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...Bologna, fat, flush Tenor Beniamino Gigli found he had won the weekly Italian national lottery. He promptly split the 11,000 lire ($555.50) prize among a friend and the three waiters whose shield numbers he had played...
...later, at 6 a.m., the forts of San José and Matamoros sounded off with a 21-gun salute. Early the people arose, dressed themselves in their best, and hurried to the patios and salas of the Palace, where they saw floral compositions representing harps, marimbas, Guatemala's shield, books, a motorcycle, a locomotive, a train. At the end of a long, polished-mahogany chamber they were greeted by a trim, steely-eyed man. Officials addressed him as Chief, humble folk as Father. He was Jorge Ubico, celebrating his 62nd year of life, his ninth year as President...
...night was warm for November, still and starless; on a flagpole above the portico the blue Presidential flag, with its shield, eagle and white stars, flapped listlessly. Hyde Park House was dark, the big green shutters swung snug to the front windows-from outside, not a crack of light showed from the library. Inside and out, the atmosphere was solemn, expectant, tense...
...False Shield for Revolution...
...Democracy as interpreted by some of those who love to mouth this word has been a false shield to cover the aims of revolutionists. The Constitution has also been a false shield for others. It has been proclaimed as all but divine all too often by those who seek under its protection only to hold their own personal privileged positions. Between the disgruntled who would be revolutionists and the complacent privileged who would be Bourbons, democracy must hold a middle course...