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...training; consequently Brazilian officerdom speaks of him as a "Pescoqo de Sola" (Leatherneck)-a ranker. In the 1924 revolution, Dutra again fought the Government unsuccessfully. But he hit the jackpot in 1930 when he helped Vargas' "gauchos" ride into power. Since then he has been a staunch pillar of Brazil's neo-fascist "New State...
Within a few days other Virginia papers reprinted the Meade article, ran editorials agreeing with the News Leader. The tradition-bound Richmond Times Dispatch, long a staunch Glass supporter, regretfully announced: "We join in the call." From the Richmond News Leader and the Alexandria Gazette came dissenting opinions. Able Powell Glass, the Senator's eldest son, who runs the Glass-owned Lynchburg News and the Lynchburg Advance, dutifully gave his readers a report of the discussion, without comment...
...Boomerang. Paulus is the member who probably means most to Germans. In 1942 and early 1943, Goebbels plugged him as a staunch Nazi, the victor of Rostov, a man who outranked Heinz Guderian as a tank genius...
...Boomerang. Paulus is the member who probably means most to Germans. In 1942 and early 1943, Goebbels plugged him as a staunch Nazi, the victor of Rostov, a man who outranked Heinz Guderian as a tank genius...
...marine, Mike Mansfield had done a two-year tour in Peking and Tientsin 23 years ago. He had not been back, but as professor of Far Eastern history in Montana State University, and as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he had remained a staunch friend of China. Armed with a long, officially prepared list of pertinent questions, Mansfield set out on the Presidential mission...