Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When the car jolted to a stop the Abbe Loubiere shepherded his new-found charges about the Sacre Coeur, pointed out the giant Christ above the altar, blessed a rosary for one of the young women...
...There was no hesitation. The fastest royal automobile was ordered out with the greatest secrecy and about two o'clock, when all but a few in the palace were asleep, the car rolled out of the palace courtyard with the King himself at the wheel accompanied by the Duke of Miranda and a chauffeur...
...Three hundred miles over hill and dale, over muddy country roads and terrible cobbled pavements, the King drove. Frequently he sent the car along faster than 70 miles an hour to make up for time lost on the worst stretches. When the King reached Tolosa, he entered upon the mountain passes, a nerve racking drive even in full daylight. But there was not even moonlight for the royal driver as heavy clouds obscured the sky and at Burgos, across the mountains, heavy rains greeted...
...London Daily Express carried a lurid "scoop" last week purporting to describe how a group of mutinous artillery officers held up His Majesty's car at Del Leon and forced him to promise to support their cause. Arrived at Madrid, Alfonso was declared to have repeated his conversation with the mutineers to Dictator Premier Primo de Rivera, who allegedly remarked: "If your Majesty yields to the officers, I will proclaim a republic with myself as President...
...week-end passed swiftly amid those diversions which have made Cuernavaca attractive to many Americans-among them U. S. Ambassador Sheffield. As their car left on the return journey to Mexico City, the Zahlers, Mr. Ruff and Mr. Rosenthal were described as "laughing and chatting loudly...