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...Roman Catholic bishop, an army general, a union leader, several politicians, lawyers, entertainers, university professors and journalists. The threats have already caused a mini-diaspora. University Rectors Rodolfo Puiggrós and Raul Laguzzi have taken asylum in Mexico. Folk Singer Horacio Guarany fled to Venezuela last week. Actress Nacha Guevara left for Peru as did Comedian Norman Briski. Although it has not been directly linked to the A.A.A., the murder of General Prats has put Argentina's large community of political exiles on notice that the country is no longer a safe refuge...
...NACHA REGTJLES?Manuel Galvez ?Dutton ($3.00). This South American novel which won the Buenos Aires Prize for Letters in 1920 is not for light entertainment or easy reading. It is a thoughtful and sincere plea for the investigation and improvement of the so-called lower world in a great South American city. Its moral earnestness and stern purpose keep it from the obvious morbidness and distasteful pictures its plot inevitably suggests. Dr. Monsalvat, the hero, tries to rescue Nacha Regules from her cabaret life; and from the study of her position is led to begin a campaign...
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