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...chubby, tousle-haired Andalusian lawyer who is often too busy to shave, Niceto Alcala Zamora y Torres, was elected first Constitutional President of Spain by the Cortes last week. Next day he was inaugurated...
...varied from full evening dress, frock coats, dinner jackets to sack suits. Just before the Presidential Promise was administered occurred one of those little contretemps so distressing to orderly Nordic minds. The shrill voice of Senora Alcala Zamora rose in loud lament in the lobby: "But I tell you Niceto forgot and went off with my tickets in his pockets!" Generals rushed to the rescue. Breathing hard. Senora Alcala Zamora eventually found a seat in the press gallery...
...midst of a session last week of Spain's National Assembly, the honor of Provisional President Niceto Alcala Zamora went off halfcocked, left Spain for one hour with no Chief Executive...
...Madrid someone threw a bomb into the parlor of the Portuguese Embassy. Ambassador Joao Carlos de Mello Barreto and his wife retreated hastily to the next room, waited with fingers in their ears till the bomb exploded, wrecking the furniture. Spain's President Niceto Alcala Zamora hurried round to express his deep est regrets...
...Said Niceto Alcala Zamora, Provisional President of Spain...