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...President of 1,000 Murders." Martí had predicted that "rascals will struggle to infest politics." After the administration, of First President Tomás Estrada Palma (1902-06), who died in poverty, Cuba never knew an honest President. No. 2 retired to a $250,000 mansion; No. 3 parlayed $1,000,000 into $30 million to $40 million; No. 4 was known as "the peseta stealer." No. 5, Gerardo ("The Butcher") Machado (1925-33), coupled graft with terror, rode in a $30,000 armored car, had some of his victims fed to the sharks. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched...
...Palma de Mallorca, Spain...
According to the original flight plan, French Pilot Gaston Grellier, 40, headed toward a non-French refueling stop, at Majorca in Spain's Balearic Islands, to avoid putting down in Algeria. In the air the first directive crackled from Algeria: "Refuel at Palma and then proceed to Algiers." Since French delicacy dictated that the Sultan should be among the first to hear that his hospitality was being violated, Pilot Grellier was also told to radio his new destination back to Rabat. Seeing the report, the Moroccan Minister of Works cried, "This is pure piracy," and ordered instructions sent...
Prices are still low in Spain. More than 250,000 U.S. vacationers are expected this year, v. 50,000 in 1953, when Ralph Reed persuaded the Spanish government to join American Express in a travel promotion program that touched off Spain's tourist boom. Palma de Majorca, in the Balearic Islands, is still the top tourist attraction, but the coves of Spain's Costa Brava and Malaga's sandy beaches will pull thousands of American sun worshipers...
Died. Ralph de Palma, 73. Italian-born auto speed king, winner of the 1915 500-mile Indianapolis Memorial Day race (in a Mercedes, averaging 89.84 m.p.h.) and of two AAA national championships (1912, 1914). who drove against such old-time racing greats as Eddie Rickenbacker, Tommy Milton, Ray Harroun, Barney Oldfield; of cancer; in South Pasadena. Calif...