Word: colombianizing
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...Colombian Legation gave sanctuary to Elisio Arguelles' sons Elisio Jr. and Fernando, and to Julio Rabell, nephew of Judge Pedro Rabell...
...Bogota last week the Senate of Colombia voted $10,000,000 for "national defense" (against Peru) and 10,000 Bogotans patriotically paraded?this despite the fact that Peru's government has apologized for the "Leticia Incident" of Sept. 1 when Peruvian hotheads seized Leticia, Colombian port...
...minded President Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera surprised his countrymen by issuing without warning last week two decrees: the first prohibits from July 1 "the sale of alcoholic beverages, except beer, between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and on Sundays and holidays;" the second strikes directly at the old Colombian custom of gun-toting, drastically restricts imports of firearms, stiffens the requirements for licenses to carry them...
...Palace at Bogota, one of Senor Olaya's jobs was to take up what was known as the Barco oil concession, valued at $300,000,000 or more. This concession, con trolled by Gulf Oil Corp. which is largely owned by Secretary Mellon & Family, had been canceled by the Colombian Government in 1926. The State Department in 1928 gently pressed for its restoration...
...Colombia's bank credit was unaccountably held up in New York. President Olaya complained to Secretary Stimson who went in person to see the attorney of National City Co. in New York. The hankers were not urged not to be "unduly technical." Mr. Schoepperle insisted that the Colombian budget had not been balanced as agreed and as for the Barco con cession, he did not "give a damn." On June 20, 1931 the Barco concession was restored to Gulf Oil Corp., to the large satisfaction of the State Department. On June 30 Mr. Schoepperle released the final...