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Died. Daniel S. Roosevelt, 21, nephew of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Bronson Harriman Rumsey, 22, son of the late Sculptor Charles Gary Rumsey* and the late Mary Harriman Rumsey,† in a plane crash; near Guadalupe Victoria, Puebla. Mexico. Belittling storm warnings, Flier Roosevelt, on vacation from Harvard, took off from a Mexico City airport with a girl companion, Carlotta Constantine, and Schoolfellow Rumsey, headed for Veracruz, ran into a storm, crashed in a forced landing. Catapulted clear of the wreckage, Carlotta Constantine was taken to a Mexico City hospital with fractures of left...
Four important highways join at Teruel (see map). Down the one from Sagunto and Valencia through Puebla de Valverde the Leftist offensive drove to capture Mansueto Hill, most important height above the city. Upon the tough rock of the city itself, the Leftists converged, one wing sweeping round Villastar and Campillo to half way between Concud and Caudete, another wing reaching Sierra Palomera at the height of its drive, off TIME'S map and 18 miles away...
...rebels," "bandits" or "leaders" have led private armies against the forces of law & order. They always have a base village where they are beloved. They live off the land, sack isolated villages for food and women. Today they concentrate in the central and western States surrounding Mexico City. Through Puebla and Morelos roams El Tallarin, one of the most famed of living bandits. Jalisco belongs to Lauro Rocha. In Durango operates Francisco Vasquez. In Guanajuato until last week the small bands of Fermin Sandoval and Camilo Ramirez Argot ("The Rabbit")* had occupied themselves attacking busses, robbing, raping and killing passengers...
Last week the citizens of Puebla tendered General Almada another banquet. Thoughtful businessmen remembered the Almada pledge, took up a collection...
...General," said the smiling toastmaster. "we of Puebla know you for a buen muchacho, a good fellow Pray accept these 300 silver pesos and enjoy yourself this evening without undue expense...