SATURDAY MAY 13th. 1939 THE ATLANTIC VOICE PAGE a a or Mr. HERBERT KNOHR SHOT AND GRAVELY INJURED COSTA RICA BOASTS LIBERAL TRADITION COUNTRY DEMOCRATIC ISLE IN SEA OF San José experienced another partment of the latter the sound DICTATORISHIP Costa Rica Soda sensational occurrence yesterday of three shots were heard and Br. YBARRA.
shortly before the lunch hour, Mr. Knohr discovered seriously San Jose, Costa Rica. Costa when it was noised around the wounded. He was removed to Rica is an island of democracy falling to pieces and all those WATER FACTORY city that the well known Indus the Clinica Biblica where he in a sea of dictatorship. She is cannon and machine guns and trialist Mr. Herbert Knohr had was cperated on by Drs. Facio, an oasis of tranquility in a des rifles from getting rusty?
been shot and fatally wounded. Jiménez de la Guardia and Veert of turbulence. While Fábrica de Hielo her Costa Rica is one of the small So far as we have been ablega.
four Central American neigh est of the five nationsof Central to ascertain a grievance of Up to the time of our going bors. Nicaragua, Honduras, El America. only El Salvador is y Refrescos personal and rather terious nato press we understand Mr.
Salvador and Guatemala smaller. And she ha only 600. ture has long been existing bet Knohr is still making a hard hurtle from one era of revo 000 inhabitants. But her history ween Mr. Knohr and don Vi fight for life. Mr. Saenz has Limón lution into another, despite be is such as to intitle her to a macente Saenz, the widely known been detained by the Authori: ing ruled frequently by strong jor portion of approval and ad.
Journalist. Mr. Saenz returned ties. Needless to say, this most men reputedly possessed of an miration from everybody eve FLORIDA ICE AND to Costa Rica a few days ago regrettable happening has pro iron hand. Costa Rica has man rywhere who is interested in. from Spain and called at the duced profound sensation aged to enjoy, through almost democracy under difficulties FARM CO.
office of Mr. Knohr Shortly among social circles in the ca the entire stretch of her cen Typical of this model little land after he entered the private a. pital.
tury and more of existence as is its record in reducing illitera. LA FLORIDA in independent nation, an al cy among its citizens. As recentmost unbroken reign of peace. Ily es 1892 more than 68 per cent Fábrica de Hielo e Her presidents have been cons of the Costa Ricans could neith DEATH OF BROTHER OF ESTEEMED CITIZEN picuous for mildness of manner er read nor write; according to and for an indifference toward the most recent figures avail Venta de Leche getting them elves re elected, able, the percentage of illiteraFollowing on a very long il of the family in the presence y Maderas Central which, in America, tes has been brought down to 23 Iness which was borne with of a large and sympathising seems little short of pathologi per cent. one third of the much Christian fortitude, the li gatheing.
cal.
previous total!
fe of Mr. Karl De Pass came to One of them, Americans are its earthly end in Cartago du The deceased is survived by When people here seek to ex scape. Only pure whites, ring the early hours of Tues two sons, two daughters and told here, was suddenly infor. plain the remarkable difference whites with the slightest trace of non white blood, are visible.
day morning last. The remains his brother, our highly med by his opponents that he getween their country and the esOne has suddenly climbed from were some hours later conveyed teemend fellow citizen, Mr was no longer at the head of rest of Central America they atDePass; to San José, and after being Jack the government.
to all of tach special importance to the Africa into Spain. Good! he is said to have ex fact that Costa Rica is inhabitAnd, incidentally, this corresaccorded the religious ceremo whom, as also doña Sylvia, the nials in the Church of Our La Atlantic Voice tenders its heart claimed. Now can get backed overwhelmingly by European pondent places himself on redy of Carmen, were interred in felt sympathy.
to work. Being president was peoples with scarcely any ad cord here and now as maintainmixture of hurting my business.
