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...nowadays to make other men Presidents, let them take the risks. In 1929 few Mexicans had ever heard of their Great Engineer, but General Calles had no trouble whatsoever getting him elected. Last week he made a new President almost overnight, made a young one this time, General Abelardo Rodriquez...
Draping the Grand Cordon across his bosom, Provisional President Rodriquez hurried out to meet friends who were hurrying to tell him the good news. Exactly ten minutes after his election he stood before Congress, proceeded to take the oath : "I swear to observe and to have observed the political Constitution of the United States of Mexico and the laws emanating therefrom. I will loyally and patriotically fulfill the office of Provisional President of the republic, looking only and always to the welfare of the country. If I fail to do so, may the nation hold me responsible...
...speeches, the Provisional President motored out to General Calles' ranch, got his orders. To date Boss Calles has been broadly friendly to the U. S., mildly hostile to private foreign interests in Mexico, firmly hostile to the Catholic Church. Some years ago he picked Second Lieutenant Abelardo Rodriquez as a good & loyal henchman, secured him rapid promotion to Mexico's highest military rank. General of Division and last year made him War Minister - a supreme mark of trust...
...petroleum in its early stages closely resembles rubber. His process is to take crude petroleum, mix it with ground sugar cane. This compound is refined, fried in the sun, vulcanized with sulphur.* Compania Hulera Mexicana is capitalized at $115,000, has for directors sub-Secretary of War General Abelardo Rodriquez, Secretary of Industry Aron Saenz, Foreign Secretary Genaro Estrada...
Spain's most popular fighter is now Joaquin Rodriquez, nicknamed "Cagan- cho" (nightingale) because his father was a famed Flamenco singer. An obscure gypsy, Rodriquez entered the ring five years ago, left under a shower of miscellaneous objects (U. S. equivalent: pop bottles). Subsequent triumphs made him so popular that he is now trailed about the streets by mobs of adorers...