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...hottest syndicate at Mar del Plata this year was 20 strong, and raked in earnings estimated as high as 6,000,000 pesos. It was headed by a onetime Nazi sailor, nicknamed El Alemán, who first came to Argentina in 1939 when the German pocket battleship Graf Spee was scuttled after the Battle of the Rio de la Plata. Among the other big moneymakers were fruit hucksters, waiters and farmers, who were soon buying Cadillacs, Buicks and beach property. Known only by nicknames such as El Crespo (Curly) El Vasquito (Little Basque), or Juancito (Johnny), each gang member...
...sing the role of Countrymaid Zerlina, had folded with food poisoning. Bing had to find a substitute fast. Roberta had memorized the role and, at 5 ft. 2 in., was a neat fit in Conner's costume. After an afternoon of cramming sessions with Stage Director Herbert Graf, Assistant Manager Max Rudolf and some final tips just an hour before curtain time from Conductor Fritz Reiner, Roberta was waved onstage. She turned out to be just about the only bright light in an otherwise lusterless performance...
Died. Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, 62, oldtime Royal Navy seadog, commander of the three cruiser squadron (Ajax, Achilles Exeter) that licked the Admiral Graf Spee in the Rio de la Plata in December-1939; in Goring-on-Thames, England...
...sharpshooting Amherst team yesterday handed the varsity golf team its third straight defeat, 4 to 3, at the Dedham Country and Polo Club. Amherst's Graf Mouen took medal honors with a 71, defeating Captain Bob Matson, 3 and 2. Matson...
Morrison, bow; Spencer, 2; Parker, 3; W. Gauntt, 4; Hale, 5; Brunner, 6; Pieton, 7; Graf, stroke; Schroth, coxswain...