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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...
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...
Edward Everett Gann went to another grand Society party in Washington last week, a State dinner in honor of Señor Don Pablo Ramirez, Minister of Finance of Chile, given by Señor Don Carlos G. Dávila, Chilean Ambassador to the U. S. There were 189 other people there, some of whom Mr. Gann knew, which made it pleasant...
...land sufficiently large to accommodate the proposed buildings and also to afford space for hospitals to be erected and conducted in close association with the School. Over 26 acres were secured situated in the outskirts of Boston bounded by Francis Street, Huntington Avenue and Longwood Avenue, and extending beyond Vila Street in a westerly direction...