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These charges, Rome thought, laid the "juridical basis" for an Italian walkout from the 27-nation phalanx of Nonintervention, raised the risk of Italian action as heedless of Geneva as the Ethiopian war. Meanwhile in Spain, the big Russian air fleet of the Leftists machine-gunned Rightist trenches in one fell swoop along 330 miles of the fighting front...
...dignitaries drove across the bridge to San Francisco, repeated their speeches there. Not until they were carefully out of the way was the public admitted. Then, in the White House, President Roosevelt pressed his little gold key. On flashed green lights at each end of the bridge and a phalanx of cars charged up the ramps. In the first twelve hours, 70,000 cars drove across. Toll: 65?. That night the Navy contributed to California's debutante party a searchlight cotillion...
...above the press box is another thirty men, composed of a phalanx of photographers, a couple of spotters for Harvard, a manager from the visiting team who does their sporting for them, and a couple of announcers...
...Ludwig'' and three others had raided a native compound for women. As they chained the squat, tattooed booty, the clubhouse of Papuan men spewed out a phalanx of rescuers. Schmidt raised his rifle, shot and killed three. On trial at Rabaul on the neighboring island of New Britain, Schmidt's sole defense was that he had planned to frighten the blacks and what was so bad about killing a few Papuans anyway? Old Ludwig was sentenced...
Last week Premier Azaña ordered José jailed for prosecution on charges of inciting armed rebellion. The Phalanx was outlawed, all its clubhouses closed and many of its leaders locked up. The police, given this official support, went merrily into the streets and began cracking Rightist and Leftist skulls without fear or favor...