Word: alfonso
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Czechoslovak papers scare-headed that "King Alfonso will soon flee to his cousin's castle in the Slovak Alps...
...cousin not of King Alfonso but of Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain is George V. Last week His Britannic Majesty's Government abruptly deported from Liverpool two Spanish airmen-revolutionists: Captain Antonio Rexach and Lieut. Joaquin Collar. Both escaped from Spain when the attempted coup d'etat of Major Ramon Franco, "The Spanish Lindbergh," failed (TIME...
Fearful lest other Spanish airmen try a coup, King Alfonso last week disbanded the entire Royal Air Force for 30 days, decreed that when reorganized next month it will be merely a division of the regular army...
Having spanked his Air Force, shrewd Alfonso XIII curried favor with his Army, raised the pay of lieutenants 25%, generals 10%, other ranks in intermediate proportion...
...person connected with the Royal Palace," reported the Associated Press mysteriously from Madrid, "said today that King Alfonso's . . . determination was still to die if need be, but to die a king...