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The Washington times., 1934-08-20
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Nearly a dozen people were
treated at Alexandria Hospital for
injuries received in auto accidents
yesterday.
George Rogers, of Accotink, Va,
received decorations of his face
in an accident at OK Road about
four miles south of Woodbridge,
Va, and Mrs. William beavers
was treated for face decorations
and injured elbow sustained in
the same accident.
L. H. Moncher, of Alexandra,
was treated for face decorations;
Kay Graham, a lacerated knee;
Edith Brynat, a broken nose, and
her sister, Ruby, face injuries
which they received in an acct
dent on the Washington Highway.
Dorsie Hampton, of Baltimore,
had glass removed from her fore
head and John Hill of the same
place had his chest strapped fol-
lowing a collision on Mt. Vernon
Highway.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Speaker Rainey Ends
Great Career at "a

the House in 1881 had it not
been for the fluke of his lost
election in 1920. Then he was
near the top of the Ways and
Means Committee, where he had
served continuously since enter
ing the House. Upon his return
to Congress after being elected
again in 1922, he had to go to
the bottom of the Democratic
list on the Houses major COM
mittee.
He had climbed back most of
the way, but Mr.. Garner was still
ahead of him when the Demo
Gratis captured the House in 1890.
Mr.. Garner became Speaker with
Mr.. Rainey becoming majority
leader.
Mr.. Rainey was aided much in
his Congressional career by his
wife, the former Ella Mcbride, of
Harvard, Neb., whom he married
June q, 1889. She presided over
his office all the time he served
in washington, handling his large
correspondence, which increased
greatly in the last few years. She
handled a staff of clerks and Sec
retaries efficiently.
The Rainey farm outside of
Carrollton consists of about $50
acres and is an up-to-date plant.
Rainey owned a herd of several
hundred of the finest Holstein
cattle.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
TROOPSBES|EGE
HAVANA j.

HAVANA, Aug. 20 G.N.SD.
The University of Havana went
into state of siege today as 800
to 1000 post office strikers took
refuge in its buildings, which
were Immediately surrounded by
soldiers with fixed bayonetS.
There was some scattered shoot
ing around the university builG-
ings after the strikers made this
unexpected move, but no casual
ties were reported.
At the same time Miguel Suarez,
secretary of communications, said
he believed the majority of the
strikers would return to work to-
day. Others, however, thought
this unlikely.
Enjoying less than a day of
freedom, Sd strikers released from
prison yesterday were rearrested
this morning.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Outsider Mentioned
Mr.. Rainey, III 2 Weeks,
Dies of Heart Attack

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 20 Q.N.S.)
Death has closed the lengthy pub
lie career of Henry Thomas
Rainey, veteran Congressman from
the Twentieth Illinois district and
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Mr.. Rainey died unexpectedly
here last night in De Paul Hos
pital from a sudden attack of an
gina pectoris. He had been ill
for two weeks with a slight attack
of bronchial pneumonia but had
shown definite signs of improve
ment yesterday, physicians said.
Had he lived until today Speaker
Rainey would have been "a years
old.
Death came at 7:5O p. m. DR..
H. w. Soper and two other ply
Sicians were hurriedly called to
the Speakers bedside when
nurse heard his sudden cry of dis
tresS.
But before DR.. Soper and his
aides could administer medical re-
lief he was dead. Death came
quietly, the physician said.
Mrs. Rainey, who had been her
husbands secretary for years, had
spent the afternoon by her hus-
bands side and had left in the
early evening. She was cheered
by his happy frame of mind and
apparent evidence of improvement
in his condition.
Speaker Rainey, a native of
Carrollton, ILL.,, assumed the Speak
ership at the start of his fifteenth
term in Congress in March. 1898.
He succeeded John Nance Garner
of Texas, now Vice President.
Mr.. Rainey was first elected to
Congress from the Twentieth
Illinois district in 1902 on the
Democratic ticket.
Ill Two Weeks
With the exception of the Sixty.
seventh Congress, when he was de-
feated in the Harding Republican
sweep, Mr.. Rainey'S service in the
House of Representatives was con-
tinuouS.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Elder Michaux
Beats Rather
By Default

