Word: laredos
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...first time in Cuban history military men watched over the polling places. Boastfully proud of his army and contemptuous of Cuban politicians, Batista called this election "the fairest and most honorable in the republic's history." Cuba's much-bossed President, Federico Laredo Bru, who has long been expected to announce his resignation after this election, kept mum last week about himself, but made a possibly ironic speech of "thanks" to citizens of Santiago for their "demonstrative" greeting to his "representative," Batista, on the occasion of a grand fiesta celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the beginning of Cuba...
...Connell of Montana observed to reporters in Los Angeles three weeks ago that "Mexico will undergo a Fascist revolt in 60 days." Wild rumors started flying up & down the Mexican-U. S. line, and Texans contracted a fine case of border jitters. Soon in the Mexican expatriate hangouts in Laredo, Brownsville, El Paso appeared portly General Nicolas Rodríguez boasting: "I have 800,000 men ready to march on Mexico City...
...Colonel Fulgencio Batista launched a social, economic "New Deal." On the one hand he amnestied Tyrant Machado, on the other he decided to make payments on the defaulted bonds to bolster Cuba's credit so he could begin borrowing afresh. Last week he had his figurehead President, Federico Laredo Bru, rubber-stamp through congress a settlement which provides: 1) refunding of $40,000,000 5½% bonds, largely held by the Chase interests, with a 4½% issue; 2) payment of $20,000,000 short-term credit owed the Chase; and 3 ) appointment of a commission to haggle over...
...exclusively to work by 4-to-15-year-old talents opened in Washington, sponsored jointly by WPA and city officials. But a Federal Art Project class in Manhattan stole the children's show of the week with an exhibition of paintings, under each of which WPA Instructor Victor Laredo had stuck the artist's verbal description of his work. Samples: ¶ "Hey, you know who this is? It's my cousin 'Butch' and he looks dopey like this all the time...
...Mexican art are having it easier & easier. In San Francisco, Detroit, Manhattan and Hanover, N. H., distinguished murals have been painted by Artists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. Into Mexico City, where there are more & better Mexican paintings, the Inter-American Highway running south from Laredo, Tex., has piped thousands of U. S. tourists since its opening last year. Last week important shows in three U. S. cities gave art followers a fresh triangulation on Mexican...