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Cardboard Jungle. Luis Sagi-Vela, the producer, played the fine old Ezio Pinza role of Emile de Becque with rakish zest (in rust-red plantation suit, blue-and-white-striped shirt, solid beige tie). And Mary Martin's sawed-off dungarees were curvaceously filled by Actress Marta Santa-Olalla. Although she sported the short-clipped Martin hairdo, she lacked something of the girl-next-door appeal...
...midnight last week Dr. Gonzalo Vazquez Vela, newly elected Governor of Vera Cruz, was inaugurated amid the bursting of skyrockets. Thirty-six hours later Governor Vela signed his first decree. It created the rank of Favored Son of Vera Cruz, bestowed this rank and a medal (to be designed and struck as soon as possible) on "all citizens who heroically resisted the American invasion of Vera Cruz...
Next day, confident that he had won the good will of numberless Favored Sons, Governor Vazquez Vela was ready for 5,000 ill-favored men, women & children who hunger-marched into Jalapa crying, "Bread and Shelter!" As the pleading throng approached the Governor's Palace police rushed forth, clubbed them back, jailed 60, drove the rest out of Jalapa...
...filibustered loaded their captured arms into the ship's lifeboats and lowered them to the sea, sinking two lifeboats in the process. Capt. Morris and kidnaped Governor Fruytier were left to return to Curaçao or to go anywhere else they pleased. Brash Capt. Urbina attacked the garrison of Vela de Coro, fatally wounded its commander, Gen. Gabriel Lale, and prepared to move forward against Caracas and the formidable ex-Dictator, General Juan Vicente Gomez (TIME...
International Night Committee: H. W. Hardy '22, V. N. Krivobok 1Es. S. Mohamedi Une., and Frederick Vela 4M (ex officio): Publicity Manager: J. S. Giles '23; Properties; S. Lekhyanands Unc.L.; Stage Manager; J. H. Craigie '24; Cheig Usher; t. H. Yang...