Indian or othering, after firsthand observation the Public General Cemetery in most of the Latin American near those of the other members And that very day he hung blood.
out his old sign over his old According to recent statistics, countries and reliable informaoffice.
the pure whites in Costa Rica, tion from the rest, that the pretTrue or not, that story gives almost all of Spanish descent, ty girls of Costa Rica are more an accurate idea of Costa Rica. represent 82 per cent of the total than those of any other part of numerous and COMING prettier The casual visitor, with the number of inhabitants, with 14 Latin America.
MOTHER DAY CONCERT average American preconceiv per cent of mixed white and Ined notions about Central Ame dian or white and Negro blood, Besides escapicg the disadvanto be rendered at the Baptist Church rican republics, rubs his eyes in and less than per cent Negro tages due to mixture of races that have brought so much trou amazement.
MONDAY NIGHT MAY 15th. Surely. he says to himself, The great majority of the latt ble to countries like Mexico, Pe. Rich and Inspiring Programme is being prepared as he learns more and more er, by the way, are not Costa ru, Cuba and others, Costa Rica about Co ta Rica and the Costa Ricans at all, but laborers im has been fortunate in not havADMISSION. 50 cents.
Ricans, this place can be in ported from Jamaica and other ing been the strongnold of small aristocracy of Spanish Central America! But it is West Indian islands to work on and that is what fills Costa Ri the big banana plantations of descent bent on perpetuating the cans with special pride. We are Costa Rica Atlantic coast, whe dominating position that it had a day of them the cool ter in Spanish first years of the country inbetween Guapiles and Limon Junior we have many times as many uplands of the interior, cannot chool teachers as we have sol. stand the hot climate and low dependence, there was, indeed, altitude.
such an aristocracy, which ran diers.
The visitors offered very stubborn resistence, matching When one rides from Puerto itself top dog nthe new reputrue to form by trying to make How many soldiers? askstrategy with the formidable and well prepared Limon ed.
Junior, but the Champions finally trounced them for a Limon, on the banana coast. blic. But it was soon curbed by One hundred and fiftyto San Jose, thousands of feet other elements; and, once curscore of four against two helped out by about 500 poli above sea level, in the heart of bed, it was stubbornly prevencemen.
Costa Rica rich mezeta cented from achieving predominanOscar Hull, the youthfulsitors went after the ball. Why amy soldier at all? tral. or central plateau, one west left outside player, starr their head exercise created ce by the gradual creation of ed for his Club The Junior, much excitement but their con barracks here in San Jose with the train starts to climb. Then these parts: a middle class. Well, you see, we have fine sees Negroes in hundreds until something almost unknown in and had the distin ion of trol was weak. After a strik cannon and machine guns and gradually their numbers dwind kicking in the first goal; and ing aggressiveness they suc rifles stored in it, so we must le until, around Turrialba on Latin America, the old system Whereas, in many sections of the prospects of another came eeded in scoring a second and have an army otherwise, who the edge of the meseta. they rapidly when a penalty was final goal.
would keep the barracks from suddenly vanish from the landinflicted against the visitors. To Page 10)
but Capt. Jackson very disap pointingly missed the entrance of their restricted area.
The game was one of the most vigorous and tactical of many past encounters. Sydney Miller the Junior new Goalie was admirably alert. The visitors were equally brave and forceful but their Goalkeeper was, apparently, not at his best.
Oscar Hall and Jose Jackson scored a goal each for the home team in the first half of play. On the resumption Gua piles was observed to be using a new line of attack and a closer insido shuffling of five mies.
a Football Season opens with Spectacular Game Central Americans. they ten se native laborers, almost an occupied while Spain was masTODAY INVESTMENT FOR TOMORROW Security.
nutes of play Capt. Jackson Life Insurance gives Mother kick at the westerin talde and Dad Peace of. Mind angular goal for his side. His opponents retaliat by an outside right. In less time than that required to congratulate them selves, Junior scored their fourth and last entry by a lonesome, rapid advance by their Captain. Gamely the vil San José Banco Nacional de Seguros Limón Este documento es propiedad de la Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregon Lizano del sistema Nacional de Biotecas de misterio de Cultura y Juvenica, Costa