Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 12, 1957, Page 10

y Inter - American News for English- Speaking people 4th YEAR @. A. SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advertising and Circulation Mgr. c. Ww. Vice President 8. SMITH Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President. Fditor and Manager Antonio Ruiz Managing Fditor SMITH Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs, Fla., on February 8, 1956. 1 RS SEE ES SS TY EDITORIAL CASTILIAN LITERATURE IN MOURNING With the untimely death of the illustrious | poetess that Chile gave to America and the world, | Gabriela Mistral, Castilian letters lost one of their | most outstanding values. All through her highly meritorious life, Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, under the pseudonym made famous by her bright intelligence and select spirit—Gabriela Mistral—conquered extraordinary triumphs, lending prestige to world literature, especially the literature which obtains its triumphs with the splendid resour- ces of the harmonius Castilian language. Not only Chileans, but all Latin Americans, are) justly proud of Gabriela Mistral. The works of that illustrious writer and inspired poetess are part of the cultural heritage of the Latin American nations, and in all those nations her glories have been re- cognized, her poems have been recited with emotion, and in many aspects appreciation has been mani-| fested for the excellent work of that Great Lady who only three days ago, in a New York hospital, departed on her last journey. " The women of the world, especially Latin Amer- ican women, have in Gabriela Mistral and example of success, of what a woman can achieve in the generous field of letters when she cultivates her intelligence in the discipline of literature and when her spirit flourishes at the call of poetic inspiration. The triumph of Gabriela Mistral was not due to factors that perhaps could be considered lucky, even within the great merits of her work. Her triumph had international repercussions in the im- mense Hispanic world, consolidating itself in an outstanding manner through several decades, as her brilliant and fruitful work was deeply rooted in the conscience of the people. Gabriela Mistral had the great satisfaction of knowing that her poems and writings received warm reception and admiration in the highest cultural circles of the world. Personally she received, in different occasions, homages of recognition, as the Nobel Prize for Literature and many more demons- trations of academic groups and consecrated figures of the universal arts and culture. And, above all those honorary recognitions, she enjoyed also the satisfaction of knowing that her works awakened popular emotion; that her inspiration regarding motifs as those of the infancy—of deep spiritual sense—touched everybody’s soul, causing gratify- ing. sensations and inviting noble meditations of great human quality. THE AMERICAS DAILY, in commenting the demise of Gabriela Mistral, of that “eminent spirit of America” as she was properly called by the great Latin American poet and writer, José A. Balseiro, renders a tribute of admiration to the illustrious memory of the laureated poetess and conveys to Chile and the Chilean citizens residing in the United States its expression of deep simpathy, for the irreparable loss suffered with the death of Ga- briela Mistral. Cuban Minister of Interior Rey Visits Dulles, Goes to New York WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 —(UP) —Cuban Minister of Interior San- tiago Rey called on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today to thank him for having been invited here as guest of the United States government. Rey, who was accompanied by Cuban Ambassador Miguel Angel Campa, told reporters after the meeting he discussed the friendly relations that exist between Cuba and the United States. He said that in the name of the people of Cuba and President Fulgencio Ba- tista he had offered Dulles best wishes for the people of the United States. Rey pointed out that the official state visit that ends today is a “reaffi ion of the cordial re- Bandits Kill Eight in Colombia BOGOTA, Jan. 11. — (UP) — “Diario de Colombia” reported that two passenger and freight buses were held up by bandits in the (bagué-Armenia highway killing 8 persons, critically wounded another fifteen and possibly a few more may be dead. The report said the bandits at- sacked the occupants of the two vehicles —45 in total— near Iba. fué, capital of the Tolima Depart- ment, near the town of Coello. The crime seems to have taken place last Sunday but no other fetails have been published. lations that exist between both countries. It is one more reason, -specially in our firm line of the fight of both cquntries for both principles and the fight also against international communism.” Immediateiy after the Dulles con- ference, Rey left for New York for a three-day visit. Monday he will have lunch with Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations, Nufiez Por- tuondo. Rey offered a reception for high ranking Government officials last night at the Cuban Embassy. de said the reception was his way of thanking all the people who had been so kind to him during his 10- day visit here. During his stay here Rey visited with high ranking officials of the State Department, Export-Import Bank and other Government depart- ments. He also was received by Vice President Richard M. Nixon at the U. S. capitol. Rey was invited by the State De- partment to allow him to see at first hand how the United States is fighting international commun- ism. The first day of his visit he visited the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, the Government organ- ization that is primarily responsible to keep track of subversive activi- ties in the United States, On his visit here, the Minister was accompanied by Mrs. Rey, En- rique Pérez Cisneros, a Minister of; the Cuban Ministry of State, and John Topping, who is from the U. S, Embassy in Havana, For a better understanding between the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1957 - THY NEIGHBOR By ANTONIO RUIZ MEXICO — The National Mu- seum in México City, located at the northeast corner of the Govern- | ment Palace, contains an extensive collection of portraits, examples of Indian handy crafts, and objects of historic interest. The archaelogic- al collections: include stone images and monoliths, and beaten gold ornaments, as well as jewels of jade, turquoise, and pearls, exca- vated from.the tombs. The most prized Aztec relic is the calendar stone, which weighs about 24 tons. It is covered with hieroglyphs and symbols of great symetry and har- mony of design, and it is evidence] of astounding accuracy in the methods of computing time, as well as proof of the great scientific at- tainments of the Aztec culture. Slightly to the east of the Nation- al Museum is the National Institute of Fine Arts. Founded as the “Academia de San Carlos’ (San Carlos Academy) in 1778, the In- stitute eventually came into pos- session of many valuable church paintings. Its collections include not only the works of early Mex- ican artists, such as Echave el Vie- jo, Villalpando, and Correa, but also those of the great 17th Cent- ury European painters, Murillo, Zurbaran, Rubens, Guido, Reni and many others. Other important buildings to be found in down town, or Zécalo section, of México City are the School of Medicine, the National Preparatory School, the Ministry of Education building and the “Hos- pital de Jestis Nazareno”. The School of Medicine was begun in 1732, as headquarters for the Holy Office of the Inquisition, and cells of victims may still be seen there. The National Preparatory School of the National University was formerly the Jesuit College of San Tidefonso. On the walls of patios and stairways in the school are murals by Diego Rivera, José Cle- mente Orozco, Leal, Charlot, Re- vueltas, Alva de la Canal and Si- queiros. The oldest hospital in America is the “Hospital de Jestis Nazareno”, built in 1527 on the spot where Cortés and Moctezuma met. In 1904, Porfirio Diaz began con- struction of the National Theatre, now the Palace of Fine Arts, lo- cated west of the Zécalo. It is a large, ornate structure of composi- te style executed in white marble with yellow domes. Its great weight pressing upon the spongy lake bed of México City has caused the building to sink more than six feet. This is the characteristic —pheno- menon of México City, where po- rous soil used to fill the lake beds has proved an unstable foundation and a severe trial to architects. The palace contains the National Theatre, other auditoriums, a din-j ing room, a bar, a ballroom, re- ception halls, and galleries con- taining some of the best Mexican art subsequent to the middle of the 19th Century. The Government sponsors concerts, operas, exhibits, and free lectures given there. Vi- sitors to the National Theatre may be shown the extraordinary curtain of Tiffany glass, designed by the contemporary ftist Dr. Atl and executed at a cost of many thous- ands of dollars. México City’s principal boulevard is the “Paseo de Ja Reforma”, which starts in the downtown di- strict and ends at Chapultepec Park. The boulevard is wide, tree- shaded, and bordered with many fine mansions. Near the west end of the Paseo is the field where the National Association of Charros (who might be described as gentle. men cowboys) holds public riding exhibitions on Sundays. was the first point in the Valley of México taken and fortified by the invading Aztecs. On this hill, Moctezuma iI had his summer pa- lace. In 1783, Chapultepec. Castle was begun. During the early 1860's, Maximilian and Carlota rebuilt | and redecorated the castle for their own use; afterwards it became the residence of Mexican Presidents. The Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace met there in 1945, and there was sign- ec the Act of Chapultepec, which commited the nations of the Amer- icas to the defense of the West- ern Hemisphere. Today the castle serves as the National Museum of History. Spanish Version Page 3 BUY ELECTRIC POWER FROM UNITED STATES MONTERREY, México. (UP), — Electric power purchased in the United States will be distributed within a week in the cities of Mon- terrey, Saltillo, Linares and Hidal- LANGUAGE TEACHERS VISIT THE OAS.