Maybe this story should be on
the sport pages. 1t concerns
the thrilling contest between
Elder Solomon Lightfoot Mi
chaux, local colored evangelist,
and several feet Of writhing
death known commonly as a rat
tlesnake.
Yes, the sports pages would
be the proper place for this
description Of the tense battle,
especially because, as the
authorities on prize fighting say,
the elder won by default. The
serpent failed to show up.
1t all started when dozens Of
the elders congregation gath
cred expectantly in his church
near Griffith Stadium last
night, hoping to see a replica
of the man-rattlestake duel that
brought fame to Albert Teester,
humble mountain evangelist who
recovered from the effects of a
large dose of venom.
Said the elder:
"You want to see a rattlesnake
bite me?"
Announced the congregation:
eyes"
Stated the elder:
"The devil tempted TeeSter in
the guise of a serpent, but he's
not going to tempt me-"
About that time the flock be-
gan to figure out that, for some
reason or other, there wasn't
gonna to be no snake.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
'STRATO' FL|ERS
SET RECORD

EJUBLJANA, Jugoslavia, Aug
20 G.NSO.-Two young men who
dropped Unexpectedly out of the
sky and did not even know what
country they were in were re,
ported on their way here today
to get the Orient Express back
to Brussels.
They were Prof. Max Cosyns
and Neree Van der Elst, whose
ascent into the stratosphere in
a balloon from -our-Havenne
near Brussels was not a record
breaking one in height, but was
probably the longest high-altitude
flight on record.
Professor CoSyns was jubilant
that he had brought his delicate
instruments for measuring the
performance of the cosmic rays
safely to earth.
He said that shortly after the
start the balloon reached an alti-
tude of about 10 miles and that
they had not tried to increase
the height from then on but had
devoted themselves to their Oh,
seTvations and their instruments
Prof. CosynS reported that the
temperature within the steel ball
in which they were enclosed had
been zero most of the time, while
the temperature outside ranged
from 60 to 70 degrees below.
Among the first to reach the
balloon when it landed was
Charles Szmodis, of Perth Amboy
N. j., medical student on vaca,
ton. He said Van der Elst was
in a state of collapse when he
landed and had to be laid on the
ground and worked on by the
farmers to bring him to. Cosyns
was in a little better condition.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
BUSES STONED
IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 G.N.S).
Picketing continued today in the
strike called five days ago by
union drivers of the Chicago
Motor Coach Company to gain
recognition of their American
Federation of Labor affiliate.
Normal schedules were main
tanned on the bus lines in spite of
scattered incidents of violence in
which three coaches and drivers
were stoned.
Both sides refused to alter their
positions, the bus company refuS-
ing to recognize Local No. 1922 Of
the Amalgamated Association Of
Street Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees and declining to
reinstate II union employees who
had been dismissed.
The dismissals resulted in a.
recommendation by the National
Labor Relations Board that the
company's NRA Blue Eagle be re-
moved.
According to reports, an investi-
gator from washington has been
assigned to make a detailed re-
port of the controversy either to
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson or to PreSi-
dent Roosevelt.
Three buses were stoned, &C
cording to reports to police. Pc
lice pursued and captured two
men reported to have hurled mis-
siles at a coach. One of the pair.
Fred Baumgarten, "a, bus driver
for the Chicago surface lines, re-
ceived a bullet scalp wound dur
ing the chase.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Boy Math Wizard
Apes Make Baer

PHILADELPHIA Q.N.S0-Al-
though his mathematical calcu-
lations astound psychologists Of
the University of Pennsylvania,
5-year-old Louis Miller's one am
bition is to emulate Max Baer.
Louis mother took her youth
full prodigy to the University OF
Pennsylvania recently, where psy-
biologists declared that the boy
is lone in 100000 when it comes
to calculation"
The boys mother afterward
admitted, however, that to per-
suade Louis to go to the univer-
sity for the test, she was forced
to tell him that Max Baer would
be there" AMI give him a pair of
boxing gloves.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Spider Winning
In Fight With
Garter Snake

BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.-Round
one of the battle being waged
between a spider and a foot
long garter snake seems to have
been won easily by the spider.
Today the snake was still en-
meshed in the thick emergency
web wound around him by the
busy little insect in the base
ment of the home of Horace P.
Lane.
The contest began last Fri
day. The snake soon became
tangled in the spiders silk,
whereupon the spider sat back
to await developments. occa-
sionally tightening up his net
here and there.
If the struggling snake man
ages to break loose, however,
there will probably be one less
spider here. Because garter
snakes dote on insects for break
fast, lunch and dinner.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
.RA|NEY WIDOW
MAY GET POST

Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, widow of
the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives-45 years his wife
and 81 years his secretary-may
succeed him as the Congressional
representatives of the Twentieth
Illinois district.
Long a well-known and popular
figure in the National Capital, she
has many friends in Washington
who would like to see her run
for the office made vacant by her
husbands sudden death last
night friends who frequently have
declared in the past that she
would make a good representative.
Since her husbands death, it
has already been suggested that
she run for Congress, the SuggeS-
ton being made by Senator Will
liam H. Dietrich CD of Illinois,
a close personal friend of the
RaineyS and an associate for many
years. Says the Senator:
"Mrs. Rainey has been her
husbands secretary for years.
There's no one in the State of
Illinois better acquainted with
Congressional work than she.
She was actively at her hus-
bands side throughout his ca
reer, and all that time attended
to the details of his office"
The distinguished lookin g
Speaker always referred to Mrs.
Rainey as my Chief" He de-
pended on her for many of the de-
tails that aided him in being
elected to Congress in every cleo
ton since 1902, and she always en-
joyed acting as the figure in the
ho olyoro1,p6
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

The eyes Of the world are turn
ing toward Mandrake.
Mandrake is a magician, who
employs astonishing magic. His
achievements will be pictured
every day, beginning today, in
The washington Times.
Mandrake the Magician, by
Lee Falk, is the sensation of the
new strips. BY next week all
Washington will be following
Mandrake's adventures will
breathless eagerneSS.
Mandrake has done some won
derful things already.
When Inspector Sheldon OF
the U. S. Secret Service, his
daughter, Barbara, and Tommy
Lord, also of the Secret Service
answered a mysterious call from
Ambassador Vandergriff in the
wee hours of the morning, the
excitement began.
Papers Stolen
Certain papers were taken from
the ambassadors safe. If re-
vealed, those papers will cause
nations to rise in a revolt that
might shake civilization.
While the ambassador was
telling the story to the three, the
room suddenly darkened. In the
mystic blackness, a huge dark
man appears, Lothar, powerful
Ethiopian. He announces MS
master, Mandrake, the magician
who appears out of thin air.
The ambassadors valet, ar
Oriental, tries to flee. Mandrake
sends him, by his magic power
feet first against the ceiling. anG
gains confession that the Cobra
has seized the papers. Thu Cobra
is the fanatical leader of a power
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

