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Died. Robert Walton Moore, 81, shrewd, leathery Virginia politico,' most intimate personal friend of Cordell Hull, Congressman for six terms, Assistant Secretary of State 1933-37, Counselor of the Department since 1937; of pneumonia; at his Fairfax, Va. home...
Many an Argentine politico found his way through the doors of the big house on the Calle Suipacha last week. In a darkened sickroom little knots of them chatted briefly with their host, eagerly tried to gauge his strength and health...
...Zorro." If & when Ortiz' health forces the President's permanent retirement, control will pass to the man who stepped in as Acting President, a shrewd, hardbitten, 67-year-old Conservative politico whose nickname, El Zorro, means "The Fox." Ramón Castillo (pronounced castíjo) became Vice President as a compromise candidate on Roberto Ortiz' ticket. When the President broke with the Conservatives and became the rallying point of Radical strength, Conservative strength gathered around Castillo and ex-President Justo. The Acting Presidency has given El Zorro a further chance to consolidate that strength...
...London's vital outpost, the Ambassadorship to the Court of St. James's, he prepared to send no blundering politico but one of the ablest career diplomats in the Foreign Service, shrewd, handsome Norman Armour, now Ambassador to Argentina. Mr. Armour's record was a quick index to his ability: posts at Paris (twice). Petrograd, Brussels, The Hague, Montevideo, Rome. Tokyo, Port-au-Prince, Ottawa, Santiago. Buenos Aires, Washington...
...Composer Richard Wagner's less important works last week stirred politico-patriotic debate in Britain. The work in question was his saucy Granddaughter Friedelind, 22, who has had as interesting a history as any of his operas...