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Having recovered from an appendectomy in Washington, Don José Tormos Diego, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, told reporters what he thought of the Nationalists who tried to assassinate Governor Blanton Winship in the mayor's home town (TIME, Aug. 1). "If I could speak the English by the books," he spluttered, "I would blow their nose, by damn...
...President radioed to Governor Blanton Winship of Puerto Rico his happiness over the latter's escape from assassins' bullets (TIME, Aug. 1).* In Kansas City, Mo., the Secret Service arrested one John Dean, 65, for enclosing clippings of the attempt on Governor Winship's life in a letter to President Roosevelt which said: "Don't you take a chance. I feel that I must come to Washington to kill you for my country is at stake and I love my country passionately...
...Paraffin tests last week determined that 13 Nationalistas fired the fusillade-65 to 80 shots-which slew two persons, wounded 32, at last fortnight's Occupation Day in Ponce. Detective Juan Colon shielded Governor Winship's body with his own, but one bullet ripped the Governor's trouser leg. For once U. S. colonial administration rose to the British standard: The Governor snorted: "What damn poor shots they...
...gunfire suddenly ripped into the reviewing stand. A Puerto Rican Senator and 30 others dropped. A National Guard officer fell, fatally wounded. The shooters were Nationalist agitators who had denounced the celebration as a "shameless disgrace" to Puerto Rico. When police had restored order, killing one Nationalist, Governor Winship, unhurt, congratulated the excited crowd on "standing firm," called it "a most convincing proof that American institutions are understood here...
Governor Blanton Winship of Puerto Rico went to Ponce last week with 100,000 other visitors to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the U. S. Occupation. With native officials, members of the Insular National Guard, officers from the U.S.S. Enterprise and a U. S. destroyer, he mounted a stand to review a gala parade...