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...federal army which took Vera Cruz ?and appeared to have squelched the revolution south of Mexico City???was commanded by General Juan Andreu. now chief of staff to General Calles. Leaving the Vera Cruz situation quiet in the hands of a subordinate, General Andreu hopped by airplane to the rebel area in the north. Trainload after trainload of artillery (on flat cars) and soldiers (in box cars) which had started from Mexico City for Vera Cruz were switched back and rushed to aid General Calles...
...girl from home who wants to be a singer in the city???this tale is often told. In this case the home-town doctor has hypnotized her into believing she cannot sing ?after a throat operation. He of course wanted to marry her. In the closing moments of the play she recovers both voice and balance, bursts into song, and everybody is content. Dorothy Francis, once of the Chicago Opera Company, favors with the unusual combination of an actress and a voice...
Statistics made public during the past fortnight indicate how widespread is the hygienic use of soap, tooth paste, shaving preparations, and so forth, in a typical U. S. city???Milwaukee. Editors of Milwaukee newspapers sent reporters to the drug stores of the city to learn how extensive is the use of cosmetics...
Crime alone?the industry which, with meatpacking, is responsible for the wide reputation of his native city???he could not understand. When the report came to his paper of the bandits who raided the Drake hotel, (TIME, Aug. 10, NATIONAL AFFAIRS), he said: "Poor fellows...
Elsewhere we rent?in Berlin, Rome, Vienna, Budapest, Brussels. The Hague, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berne, Madrid, Lisbon. Only in the last decade has much progress been made in putting our representatives into American-owned homes. Several of the few we own?vide London, Mexico City??? are the gifts of wealthy Americans. Crowded offices, dirty buildings, bad plumbing have been the earmarks of our official residences abroad. Gradually we are improving...