Word: vanguardism
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...hours later a band of laborers, fired with their President's pronouncements, raided a meeting of the antiSemitic, anti-Communist Mexican National Vanguard. Shots were fired, several were wounded, including Vanguard President Ruben Moreno Padres, who was knifed in the back. Rightist sympathizers blamed the CTM (Confederation of Mexican Workers) for the clash. Faced with the accusation, Confederation Secretary-General Vicente Lombardo Toledano coyly attributed the attack to "some people passing by who heard the Vanguard attacking the Government and rushed to its defense...
...UNHOLY CITY-Charles G. Finney -Vanguard ($2). Satirical phantasy, in the Major Hoople cartoon vein of wit, about an airline passenger grounded in Floreat Go-Lee; by the author of The Circus...
INTEGRITY: THE LIFE OF GEORGE W. NORRIS-Richard L. Neuberger & Stephen B. Kahn-Vanguard ($3). First full-length biography of Nebraska's famed Senator, written from a viewpoint this side of idolatry, but only just...
...only one particular I would like to add a codicil for accuracy: Mayor Knagg's motley army carried no guns when it broke the picket line, save half a dozen who toted their own side arms. Shotguns and deer rifles appeared on the scene later Thursday when the vanguard of Pontiac's threatened invasion straggled into town. American Legion members, who were patrolling the streets while the mayor's special officers were still guarding the road to the mill, ran home for their guns when an Associated Press bulletin brought the word of the Pontiac mobilization. Several...
EARTHLY DISCOURSE-Charles Erskine Scott WTood-Vanguard ($2). The author of Heavenly Discourse presenting a new cast of satirical puppets featuring God, Hearst, King Edward VIII. Hitler, the Supreme Court, Birth Control, Grade...