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...Famed in the annals of moral turpitude is the case of Vera, Countess Cathcart. In 1926 a U. S. District Court found that she had admitted committing what is regarded by most law as an act involving moral turpitude, namely adultery. U. S. law further states that a person making such an admission shall be refused admission to the U. S. But Countess Cathcart remained. Reason: The adultery was committed in South Africa, where adultery is no crime...
...thin-faced man in dusty clothes stood last week in a courtyard near Vera Cruz. He blinked nervously before a group of photographers and then turned to a file of brown-skinned soldiers...
Rifles cracked. A moment later the rebel General Jesus M. Aguirre, who captured and later fled from Vera Cruz (TIME, March 18), lay on the ground, bleeding slightly from the mouth. The photographers, who were there by order of President Portes Gil, took more pictures to prove that the execution had really occurred...
...Vera Cruz Falls. The great oil port of Mexico was captured, early in the week, and then lost to federal troops by General Jesus Maria Aguirre, who fled toward Yucatan. At Pennsylvania Military Academy, Chester, Pa., U. S. A., Cadet Leon Aguirre, doughty general's son, said: "Father can take care of himself. He is an experienced campaigner...
...federal army which took Vera Cruz ?and appeared to have squelched the revolution south of Mexico City?was commanded by General Juan Andreu. now chief of staff to General Calles. Leaving the Vera Cruz situation quiet in the hands of a subordinate, General Andreu hopped by airplane to the rebel area in the north. Trainload after trainload of artillery (on flat cars) and soldiers (in box cars) which had started from Mexico City for Vera Cruz were switched back and rushed to aid General Calles...