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...Madrid the King's candidates failed to carry even the constituency in which his palace stood, lost the Capital as a whole, lost Seville, Barcelona, Cordova, lost all the provincial capitals except three, lost what was supposed to be the invincible Catholic stronghold of the Crown, Toledo. "I feel," said deeply religious Alfonso XIII, "as though I had gone to visit a friend and, in reaching his house, learned that he was dead...
...jungle. Managua was a pretty city; in its 76 years as the capital it had flourished. Among the adobe shacks were handsome villas, gardened palaces, pretentious public buildings. Managua was chosen as the capital in 1855 to end the interminable bloody rivalry of Nicaragua's chief cities: Granada, stronghold of the Conservatives, and Leon of the Liberals. For years these two, like Florence and Siena, battled bloodily to be the capital. Last week Granada and Leon were ready to resume this fight...
Hundreds of miles from the snows of Bardonecchia, other Italian soldiers died fighting in the Sahara. In Libya for over a year Italian troops have been waging private war against revolting Senussi tribesmen. Last stronghold of the Senussi is the Oases of Kufra, 350 miles across the open desert from the oasis of Zella, Italian base. Three columns, containing several regiments of native troops and a squadron of armored cars, escorted by a squadron of airplanes, moved against Kufra by forced march. Last week they struck. Every man and boy who could hold a rifle fought in the Senussi ranks...
...Ambassador & Mrs. Jacoby and their suite entered a private train for the 780-mi. journey to New Flower, the tin-roofed capital of the King of Kings. New Flower, or Addis Ababa, is hidden among mighty mountains at an altitude of more than 6,000 ft. To this barbaric stronghold the Jacobys carried officially an autographed photograph of President Hoover, described as "handsomely framed." Unofficial, privately-paid-for U. S. Coronation gifts include...
Toscanini's elevation would mark a final rupture with his longtime stronghold at Milan, rickety old La Scala. Henceforth Manhattan will engage his winters, Bayreuth his summers. Ructions with Italy's lantern-jawed dictator have expatriated him. In the recent Philharmonic triumph in Italy Mussolini attended none of the concerts, nor did he send any telegrams of congratulations...