Word: santamaria
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...offices of the Banco de Bilbao, which for 15 years has paid him a yearly rent of 12,000 pesetas ($1,080), now about one-tenth of what the landlord could get from a new tenant. Don Francisco pleaded inflation and asked for more rent from Bank Manager Jose Santamaria. Then he tried litigation. He got nowhere...
Crowds gathered outside the building, for Don Francisco's windows were generously open. When Bank Manager Jose Santamaria sent plenipotentiaries upstairs with a request please to stop the noise, Don Francisco greeted them from his armchair where he lolled, walking stick between his knees, a glass of manzanilla in his hand. "Go away," he waved. "Let a man enjoy music in peace. Get back to your figures and books. Kindly disturb me no longer...
...clock, when the bank closed, the concert ended. At 4 o'clock, when the bank reopened, the music roared up again. Frantic Jose Santamaria went upstairs in person. "My dear friend," said Don Francisco grandly, "do come in and enjoy my little concert. These are the finest musicians in town. I discovered them. Won't you stay a while and have a drink with me?" Don Jose sputtered: "Stop this infernal racket or I shall call the police." "An excellent idea!" crowed the landlord. "Those poor chaps must get very bored in that dreary town hall...
...Fascist headquarters and at the home of a local Fascist leader. At Campoligure, near Genoa. Thirty persons were wounded in a fight between the Fascisti and opposing forces. The trouble arose because the anti-Fascisti objected to and interfered with the funeral of a local hero, Paolo Santamaria, whose body had been brought back from the former Italian battle front. This is said to have provoked the attack by the Fascisti. At Pontelagoscuro, near Ferrara. In the dead of a pitch black night a band of unknown persons tried to storm a fort containing thousands of tons of explosives. Rifle...