—The Ambassador of Guatemala, José Luis Cruz-Salazar, Vice-President of the Council of the Organization of American States, during a speech he made recently in the Hall of the Americas of the Pan American Union before a group of U. S. Spanish and Portuguese teachers who were attending a convention in Washington. Also in the photo, from left to right, Dr. Juan Marin, Director of Cultural Affairs of the Pan American Union; one of the guests and Dr. José A. Mora, OAS Secretary General. —(Photo PAU) Crashes at Buen BUENOS AIRES — (UP) — A twin-engined Viking plane of the Argentine state airline with 33 per- sons aboard crashed into a con- crete seawall on takeoff today. An Argentine air force medical officer said there were 22 sur- vivors 7 dead and forur persons unaccounted for. The plane took off from the Aeroparque airport in northern Buenos Aires on a flight to the resort city of Mar del Plata, 230 miles to the south. It failed to gain altitude and caught fire in the air. The pilot turned toward the nearby River Plate in an attempt to make a water landing and put out the flames. But he failed to clear high trees bordering a scenic drive along the river. A witness said the glistening sil- Seven Killed as Passenger Plane os Aires Airport trees like a thunderbolt, finally crashing into the concrete seawall along the river. The entire plane was engulfed in flames. Rescue teams rushed from the Aeroparque Airport, the city air terminal which lies between Paler- mo Park and the tree-lined Costa- nera Drive on the north side of Buenos Aires. Firemen put out the blaze within a short time. Ambulances carried away some survivors. The witness said he saw some! injured persons dragged from the wreckage, “but I also saw pieces of human bodies lying around after the fearful crash.” The airline technically is known as the “Lineas Aéreas del Esta- do.” It constitutes a network of civilian lines operated by the Ar- very plane plowed through the tall gentine Air Force. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 —(UP) A high Argentine official has hint- ed that Argentina will follow up agreement on a par value of the peso with a request for a short-term loan from the International Mone- tary Fund. Dr. Rodolfo Corominas Segura, Argentine director of the fund, said that with the recognition of the official exchange rate “require-! ments are completed for Argentina to use fully her rights as a mem- ber of the Fund.” Corominas told this to the United Press after the Fund made pub- lic that it had agreed on a par value of eighteen pesos to the dollar. The statement was interpreted as serving notice that Argentina will seek a $75,000,000 short term loan Argentina to Request $75 Million Loan From the International Monetary Fund shortage caused by the imports of heavy equipment needed for the Government’s economic reconstruc- tion program. The $75,000,00 represents half of Argentina’s membership quota of $150,000,00. Of this quota $37,500,- 000 were paid in gold and ‘the bal- ance will be deposited in pesos now that a par value has been es- tablished. Under the terms of the Bretton ‘Woods Agreement a member nation ean draw twice the amount of its gold quota once it has made avail- able the balance of local currency. Without saying that it would use this lending facility, Corominas nevertheless pointed out that any dollar assistance would stimulate the Argentine Government into from the fund to offset a dollar HEMISPHERIC EVENTS CHILE TO PURCHASE MORE U. S. SURPLUS SANTIAGO, Chile —(UP)— A Government commission has con- cluded a third agreement with the United States for the purchase of farm surpluses, to the value of $14,880,000, it was announced. The two previous agreements were for $5 million and for $37,- 500,000. The United States will now sup- ply Chile with $6 million worth of wheat; $4 million of raw cotton; $4,160,000 in edible oils; $500,000 in selected seeds and $220,000 in tobacco, MEXICAN STUDENT * ENROLLMENT GROWS MEXICO CITY —(UP)— A ree- ord primary school enrollment of 650,000 students was reported by the Ministry of Education. Last year’s total was 615,000. Education Minister José Angeles Ceniceros said México’s school pop- ulation is increasing at the rate of 50,000. students each year, The Government is pushing the con- go, a member of the Federal Elec- tricity Board said. i struction of additional schools in ito continuing free trade policies. BRAZIL RECEIVING TWO SUBMARINES FROM U. S. NAVY WASHINGTON —(UP)— Brazil- ian Ambassador Amaral Peixoto said that Brazil will receive two