Word: insurrectionists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Team. Of the two men, bullnecked Congressman La Guardia was the more vital and forceful insurrectionist. Bora in Manhattan 49 years ago, the son of an Italian musician, he spent most of his early life at Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Ariz., where his father was Army bandmaster. Graduated from New York University in 1910, he turned to politics, was first elected to Congress in 1916. Instead of warming his seat during the War he became a major in the Army, was sent to Italy in command of U. S. aviation forces, flew bombing planes over the Austrian lines. Later he returned...
Reporters found one gloomy insurrectionist sucking away at a planter's punch in a cafe in Obispo Street. "At least," said he, brightening, "we spoiled Machado's fishing season...
Natives trembled at the persistent rumors that bandit armies were gathering to loot the stricken city. Marine officers paid no attention, knowing that the bandits knew perfectly well how thoroughly Managua was protected. A graceful gesture came from none other than Augusto Sandino, the insurrectionist who for years has been waging warfare against U. S. troops. By grapevine to Mexico it was announced that "all divisions" of the Sandino army would maintain an armistice until the emergency was passed...
Married. General Emilio Aguinaldo, famed Philippine insurrectionist (1899-1901); To his third wife, Senorita Maria Agoncillo, 49, sister of much-moneyed landowning Filipino Gregorio Agoncillo; at Manila...