Word: mexico
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...1920s his policies grew ridiculous. He published documents charging bribery of Senators by Mexico, saw them exposed as forgeries. He was expelled from France after engineering the theft of a secret Anglo-French naval pact. He established himself as No. i exponent of the Red Scare...
...Under Mexico's rigged political setup, the Presidential nominee of the Cárdenas-controlled Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM) is virtually certain of election and the candidate backed by the potent, 1,000,000-strong Mexican Confederation of Labor (CTM) is virtually certain to be nominated by the Party. Last week, although President Cárdenas still has 21 months to serve and the election is more than a year away, the CTM put its seal of approval on square-faced, bullnecked, 43-year-old General Manuel Avila Camacho, until recently Minister of National Defense...
Another plug for General Avila came from the National Peasants Federation, which claims 2,000,000 members. A one-time cavalry officer who has always taken care of the Army's wants while in office, General Avila already has the backing of a large share of Mexico's military men, who compose the third largest voting bloc...
...China, Japan and the Americas, Pacific House has map-murals as its principal decoration. Its urbane idea-man was Philip Newell Youtz, recent director and modernizer of the Brooklyn Museum. His best idea: four large (15-by-24-feet) mural maps of the Pacific side of the world, by Mexico's Miguel Covarrubias...
...Mexico City, a Government order reduced the lunch-and-siesta period for Government employes from four hours to three...