submarines from United States Navy, at New London, Conn., on Jan. 17. The submarines are of medium size, and have been reconditioned, The Ambassador did not reveal the price, but indicated that Brazil paid for the equipment. A Bra- zilian crew to man the submarines, he said, has already come to the United States. Ambassador Amaral said that he will attend the New London cere- mony, and return here for the inau- guration of President Eisenhower January 21. He will depart for Rio de Janei- ro from Washington by airplane on January 26, for a two-week stay i) the Brazilian capital. He said that he would consult with President Kubitschek and the Foreign Minister concerning United. States-Brazilian topics re- lated to his mission here. Ambassador Amaral denied a re- port published in New York that he would not return to his Wash- ington post because of plans to enter political life. He said that his family would re- main in Washington during his trip to Rio de Janeiro, and that he will continue as Ambassador. COLOMBIA REQUESTS LOAN TO PAY PART OF COMMERCIAL DEBT NEW YORK, Jan. 11 —(UP)— “The Journal of Commerce” reports today that the Colombian Govern- ment has requested from a New York bank a 30-day loan to pay 40 percent of her current commer- cial debts. These debts, according to an estimate of the Bogoté Gov- ernment, are for a total of 180 million dollars. The newspaper adds, however, Member Inter American Press Association For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 153 Nicaraguan Arrested in Salvador as Suspect in Plot to Murder Lemus — SAN SALVADOR, Jan. 11—(UP) —The Director General of Police confirmed that Nicaraguan Antonio Valle, known also by the name of Leén Andrés Bravo, believed to be complicated in the plot to assas- sinate the President of the Repub- lic of El Salvador, José Maria Le- mus, has been captured. Valle, whose arrest was announc- ed yesterday by a daily of this capital, was in prison in Leén (Ni- caragua) and, according to the Director of Police, was traveling with passaport issued by the For- eign Office of said Republic, on November 24th - last. Perhaps with the intention of not causing suspicion, the high official said, he. went first to Guatemala where he obtained a visa to visit El Salvador at the beginning) of December. The information. said that Valle a life which is very valuable for the Salvadoreans,” and that he was captured by the police in the area of the Central-American colony, in this capital, when he was watch- ing the home of a Nicaraguan exile. The- police also said they found out that. Captain. Ruperto. Hooker, second im command: of the Nica- raguan Police, when’ returning to Managua, from the United States, in a Pan-American Airways plane, violated the Immigration Laws while .the plane stopped over at the Airport of -this capital. Ac- eording to this information, in- stead of waiting at the airport for his. flight to be resumed, he took a cab and went to San Salvador. :The authorities - established.-a close watch on Nicaraguans Andrés Fuentes, César Padilla and Orlan- do Morales, suspected of partici- was released in Nicaragua “to end vation in the conspiration. i Managua Military Court Says it is Competent to Judge Civilians State Attorney Stresses. There. is. Mattial- Law in City Where MANAGUA, Jan. 11 —(UP)— The public made hostile demon- strations against those accused of complicity in the murder of Pres- ident Anastasio Somoza, when they pleaded not guilty. Carlos Tunnerman Bernheim, acting as spokesman for the de- fense lawyers, asked dismissal of the charges of rebellion against the accused because, in reality, there was no rebellion. One of the principal accused, Dr. Enoc Aguado, defeated candidate in the Presidential elections of 1946, declared that there was no foundation for the charge of com- plicity in the murder. He affirmed, on the contrary, he had learned from Edwin ‘de Castro, another accused, the de- tails of a revolution planned by Nicaraguans in exile in El Salva- dor, and that Castro, also revealed it to Dr. Enrique Lacayo Farfan, the third civilian accused, asking him to inform military authorities through Colonel Delgadillo. Defense attorneys said also that the Military Court lacked jurisdict- ion to judge the accused. The State Attorney debated the argu- Trial is Being Held ments of the defense in a speech which lasted one hour. He asserted that the events of Sept. 21 in Leédn (when Somoza was murdered) “must be interpret- ed as a crime of rebellion.” “Armed men —he said— went to the Electric Power Central in Le6n. “Numerous persons gathered to prepare acts of hostility against the authority of the President. “Incendiary fires were planned, as well as damages and destruction of buildings. : “Plans were made of strategie places, “The rebels acquired arms te achieve their purpose of overthrow- ing the Government after assassin- ating Somoza.” The State Attorney added that the Military Court has jurisdiction to judge the crime