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...chance of regaining power since they lost it in 1930 by just such a division. Their nominee: coffee-rich Mariano Ospina Pérez, whose uncle and grandfather had been Colombian Presidents. Put up at the last minute by wily old Conservative Leader Laureano Gomez, ultra-respectable Candidate Ospina Perez had shrewdly sat tight in Bogota, made a few well-bred radio speeches, and waited for the divided Liberals to knock themselves...
...Affair of Father Perez...
...Army lieutenant stationed at Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, has written a friend of mine here a story which goes as follows: "When fire bombs destroyed his church, school and convent at Matsuyama last July, Father Perez watched 27 years of labor in Japan go up in smoke...
...Spanish missionary food and clothing. One lieutenant from the Engineers rounded up a few volunteers, built a hut from scrap lumber and installed a makeshift stove. From somewhere an Army cot and blankets for the nuns appeared. Best of all, a few bags of Australian flour were produced. . . . Father Perez faced the winter with confidence...
...Meanwhile, Father Perez went back to sleeping on the boards. Disgusted G.I.s are wondering why Jap prostitutes can get U.S. penicillin but a missionary...