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...Madison Square Garden, full to the rafters, Primo Camera, Italian monster (6 ft. 6 in.), strode toward the ring, grinning. He wore a bright green cap and a sleeveless sweater from which protruded biceps as big as a strong man's thigh. His weight was annonnced at 269½. In the opposite corner was his first U. S. opponent, Big Boy Peterson, a New Orleans Swede, only two inches shorter but 60 Ib. lighter. Big Boy stared with a white, sick face at the giant, and when the bell rang rushed toward him, was knocked down four times...
...General Primo de Riyera joined the rank and file of erstwhile dictators yesterday, 200 students were incarcerated for their boisterous exuberance at the restoration of kingly power. Neither Alfonso's refusal to continue as a figurehead in these enlightened times of complete suffrage, nor the machinations of the Army as a political boss have occasioned more press comment in Spain's latest cabal than this violent outburst of joy from the halls of higher learning...
...Jimmy Maloney v. Primo Carnera (his U. S. debut) at Boston Garden...
Traditionally, a Dictator is a strong silent man who never complains. More sensitive than most is His Excellency General Don Miguel Primo de Rivera. Marques de Estella, Dictator of Spain...
...King Alfonso. For years the King has been less than lukewarm to the dictatorship, continually giving awkward hints of a return to parliamentary government "as soon as conditions warrant." A month ago Madrid cafes buzzed with gossip that the King was about to demand the resignation of Dictator Primo de Rivera as Prime Minister and appoint that elegant grandee, the Duke of Alba, in his place (TIME, Dec. 2). Dictator Primo de Rivera quashed the rumor, sternly announced that the present dictatorship would continue "indefinitely." King Alfonso was not amused. Fortnight ago when the Prime Minister presented his Cabinet...