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United Fruit did not have to wait long for its answer. Exactly one week after the Logtown outrage?over the weekend, as is customary in Latin America?civil war suddenly erupted in Honduras just north of Nicaragua against the government of President Vincente Mejia Colindres. Rebel forces under Generals Diaz and Ferrera fell upon the north coast towns of Tela, Progreso and Ceiba, were repulsed by loyal troops, seized fruit company locomotives, cars, tracks. Standard Fruit (Honduras holdings: 164,000 acres in bananas; 250 mi. of railroad) and United Fruit ordered its ships to stand by at the ports...
...Gallito's name is spoken. But not many. The sport is too popular to permit of a reigning favorite, like Juan, being eclipsed by the prowess of a dead man, or even by the exploits of great bull-stabbers, retired but still alive, as Rocardo Torres ("Bombita") and Sanchez Mejia...
...shotput; and H. P. Miller, who has cleared 6 feet, 3 1-8 inches in the high-jump. The other men on the California team are: O. O. Hendrixson and H. B. McDonald in the 440; R. Hutchinson in the 100; Kenneth Saunders in the 880; E. J. Mejia in the mile; Charles Dorr in the two-mile; H. B. Henderson in the hurdles; C. C. Mathews in the shot-put; and A. G. Norris in the pole-vault...