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...Spanish Embassy in London one night last week, Edward of Wales sat on a gilded chair during a function in honor of Vice President Julio Roca of Argentina, a friend of his Empire Salesman days. Before him gyrated a sinuous Spanish dancer, her hair set with jaunty combs and a rose. As she stomped through a lively jota, one comb fell out. H. R. H. swooped it up, returned it with a bow. At the next paseo the lady with flashing eyes shook out two more combs and the rose. There were loud cries of "Que hombre! Ole Ole!!" Edward...
...workers but the unemployed of Rancagua at the rate of 3,000 loaves of bread per day. Inability to import enough food results partly from the Chilean Government's long-standing policy of restricting foreign exchange movements to support the peso-a policy denounced last week by Senor Julio Perez Canto who happens to be Chile's Minister of Finance. In secret, illegal exchange dealings pesos changed hands in Santiago last week at 50 and more to the dollar. The official rate is 16. Chileans were facing simultaneously a four-ply crisis: political, industrial, social, monetary...
...Colombian Legation gave sanctuary to Elisio Arguelles' sons Elisio Jr. and Fernando, and to Julio Rabell, nephew of Judge Pedro Rabell...
...Corcoran. Calif., when arraigned on a charge of hitting his wife with a hoe, meticulous Julio Rodriquez denied the charge, declared it was not a hoe but a shovel...
...other Spanish generals were ousted for similar cause. Hero of the hour was Lieut.-Colonel Julio Mangada, the only officer present who refused to join Spain's Chief of Staff in shouting "Viva Espana!" (the last words uttered by King Alfonso XIII before he left Spain). Rebuked by the Chief of Staff in the presence of common soldiers for refusing to shout "Viva Espana!", heroic Lieut.-Colonel Mangada reached for his service pistol, was pounced upon and arrested...