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Military Jumping. The U. S. Army team went into the first international jumping event on the program with high hopes of retiring the trophy (on which they already have two legs) donated by Chilean President Arturo Alessandri-Palma. First night U. S. hopes burned bright when the team jumped into the lead with only seven faults in the first phase of the competition which required two riders to ride two horses each. Second night the U. S. riders held their lead with 16 faults, though they performed badly (nine faults) in the pair-jumping which was won by the Irish...
Died. Doña Rosa Ester Rodríguez de Alessandri, wife of President Arturo Alessandri Palma of Chile; of peritonitis; in Santiago...
...road to the onetime Italian legation, now headquarters of Marshal Badoglio. His call on the Italian General was the first recognition of any foreign government that the conquest of Ethiopia is now an accomplished fact. Meanwhile one of Marshal Badoglio's most dapper staff officers. Captain Adolfo Alessandri, dug his Sunday inspection breeches and best white gloves from the bottom of his campaign trunk, visited in turn every foreign legation in Addis Ababa. Clicking his heels he explained politely that each envoy would enjoy "every diplomatic privilege until the time of your departure." It was Italy's first...
...Chum's Club of Scotland (400,000) and of the Kiddies Club of England. The 165,000 moppet members of the latter swear to imitate her character, conduct and manners. Possibly the smallest of her international titles is that of mascot to the Chilean Navy. President Arturo Alessandri, an admirer, conferred this dignity on her, together with a special uniform...
...politicos are more deft than wary old President Arturo Alessandri, "The Lion" who emerged triumphant from that spate of revolutions which gave Chile six Presidents in 18 months (TIME, Sept...