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...That stupid label was only a dirty political trick of the Communists and other President Calderon supporters. ... It all began in 1941, when Cortes broke off with his long supporter and follower, Dr. Calderon, who, a short time later, embarked in a complete partnership with Communists...
Leading the club are President Vincento Rodriquez '41 of Puerto Rico and Vice-president Arthur L. Jaros '41 of New York. Gustavo Arajon is head of the Culture Committee, Richard Carroll of the Finance Committee, Jaros of the House Committee, and Carles Calderon of the Social Committee...
...Manuel Barres and hand-picked members of Argentina's crack motorized "Mounties of the Pampas" worked in secret for weeks, visiting ranches, hobnobbing with strangers in cafes and on street corners. When leaders of the movement had thus been discovered, he asked his superior, grim-lipped General Manuel Calderon, Commander in Chief of the National Gendarmes for uniformed reinforcements, swooped down on the Nazi suspects...
From the evidence seized, the Gendarmes claimed proof of an armed, thoroughly organized Nazi militia, planning "liquidation" of local Government officials, destruction of food and fuel deposits, armed resistance in case of attack. General Calderon published photographs of arms caches; Commandant Barres told of radio transmitters, a card file containing names, personal characteristics, technical aptitudes of all Germans in the district. Significant was "an official German map" of Europe and South America, marked with a red band extending from Germany downward through Brazil, covering all Misiones Territory...
...Ordered masters of vessels to lock up all cameras while passing through the Panama Canal; entertained as overnight guests Dr. Rafael A. Calderon Guardia, President-elect of Costa Rica, and his wife. Declared President-elect Guardia: the defense of the Canal is Costa Rica's vital interest, for which she is ready to take any measure...