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...Manuel Avila Camacho. Though he was elected principally through the efforts of Cárdenas' Party of the Mexican Revolution, General Camacho's principles are far to the right of the Party's. Having sensed a swing to the right in Mexican politics, having observed the temper of some of the Rightists, Avila Camacho last week thought the time ripe to enunciate his principles. He announced that he was a good Catholic (the Church has been disestablished since 1859), that Communists would not be permitted to collaborate with his Government (Communists were welcomed by Lázaro...
...full houses nearly everywhere. The tour was no picnic for the players, as most of their spare time was spent rehearsing. Stokowski, who took no salary for the tour, complained that enthusiastic South Americans had mobbed him for souvenirs-coat buttons, handkerchiefs, gloves. Only time he lost the Stokowski temper was in Montevideo, where the program carried a biography stating the old libel that his real name was Stokes.* The concert was delayed for half an hour while the offending programs were gathered...
After an hour or two, with a rapidly rising temper, Ludwig called the police. Right on the job came a patrol car with the usual "what's-the-matter-here" attitude. Finally deciding, since the coupe's rear end extended all of a foot and four inches over the side-walk, that this constituted an offense, Patrolman No. 129 called headquarters to have the car towed away...
...went to work redeyed. But London remained on the whole good-natured. The Times's bridge correspondent complained a bit that the raids were "having a serious effect on bridge." But a taxicab driver inserted an advertisement in the Times's personal column apologizing for losing his temper during a raid...
...nagging, harrying, wheedling, the Beaver got underlings to assume responsibility. One subordinate whom he bawled out (as he once bawled out Fleet Street editors) wrote a stiff request for transfer. The Beaver read the note, muttered cozily: "My frightful temper," and ordered a dozen bottles of champagne, a dozen bottles of brandy, a dozen bottles of whiskey and (in case he didn't drink) a dozen bottles of ginger beer sent to the offended secretary. With them went a note: "From a bad Minister to a fine Under Secretary." Since he became so busy, Lord Beaverbrook has stopped giving...