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Typical of the sniggling subservience paid the Governor of Massachusetts by his horde of minions is the Registrar of Motor Vehicles' handling of the latest Curley accident. Not only has the unfortunate driver of the other car, young Ferreira, been summarily and unjustly deprived of his license but the full weight of bureaucratic persecution has been levelled at his head, despite the impartial and credible testimony of twelve witnesses. Such is justice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the stewardship of James M. Curley...
From Pernambuco, Brazil, last week came word that Virgilino Ferreira da Silva. 34, "the John Dillinger of Brazil,'' had been shot in a brawl and died of his wounds. Better known as Lampedo (the lamp post), Brazil's John Dillinger has shot his way through back-country towns and ranches for 15 years. Two hundred Federal troops with machine guns and airplane scouts were unable to catch Lampeao, who delighted the country folk from time to time by free distribution of all the beer in town and by pulling out sheriffs' beards, hair by hair...
...caught and believed to be one of the assassins. Eight men who were caught red-handed with loot from the train " confessed" ?to exactly what was not stated? and were instantly shot. The only hint at a definite explanation of the bandits' acts was that they thought General Ferreira, Military Commandant of the state of Jalisco, was on the train and wished to murder...
...Juiz de Fora, Brazil, one Vicente Henrique Ferreira, aged 118, "father of 42 boys and six girls," announced his marriage to Georgiana da Silva, aged 23, "had hopes of bringing his immediate offspring up to 50." Black, he served three masters before the abolishment of slavery, has outlived four wives...