Word: guardia
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...forbidden publications were all smut sheets, compendiums of "art studies'' bearing such titles as Wild Cherries, Cupid's Capers, Hollywood Squawks. Heretofore the sale of questionable magazines in New York has been combated with the vague threat of criminal prosecution. But austere little Mayor La Guardia has new ways of doing things. His commissioner of licenses simply announced that anyone in his jurisdiction who was caught selling dirty publications would be put out of business...
...American bobsled races. In Manhattan, 9.2 in. of snow fell. In the metropolitan area 500,000 commuters could not get to work. The Stock Exchange opened an hour late. Setting aside another $2,000,000 to pay 50,000 men to dig his hard-strapped city out, Mayor La Guardia moaned: "I get the jitters every time I see snow." Because all city life did not come to a standstill Brooklyn Druggist Otto Raubenheimer, a member of the Blizzard Men of '88, jeered: "A mere flurry! This snowstorm is a carbon copy of the blizzard...
...Department of Segovia for his men. His old friend Sacasa, elected President, promised him $1,000 a month to get his farms and mines started. Sandino, a great hater, still had one open enemy, General Moncada. And Moncada's nephew is General Anastacio Somoza. commander of 2,500 Guardia Nacional. Sandino had said: "There are now three powers in Nicaragua, Sacasa, the Guardia and myself." As the price for laying down his arms, he demanded that President Sacasa break the Guardia as well. Last week Moncada's men suggested that Sandino's own men had killed...
...Supreme Court in Madrid last week went the case of five U. S. citizens, one a woman, who were jailed in Palma, Mallorca, last June for hitting and insulting a member of Spain's crack police, the Guardia Civil (TIME, July 24). All five had been acquitted last October by a military court. But custom required a military auditor to review and confirm such a verdict. It happened that the auditor was a monarchist and not above embarrassing the Republican government's diplomatic relations with the U. S. He appealed the case to the Supreme Court, irascibly demanding...
When asked about the situation in New York with regard to the demands for more power made by Mayor LaGuardia, Mr. Lippmann said, "There is some doubt in my mind as to the constitutionality of the bill La Guardia drew up, but in principle he is perfectly justified in his demands. He must retrench and balance the budget. He can not increase taxes because of the bankers' agreement, and he can not cut salaries because of the special legislation which binds his hands. The balancing of the budget will be impossible unless he is at liberty to change the character...