Crítica
The Argentines Easily Defeated the Paraguayans
Crítica's front page of 20 October 1926 gave most of its space to the South American Championship in Santiago.
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Crítica
A Collapse Occurred at the Government House of Uruguay
This page of Crítica from 19 October 1926 carried three foreign reports.
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The Modern Diplomat Has No Mission Other Than a Purely Commercial One
This page of Crítica carried an Associated Press interview from Berlin in which Alexandra Kollontai, travelling to her new post in Mexico, described modern diplomacy as essentially commercial work, promised to avoid propaganda and interference in Mexican affairs, left Mexico's religious dispute to Mexicans, and called U.S. recognition of Russia outside her duties.
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A Day of Celebration
Crítica gave its front page of 17 October 1926 to the Gran Premio Nacional at Palermo.
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THE ARGENTINES BEAT THE BOLIVIANS WITHOUT ANY EFFORT BY A HIGH SCORE
Crítica's page of 16 October 1926 followed the South American Football Championship in Santiago de Chile through Agencia Austral cables.
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“We Will Win the South American Football Championship” —Says Captain Vaccaro
Crítica's page of 15 October 1926 gave prominent space to dispatches from Santiago de Chile, where Argentina's national team was about to open its South American Championship campaign against Bolivia.
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COMMUNIST MEETING BANNED
Crítica's foreign-news columns on 14 October 1926 carried wire reports from Berlin, Rome and Philadelphia.
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THE YANKEE GOVERNMENT IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING RECOGNIZING THE SOVIET
Crítica's front page gave heavy play to Associated Press cables from New York on the heavyweight bout fought at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, the previous night.
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LAST NIGHT THE DUKE OF AUMALE'S CASTLE IN FRANCE WAS SACKED
Crítica's front page of 12 October 1926 led with an Associated Press cable from Paris on an overnight burglary at the Duke of Aumale's castle in Chantilly: thieves climbed into the Tower of Jewels on twelve-meter ladders, broke a window and took gems put at 80 to 90 million francs, including the Grand Condé diamond, valued at seventy million, and a stone from Abd-el-Kader's dagger.
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Málaga Is Flooded
This partial reading of the Argentine daily Crítica for 10 October 1926 takes three Associated Press cables from a single page.
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A FIREDAMP EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN A COAL MINE IN THE CAPE
Crítica's front page of 9 October 1926 carried foreign news in short Associated Press cables.
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El Pibe Albarellos Is Under Arrest
Crítica's page of 7 October 1926 was dominated by the murder of Dr.
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PROVINCIAL POLICE SAY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAY'S DEATH
Crítica's front page of 6 October 1926 led with a crime story from the northern suburbs.
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THE POLICE HAVE A LEAD
This page of Crítica for 5 October 1926 carried two stories.
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The Establishment of the United States of Europe Would Not Be Incompatible with the League
Among the reports on this Buenos Aires page were three wire dispatches.
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A KEY WITNESS STEPS ONTO THE SCENE
Crítica's page of 3 October 1926 continued its coverage of the murder of Carlos Ray, the Vicente López councilman killed at home the previous month.
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A Serious Aviation Accident Occurred Today in England
This Buenos Aires Crítica page of 2 October 1926 carried an Associated Press cable reporting that a French Air Union airliner bound for Croydon caught fire in the engine near Tonbridge and crashed in Kent.
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At Last the Englishman Cleary Has Spoken
Crítica's front page of 1 October 1926 kept the Vicente López murder of Dr.
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Clary Will Testify Tomorrow—
This page of Crítica followed the murder of Dr.
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A Violent Hurricane Struck Veracruz and Its Surroundings Yesterday
Crítica’s September 29, 1926 issue reported flooding, disabled power plants, broken telegraph links and sunken ships around Veracruz, with further rain and deaths reported from Jalapa.
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Today
Crítica criticized the judiciary for giving greater attention to disclosures about defendants' private lives than to clarifying the crime itself.
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Franco-German understanding serves Europe’s peace and progress
Crítica’s selected articles move from hopes for European reconciliation to a comic animal escapade and a message of mourning.
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Two French aviators begin a major long-distance flight
Two French aviators leave Bourget carrying fuel for an expected 48 hours aloft.
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A huge crowd gives the victorious Tunney a triumphant welcome in New York
The prominent banner celebrates Tunney’s welcome in New York, while a neighboring heading places Jack Dempsey back in Atlantic City.
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750,000 dollars are offered for a rematch on January 30, 1927
The saved headings report a 750,000-dollar offer for a rematch on January 30, 1927, and characterize G.
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Oyhanarte challenges the judge
The readable passages focus on objections to the conduct of an investigation.
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Experts repeat: no cyanide; judge to decide detainees’ fate
The headline band links a claimed explanation of the jewels’ transfer to an assertion attributed to court-appointed experts and a pending judicial decision.
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No cyanide: conflicting findings raise new questions
The page’s emphatic cyanide banner is immediately qualified by “according to rumors.”
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Court denies the habeas corpus petition
The paper prints the grounds for rejecting a habeas corpus application, circulates an unconfirmed confession rumour, and reports Argentina’s 10–3 polo victory.
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CRÍTICA reaches everywhere—even María Poey’s bedside
Crítica foregrounds its bedside interview with María Poey de Canelo, whose selected recollection describes the evening and a proposed visit to her mother.
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The doctor is unequivocal in his finding
Crítica reports a medical estimate placing Ray’s death at 1 a.m., announces permission for exhumation, and claims that it values respect for people above sensational headlines while urging that suspicion await evidence.
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Ray appears to have been killed in bed; his body moved 3 hours later
A dramatic crime front page contains its own qualifications: an unconfirmed fur discovery, inconsistent names, contradictory police statements and competing claims over a seized car.
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Police are on a trail
The front page’s murder coverage shifts toward an alleged robbery gang and away from a councillor-related theory, while still promising a rapid breakthrough that the selected body does not establish.
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Before her defence lawyer, María Poey recounts the crime
Two large editorial subjects dominate: the Ray murder report, whose witness and police accounts disagree about the second shot, and Crítica’s thirteenth-anniversary celebration of its national reach.
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“There is nothing new,” the police chief tells us
Crítica devotes its front page to the Ray murder investigation, but the voices do not agree.
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Deputy Atilio Susi savagely beaten by Fascist mobs
Crítica leads with alleged Fascist violence against Atilio Susi, describing detention, coerced acknowledgment of political contacts and beating with clubs.
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