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...Pepe Le Moko," from which United Artists made "Algiers" in 1938, is in most ways a better picture than its carbon copy. United Artists knew a good thing when they saw it, and they took large chunks--still recognizable shots, and in some cases apparently the very same sets--of the French original as a backdrop for Boyer, Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, and Gene Lockbart...
...minute radio program TIME has gotten up. It is called Aprendamos Inglés, and it aims to help people in Spanish America learn English painlessly-by letting them listen in on some informal talk between a North American called Joe Bishop and his South American friend, one Pepe Obispo...
...funeral over, Pepe commissioned Galo, once Minister of Defense, to break the news to Police Minister Dr. Aurelio Aguilar Vasquez that Pepe did not plan to return to the clink. Pepe had not asked for leave, had not been notified of his release by proper authorities, had refused use of a Government car. Now he was comfortably situated in Galo's roomy residence. To the astonished Minister Galo added: "We are ready to repel any attempt on the part of the authorities to break into my house. I only request that I be notified ahead of time so that...
...Minister sought legal counsel. The judiciary, he found, had no authority to issue an order permitting Galo's property to be trespassed on, unless Pepe had already been tried and found guilty of a crime. Such was not the case. So the Minister did the next best thing. He dispatched a detachment of police to wait for Pepe to come outside...
Within the residential bastion, Pepe grinned and settled down for a long siege. He planned to remain out of circulation until Aug. 10, when Congress convenes. At that time the President's dictatorial powers for maintaining the status quo will automatically expire. Congress, he hoped, will save him from Police Minister Aguilar, from President Arroyo del Rio and from confinement at Guaranda. Said he: "I did not pledge my word to return. . . . They even refused to clean my cell lest I should have someone to talk...