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Argentina's internal political turmoil was blanketed under a state of siege suddenly ordered by Acting President Ramon S. Castillo. "I wish that no one speak ill of anyone," he said...
Never considered necessary in World War I, the state of siege raised suspicion among the Acting President's Radical (liberal) opposition that Ramon Castillo was using the war to entrench his Conservative clique more firmly in power. This suspicion was strengthened by Castillo's cancellation of a great pro-Ally mass meeting scheduled to be held in Luna Park. Sponsors, the pro-British Accion Argentina and Buenos Aires' most respected citizens, had expected that 50,000 people would turn out to cheer as U.S. Ambassador Norman Armour read a message from President Roosevelt...
...Ramon Castillo regretfully explained that his decree affected all nations and sympathies alike. No doubt he hoped the U.S. would remember his friendly gesture of declaring the U.S. a nonbelligerent. His suggestion that President Roosevelt's message be broadcast by radio was turned down by the meeting's sponsors...
Before the 90 days were up, Acting President Ramon S. Castillo decided that the guests at the Hotel de Inmigrantes would have to leave. By this time they all had Paraguayan visas, but they were not permitted even to walk across the city to the river boat for Paraguay. Instead they were bundled aboard another of the "whited sepulchers,'' the Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn). Before the ship sailed one of the refugees killed himself...
...Cinemactor Ramon Navarro, who retired in 1935 with $500,000, spent a night in a Hollywood jail when he couldn't raise $150 bail. Next morning when he pleaded guilty to drunken driving his lawyer paid his $50 fine, denied Navarro was busted...