Henry 1QOHlaS Hd111Sy, WIN
died in st. Louis last night, was
born in Carrollton, ILL.,, August
20, 1860, son of John and Kate
Thomas Rainey. Educated to the
bar at Amherst and Union Col
lege of Law, Chicago, he prac
ticed at Carrollton from 1885 to
1902. From 1887 to 1895 he was
master of chancery in Greene
county.
In 1903 he made his first trip
to washington as a Representa-
tive of the people, a Member OF
the Fifty-eighth Congress. He re-
manned in Congress, serving
through the Sixty-sixth Congress
before he was defeated for re-
election in the Harding landslide
of 1920. Two years later ne was
back in the Sixty-eighth Congress
and served continually until his
death.
A Picturesque Figure
The Speaker was one of the
most picturesque figures in Con-
gress. Tall, robust, his rudy
features were surmounted by a
shock of white hair. He was a
politician of the old school in
manner and dress, the most prom
inent feature of the latter being
a flowing black bow tie. He had
somewhat the appearance of a
transforming actor of other days,
and was a master of debate.
Mr.. Rainey was a pipe smoker
and owned so many pipes he could
not keep track of them. They were
all Well-seasoned briarS with
dropped bowls, and he smoked
the strongest tobacco he could
buy. When not in Washington,
Mr.. Rainey paid much attention tc
his farm near Carrollton, prefer
ring to be known as a "dirt
farmer"
Mr.. Rainey distinguished him
self as soon as he entered Congress
in 1903 by engaging in a bitter ar
gument with the late DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley, who had said a certain
corn flour was poisonous. There
were several breakfast food plants
in Mr.. Rainey's district. He also
slapped at President Theodore
Roosevelt for grabbing" Panama.
In Big Tariff Fight
HE activities included fights
for more and higher pensions for
constituents, new post office
buildings for his small towns and
development of the Illinois River.
Mr.. Rainey rose above the crowd
in 1908 by starting the famous
tariff fight which preceded the
Democratic congressional sweep
of 1910 and was the prelude to
Wilson'S and the Underwood bill.
He proved that American goods
were being sold in Europe
cheaper than here. He bought 40
American-made watches abroad
at lower prices than he could
obtain from local jobbers. He
wore all of the watches on to
the House floor one day and used
them to illustrate a forceful
speech.
Mr.. Rainey was deeply interested
in Soviet Russia, and in the fall
of 1881, made a 7,000-mile trip to
the Caucasus. He was an ardent
hacker of the Soviets, although
he did not favor their system for
America. He was anxious that
the Soviet market be opened for
the United States and advocated
recognition of the Soviet regime
by this country.
Mr.. Rainey, instead of Garner,
would have become Speaker OF
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Ralph Bellamys
Sail for Europe

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Among
the passengers who sailed Satur
day for Europe on the Cunard
liner, Berengaria, were Ralph Bel
lamy and his wife, Catherine Will
lard, screen artists. 1t was Mr..
Belamy's first trip abroad and he
obtained his passport only an
hour before sailing time.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
CUMBERLAND FAIR ON

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 20,
Livestock, poultry, vegetable and
other exhibits were opened to the
public today at the seventeenth
annual Cumberland Fair, which
launches the fall racing season in
Maryland. Races will start to-
morrow and will continue the re-
mainder of the week.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

Write a slogan. WIN A PRIZE!
Six cash prizes are being awarded
weekly for the best slogan sub
mitted on the firms advertising in
the RECOMMENDED SERVICES
classification of today'S WANT
ADS.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
HEART ATTACK
KILLS RA|NEY

CONTINUED from Page y
Byrns on the closing night Of the
last session is held by friends to
be an indication of his popularity.
Both as leader and as campaign
leader, he is constantly in touch
with members of the House and
new candidates.
Mr.. Byrns, like Mr.. Rainey, went
down the line for the New Deal
despite rurnors of dissatisfaction
with some policies. Because of his
service, Mr.. Byrns was given an
uncontested nomination in his
Nashville, Tenn, district.
Outsider Mentioned
The house may choose a Speaker
who is not a member. The name Of
Former Governor Al Smith of New
York has been mentioned in this
class in the past. Mr.. Rainey'S
opponent in the Illinois primary, j.
H. High Heels" Kirby, has an
nounced his candidacy for the
SpeakerShip.
President Roosevelt can, it Is
conceded, dominate the speaker
ship if he chooses. The President,
however, is expected to adopt a
hands off" attitude,
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
La gaceta., 1934-10-05
LOS ~HUELGUISTAS ATACA
RON UN QUARTET

Madrid, Oct. 5.-Atacaron
aver los obrerCS huelguiStaS 81
Quartet de Sabcya, en- protes.a
per la entrada Ell ell gCbiern9
de Alexandra LerrouX, EN- cope
raci6n con la derecha reacciona
ria y monarquica. La lucha con
las tropas sc derive de un cho-
que en- ell que perdi6 la vida un
guardia de asalto, en- ell distrito
de la Prosgeridadr Dos hrelguis
tas sufrieron heridas.
Un grupo de trabajadores le-
vant6 una barricada en- la Pros
peridad, recibiendo a los guar
dias con descargas de rifle. Pa
sa de 60 ell nGmero de deteni =
dos, so de los cuales estaiban ar
mAdOS.
La huu.ga genera Sc declara-
"a en- Iprotesta pOr la formation
del nuevo gabinete, en- ell que fl
guran elementos que hasta muy
recientemente eran enemigos
de la Republica y no Sc oculta4
ban para decirlO.
La gaceta., 1934-10-05
LA MAS GRAVE CRISIS
DESDE QUE LA u
REPUBLICA EXISTE

