Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shouldered, multichinned General Cedillo, onetime Mexican bandit who rode with famed Pancho Villa, has been Strong-man in San Luis Potosí for some 20 years. His private agrarian army, which he maintains on his extensive Potosí landholdings, helped boost Señor Cárdenas into the Presidency in 1934 and Señor Cedillo became Minister of Agriculture. The General, however, opposed the land expropriation Cárdenas program. Nine months ago he resigned in a huff. With cries of "Fascist" from Mexican Laborites and left-wingers ringing in his ears, the old "Bull of Potos...
...last week., But if they were not impressed with the colt from Missouri, railbirds should have placed more confidence in the smartest jockey of the year, Kentucky-born Eddie Arcaro, who had the leg up on Lawrin. Determined to win his first Kentucky Derby, 23-year-old Jockey Arcaro rode the race he planned. Drawing the No. 1 post position, he kept Lawrin close to the rail, stuck in the ruck until he found his opening. Coming into the stretch, he pulled out in front-three, four, five lengths- shot across the finish line a full length ahead of William...
...Louis. Fortunately a traffic control officer saw him and radioed Pilot Connors to land. As the plane rolled to a stop, Krebs slid to the ground. He was still clutching the papers. His comment, as he handed them up for signature: "No cowboy ever rode a bronc harder...
...Southwest, the West and Mexico, stopping off in Hollywood for two months. There Artist Campos and Cine-martist Walt Disney talked over the possibilities for bigger & better animated cartoons. Most fun Artist Campos has yet had in the U. S. was in Los Angeles, Calif., where he rode as a gaucho in the rodeo...
...Pollack's band play in a Chicago hotspot. What struck him most about Ben Pollack's outfit was the playing of Pollack's clarinetist, a sober, scholarly-looking chap named Benny Goodman. Twelve years later Drummer Krupa joined Clarinetist Goodman's own orchestra and rode to fame with that rising organization...