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...Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario) came into pow er in Bolivia. The rebels dashed about in Lend-Lease jeeps, invaded the homes of Government leaders and dragged them off to prison. Pro-U.S. President Enrique Peñaranda was later exiled to Chile. His 80-year-old mother died of fright. Two of Bolivia's three great tin barons, Mauricio Hochschild and Carlos Victor Aramayo, went into hiding. The greatest, Simon I. Patino, was safe in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, where he refused to answer the telephone...
...give Tokyo a fright. Tokyo did indeed broadcast to its people a warning that "the enemy could have raided the mainland if he had wanted...
Died. King Boris of Bulgaria, 49, Hitler's puppet; of a bullet wound, heart trouble or fright...
Boongs, some of whom speak fair mission English, are almost invariably friendly to white men, but take a low view of the Japanese. Their standard appraisal: "Jap, him all along bad fella." This attitude, plus the pidgin English system of communication, brought both fright and embarrassment to a U.S. fighter pilot who had a forced landing. Two naked black men with rifles popped up, disarmed him and made signs for him to put his hands up. Stepping back, the pilot tapped his chest impressively and said: "Me American!" Replied one of the Abos: "Well, why didn...
From Italy onetime Metropolitan Opera Tenor Tito Schipa, 53, arrived suddenly in Lisbon. He explained: "Only those who have experienced the sensation of stage fright can judge how one feels when bombs are exploding just a little...