Word: obregon
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...aunts referred to were elder sisters of an 18th and youngest child, Alvaro Obregon, who was brought up by them when orphaned. He never forgot...
Warrior of Wit. Too many generals lack wit. Indeed the quality is thought fatal in a military man, or policeman. But General Obregon's buoyant, spontaneous wit bubbled at convivial moments like champagne-to which he was not addicted, being an advocate of temperance, not prohibition...
Testifying to Obregon's wit, last week...
...Farmer boy. Colleague of Yaqui Indians. Keeper of a general store. Employe of a U. S. engineering firm. Rural politician. Recruiter of a two-thirds Indian army in the revolution against Dictator Porfirio Diaz who had been seven times President of Mexico-such was the manner in which Orphan Obregon became General...
Carranza & Villa. When the years of revolutionary triumph began to lengthen, Obregon might easily have seized the Presidency. But he stood aside for his friend Venustiano Carranza, bearded, schoolmasterish, vain. When Carranza had had his swig of power and seemed reluctant to pass on the cup, General Obregon ousted him and probably issued the order which resulted in his assassination...