BOLIVIAN AFFAIRS
LA PAZ, Sept. 22. The Bolivian President (Scnor Quintanilla) has decreed the suspension of censorship and removed the restraints fr6m the Press. Pie announced plans for a general election, thus moving for the restoration of the Constitution, which was suspended in August on the death of the President.
On August 23 the Bolivian Al mister of Propaganda (Scnor Mario Flores) announced . that Bolivia’s dictatorPresidcnt (Lieutenant-Colonel German Busch) had committed suicide. Busch died from a pistol wound which at first was described as accidental.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 253, 25 September 1939, Page 4
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