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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...
...magazines (circulation 559,000). The selection of Miss Dougherty (whose signature "Kay Dee" has long been a mark of authority in Photoplay's office) was no surprise. Energetic, aggressive, she had shared control of the magazine with Publisher Quirk for several years. Normally softspoken, Publisher Dougherty can swear like a trooper when dealing with men. Her principal business rival is a woman-red-haired Catherine McNelis, president & publisher of Tower Magazines which include New Movie, Photoplay's most serious competitor. Publisher Dougherty does not inherit Mr. Quirk's title of editor. A board of six editors...
...unarmed B. E. F. did not give the troopers a real fight. They were too stunned and surprised that men wearing their old uniform should be turned against them. Here & there veterans would toss back gas bombs with half-forgotten skill. kick the troopers' horses, throw a few-bricks, swear bitter oaths at the impassive regulars, most of them youngsters. But resistance was wholly unorganized...
Right & Wrong? Amid the angry murmurs of Conservative M. P.'s, bland Labor M. P. Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, onetime Solicitor General, rose and gave his learned opinion that the Free State has the right to abolish the oath its Deputies and Senators swear to His Majesty, this right resting squarely on the Statute of Westminister passed by the London Parliament (TIME, Dec. 7). Conservative Winston Churchill agreed...
...melodramatics are 19th Century with the difference that they are always faked for the effect on the other characters, who look at the ground most of the time, except when they look up to "drill" one another or to look fleetingly in one another's eyes and swear undying devotion in a casual voice. Typical lines: ''Aren't you getting a little hysterical?" "I know this whole sordid nightmare." "I won't stand this treachery." "Now you're getting sentimental." "He said, 'Don't be silly,' so I shot...