Word: uriburu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bend, he left a note for his adopted son: "Russel, I can't go on any longer." Died. Hipolito Irigoyen, 85, twice president (1916-22; 1928-30) of Argentina; of a throat cancer; in Buenos Aires where he had lived a virtual prisoner since being overthrown by General Uriburu...
Died. Very Rev. John Patrick McNichols, S. J., 57, president of the University of Detroit; of pleurisy; in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Died. General Jose Francisco Uriburu, 64, onetime (1930-32) Provisional President of the Argentine Republic; of an operation for stomach ulcers; in Paris. Nephew and great-grandson of Argentine heroes, he was a retired lieutenant-general in 1930, emerged at the head of the cadets who seized the abandoned government from President Hypolito Irigoyen. In 18 months of one-man government, President Uriburu turned Argentina's adverse trade balance into a favorable balance...
...President was elected. His first act last week was to raise the state of siege which has gripped Argentina since September 1930 (when General Uriburu staged his coup d'état). Back toward home headed an Argentine transport crammed with political prisoners. Then suddenly the transport put to sea again. Aboard the ship, the new Government of Argentina announced, are crews...
...General Uriburu announced that he was sailing at once on a "pleasure trip...
Europe. A certain General Adolfo Baldrich promptly challenged General Uriburu to duel. General Uriburu announced that his pleasure trip to Europe was really a most pressing trip to Germany where he would undergo a necessary surgical operation. General Baldrich repeated his challenge. The Government intervened. ' It announced: "Senator Palacios, the great authority on duelling codes, has ruled that insufficient grounds exist for this challenge." Meanwhile, famed Dr. Hypolito Irigoyen who, as President, was overthrown by the coup d'état of General Uriburu, was let out of jail, promptly resumed his political activities. Back from exile arrived...