Word: araujo
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...little gem of a Central American revolution occurred in El Salvador last week. There were no obscure causes. The government of President Arturo Araujo, in its anxiety to economize,* had simply forgotten to pay the army officers' salaries for three months. Chief of Salvadorean Police was President Araujo's brother-in-law. The police were paid. The police remained loyal...
President Araujo. whose British wife is the former Miss Dora Morton, seemed disinclined to listen to reason. Revolutionary troops chased him to Santa Ana on the Guatemalan border where he signed his resignation...
Though a large part of the loyal Portuguese Navy lay off Funchal, though the revolutionary junta of General Souza Dias was in Funchal, days passed and Funchal was not bombarded. The- flagship of the Portuguese Navy bears the imposing title of Carvalho Araujo. Twelve years ago this same ship was the bouncing little British fleet-sweeper, Jonquil. One shell from the London could scuttle it. Not until the British had established their safety zone did the Portuguese ships begin a fitful bombardment. Soon Minister of Marine Commandante Magalhaes Correia sent a transport and the 55-year-old iron-clad Vasco...
Just before the attack was to start a tiny fishing launch shot out from Funchal pier with a large white flag flapping from its flagstaff. As it neared the Carvalho Araujo the cabin opened. Out stepped Rt. Rev. Antonio Emmanuele Pereira Ribeiro, Bishop of Funchal, swaying unsteadily. A rope ladder was dropped. Hand over hand, up went His Reverence, his purple silk skirts flapping about his legs, to plead for the cessation of all hostilities, but Commandante Correia locked himself in his cabin...