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...morning last week stocky, pudgy-cheeked little President Lázaro Cárdenas stood before the opening session of what may or may not prove to be the 38th Federal Congress of Mexico. For 65 minutes he talked-about inter-American solidarity, about the justice of his oil expropriations, about the success of his regime in decreasing illiteracy and redistributing land to the peasants. In the Chamber's jampacked diplomatic gallery German Minister Baron Rüdt von Collenberg-Bödigheim listened with Teutonic impassiveness as other speakers swung into attacks on totalitarianism. Thinner-skinned Italian Minister...
Even in the Army, trouble brewed last week. It was revealed that certain soldiers of the 38th Infantry Battalion, strategically posted on the fringe of the Federal District, and others "in the country," had been caught with "visiting cards" on which was printed the legend: "Soldiers, take arms against your usurpers when Almazan orders...
Sundays the Rev. Eustachio Paolicelli preaches in Brooklyn. Weekdays he cleans Brooklyn's streets. Last week Preacher-Street Cleaner Paolicelli celebrated his 38th birthday in notable fashion: at Jamaica, L. I., he was consecrated a bishop in "The Church of God of A. J. Tomlinson." Features of the seven-hour ceremony were vocal selections from the Sanitation Department's glee club (in which Bishop Paolicelli sings bass), an inspirational address by Deputy Sanitation Commissioner Matthew J. Diserio...
Meantime aggressive Mr. Dewey moved toward Wisconsin, routing defeatism as he went. Handsome, happy, healthy as a horse, Tom Dewey celebrated his 38th birthday last week, laid out a speechmaking path that would whirl him through the Badger State in a two-day, 20-stop gale just before Primary...
Thereafter, they never exceeded minimum expectations, save in the dive, where Bill Irvinc and Hank Gossler garnered second and third places behind George Dana of the Crimson; and Max Karus third gave the Ulenmen their 38th and winning point in the breaststroke...