Word: herrera
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once his country's Minister at Washington (1922-30), purposeful, air-minded President Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera surprised his countrymen by issuing without warning last week two decrees: the first prohibits from July 1 "the sale of alcoholic beverages, except beer, between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and on Sundays and holidays;" the second strikes directly at the old Colombian custom of gun-toting, drastically restricts imports of firearms, stiffens the requirements for licenses to carry them...
...refunded to Aluminum Co. and Gulf Oil, "thousands" of dollars to himself. The Treasury literally labels his concerns "Mellon companies." He used his official position to have the Barco oil concession in Colombia restored by that Government to Gulf Oil, following personal conversation with President-elect Olaya Herrera...
...gold basis. Gold Standard-"Cross of Gold?" Sacrosanct to most bankers though the Gold Standard is, rumblings came from some quarters last week remindful of William Jennings Bryan, "free silver," "16 to i" and "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!" In Colombia, harassed President Olaya Herrera decided that his country's burdens are too great to bear on a gold basis. Congress at his behest rushed through legislation similar to Britain's, barred gold exports from Colombia, barred even the exchange of Colombian pesos into dollars. Further south, President Terra of Uruguay declared that...
...station before five combat planes were ripping over the area, dropping bombs, strafing the ground with short bursts of machine gun fire. The anti-aircraft gun barked angrily. One bullet knocked the magneto off Capt. Torres Menier's plane. Two more planes, one piloted by Lieut. Rodolfo Herrera, son of the Cuban Army's Chief of Staff, were shot down. All three landed safely...
Machado's Return. By the week's end warfare had quieted enough for Gerardo Machado' to return to Havana with his chief of staff and right-hand man General Alberto Herrera, the man who more than any other squashed the rebellion. Havana police were on their toes to prevent an outbreak from rebellious students...