of murder com- mitted by civilians because “there is martial law established to re- store peace in the Republic.” Managua and Leén are in state of siege. The Court rejected the allega- tions of the defense and declared ,itself competent: to \jndge: the ac- cused. Red Campaign in Argentina ‘Fails. BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 11 —(UP) —Documents relative to the last meeting of the Argentinian Com- munist Party, given for publicity, reveal that the group failed in its campaign to increase its. affilia- tions. That number is now 70,000, not- withstanding a campaign, featured nessmen, the commercial debt of. Colombia is much greater. It also states that the request for the loan was made by Treasury Minis- ter Luis Morales, during a visit’ to New York between January 2nd that according to New York busi- an effort to keep up with the in- crease, he added. MONSANTO TO OPEN PLANT IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY —(UP)— Mon- santo Chemical Co, has announc- ed it will soon start construction of a plant to produce most of Mé- xico’s required. raw materials for domestic detergents. The plant, which will begin oper- ations within the next ten months, will be run entirely by Mexican technicians, officials said. Monsanto will use some 25 mil- lion pounds of Mexican-produced soda-ash annually and will save the country more than $2 million spent yearly on imports of sodium tripo- liphosphate, a basic detergent ma- terial. The $1,600,000 new plant will be capable of filling the needs of all ers, company officials said. SUGGEST MUNOZ MARIN TOUR LATIN. AMERICA of México’s detergent manufactur- SAN JUAN, P. R. — (UP) — Jorge Mantilla, Secretary General ssce's Seer”! Latin American News in Brief of the Inter American Press As- sociation and publisher of El Co- mercio, of Quito, Ecuador, has suggested that Gov. Luis Mufioz Marin go on a one-year tour of Latin America to spread the truth about Puerto Rico, 4 “Puerto Rico, and the successful economic and social experiment be- ing conducted here, are not suf- ficiently known in South America,” Mantilla said. : “Gov. Mufioz is the best person to herald an honest understanding between Latin America and the United States, as Puerto Rico is the best example of how modern techniques could be applied to countries south of the Rio Gran- de,” the publisher added. “Mufioz is a natural spiritual leader for Latin America and he will be welcomed in all the dem oeratic republics of our Hemi- sphere.” U. S. A. AWAITING BRAZIL'S REPLY WASHINGTON —(UP)— United and 8th. a reply from Brazil on their latest note requesting the use of Fernan- do Do Noronha island as a track- ing station for guided missiles. The last note was delivered to. the Brazilian Foreign Office the last week of December, an official told the United Press. Officials here are convinced that an agreement can be reached al- though they regret the delay in the current negotiations. CANDIDATES 1'0R CONSUL OF BRAZIL IN NEW YORK RIO DE JANEIRO—(UP)—For- eign Minister José Carlos de Mace: do Soares submitted ‘to President Juscelino Kubitschek a list of three candidates for the post of Brazil- ian Consul General in New York. The candidate selected by ‘the ) President will succeed Hugo Gou- thier who has been promoted to Ambassadorial rank, The three candidates are Arnal- do Vasconcelos, Pio Correia and Jaime Sloan Chermont, all career States officials are still awaiting|men. by a great publicity during the last semester in 1956, to increase the affiliates to 100,000. Victor Larralde, member. of. the Committee, in: a report submitted at the meeting of that organism during last December, published in the communist weekly *“Nuestra Palabra” (Our: Word); says: “We: must-admit that we have not com- pleted: our plans; we have; not reached the -100,000 figure.” Larralde blame. the failure to: the. lack of organization - and > in= adequated conscription; but at the |same time declared that the Com-*_ munist Party is the only: one «in Argentina: that grew- since the fall of the Peronist regime. Gabriela Mistral Leaves Medal to Chilean : People - NEW YORK, Jan, 11 —(UP)— Gabriela Mistral’s testament, re- veals. that she has left the gold medal and parchment: of the Nobel Prize Academy, to the Chilean peo- ple. The noted poetess, in her last will, directed however that the custody of the Great Laurel shall be in charge of the Order: of St. Francis, ‘i m All royalties from her literary work, which are published in South America, are donated to the “poor children of the town of Monte- grande, in Chile,” the place: ‘Ga- briela Mistral loved more. She leaves also alt her real estate in Chile to Montegrande’s children. From other literary works to Do- tis Dana and Mrs. Palma Guillén de Nicolau. * ; Her Santa Barbara home is wil- led to Doris Dana. t 5 In another part. of the testament she says that she wishes to be interred: “in my loved’ town of Montegrande”.. She signed the document on Noy. 17th 1956,