Word: vila
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nerves 8 Brain: Lima, Dr. Honorio F. Delgado; Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Gustavo Riedel; Havana, Drs. Armando de Cordova, Elpidio Stincer, Juan Portell Vila...
Exactly as though they had been sentenced to Death in China, the six Chinese chained up in front of the French Hospital at Vila had their heads chopped off in the good old Chinese way. From a French standpoint the execution was a triumph. It harmonized with the French Government's traditional policy of observing native customs in French colonies wherever possible. But British residents of Vila were furious...
...unfortunate enough to witness the spectacle, which was too barbarous and ghastly to be described," said Second Officer Herbert Mimms. "About 170 people were present, including natives and the entire French population of Vila...
Sued for Divorce. Wladek Zbyszko Cyganiewicz, onetime (1919) world's heavyweight wrestling champion; by Vila Villi, onetime member of Earl Carroll's Vanities. Said she: "He had a playful habit of twisting my arms around behind my back...
...Chilean Ambassador to the U. S., Señor Don Carlos G. Dávila, some time ago received a mysterious package from India. In it was a rare Moslem rug which an attached note offered to the Ambassador for $10,000. If he did not want this rug, said the note, would he please "return" it to a specified Manhattan address? Puzzled, the Ambassador consulted the U. S. State Department...