco settlement. When the car reached the main palace gate, it was stopped by a squad of native guardsmen. The little brown men waved their rifles, ordered everybody out of the machine. They pushed aside Father Sandino and the Minister of Agriculture. Sandino, his brother and his two generals they hustled into...
From this it can be seen that large portions of each lecture, of which there are six, on Roanoke, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maryland, are devoted to the English ancestry at each settlement. Accurate accounts of all the red tape through which the various colonizers had to go to achieve their goal, while not overpoweringly interesting are a most interesting change from the usual tales of colonial, hardship in the new world. The various charters and companies which Raleigh, Sandys and others had to wade through before they finally could settle here give the layman a new view...
...concluded with these remarks about the United States policy during the last two years: "The United States is alone in her independent policy of non-recognition in Manchukuo; she has contributed nothing towards a settlement, but she has aroused considerable resentment in Japan. Our policy is worse than futile; it is rash...
...determined to make over the city government as the President was making over the Federal Government. When Mayor LaGuardia demanded a bill from the New-York Legislature giving him drastic powers, Governor Herbert Henry Lehman called him promptly to order. The Mayor went to Albany and an amicable settlement was reached. The Mayor agreed not to ask dictatorial powers for himself but to have the necessary authority for revamping the city government and balancing the city budget given to the Board of Estimate (which he controls). Thereupon the Governor about-faced, agreed to support the Mayor's measure (TIME...
...readers to use the same tactics in "the next round with the octopus." Editor Baker is campaigning for funds to defray legal expenses for 300 other water-rate strikers. Invited by the water company, after two denials, to attend a rate conference, Editor Baker refused to accept the settlement offer, has been barred from all future meetings. Meanwhile Editor Baker holds proxies for almost all the Transcript's 1,713 readers...