Word: epigmenio
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...world gasped three years ago when blatant Huey Pierce Long, then Governor of Louisiana, hoisted himself out of bed in pajamas and received a full-dress courtesy call from the commander of the German cruiser Emden. In Veracruz, Mexico, never, never would Mayor Epigmenio Guzman be guilty of such a breach of etiquet. Last fortnight the British cruiser Norfolk dropped anchor in Veracruz bearing in her stern cabin none less than the Commander-in-Chief of Britain's America & West Indies Station, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax...
...Mayor Epigmenio Guzman neither paid nor received a call, but he knew his duty. To the Norfolk he sent a polite wire expressing his desolation at his inability to chat with the Hon. Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. Reason: polite Mayor Guzman was in jail charged with murder...
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