Madrid, Oct. 5.-La crisis ac-
tual es la mas grave desde que
Sc fundara la segunda Republi-
ca en- Abril de 1881. Ell Presi-
dente Alcala Zamora lie ha dado
una "soluci6n' que puede SER
vir de base a una guerra civil
pOniendo a la izluierda en- con-
ira de la derecha. Su Excelen-
cia disoEvi6 va una vez el Parla-
mento y la Constitution solo lie
facuita para hacerlO dos veces.
Los Socialists aseguran que
Sc abstendran de particular en-
unas elecciOnes naciOnales, 81 Sc
verificasen ahOra. Aparente-
mente unas elecciones sin los
Socialists daria lugar a la que
IRA civil.
Jose Antonio Primo de Rive
ra Ell jefe fascista, sugiri6 al
P~reSidente, cuando Sc lie llam6
en- consulta la constitution de
un gobierno nacional, aumen-
tando el n1mero de Ministries
hasta 20 para complacer a to-
dos los grupos y dar represen-
taci6n a la izquierda y a dere-
cha.
La Esquerra, o grupo gober-
mantle de Catalina, aparece CO
mo responsible de Ia caida del
gobiernO, teniendo en- cuenta
que Sc paS6 tod el verano desa-
fiando la autoridad del gobier-
no central,
La gaceta., 1934-10-05
HOY C~ONTINUARA LA WIS.,
IA DE Ia CAUSA N
~CRESCENCIO r

Probablemente hoy pasara a
manos del jurado, en- la cOrte
del circuito, la causa contra
Crescencio Murguia, acusado
de la muerte DE su sobrino os-
car Castaneda.
Mas de treinta testigos han
desfilado ante ell tribunal y to-
davia faltan algunos que pre-
sentara ell fiscal.
Ell fiscal del estado, Sr, Fa-
rrior, dej6 saber a los aboga-
dos de la defensa que informa-
ra una o dos horas despues que
termine la prueba testifical.
La demora en- la session de
aver sc debi6 al hecho de que
la corte Sc vic precisada a uti-
liar constantemente los servi-
clos de Interpreters, pues cast
todos los testigos han declara-
do en- ell idioma espanOl.
La acusaci6n fiscal sostiene
que Murguia dispar6 sobre Cas-
taheda despues de haber soste-
nidO cen este una discussion so
.bre un negOcio de panaderia y
pasteleria que ambOs explota-
ban en- la Gale %.
Varios testigos sostienen que.
Murguia dispar6 sObre So So
brine .cuando este Sc acerc6 pa
ra hsblarle y que la victima es-
taba desarmado.
Murguia habla de defensa
Ipropia y de que cuando dispar6
su sobrins venia hacia el en- ac-
titud amenazante y revolver en-
mano, extremes que no Sc han
comprobado en- la prueba testi-
,fical.
La gaceta., 1934-10-05
CUATRO NEGRO CONDE-
NADOS POR ROBO

Cuatro indiViduos de la raza
de color fueron condenados a.
yer por el Juez Petteway, en- la
corte de 10 Criminal, por robo
en- un restaurant de la Gale Is
la avenida de York. Jesse A
mos, que sc ccmfeso culpable,
cumpiira un ano de rrisf6n,
mientras que sus companeros,
Johnny Williams, Woodr1w
Wilson y Henry Moore, que fue
ron convictos por I'm jurado, re-
cibieron un ano y gels meses les
dos primeros y un ano y tres
meses ell 1ltimo.
La gaceta., 1934-10-05
Salvada la s~ituacion de bancarrota de Barcelona
Pi v Suner es ell joven Salvador

terio, despues de Is elecciones,
pas6 a ser ell primer ministro
catalan, Y finalmente Sc lie men
icicn6 como ell hombre 4ue podia
llbrar u ayuntamiento de dos
enredos financieron.
"Esta enCrme deuda de Bar
celona, dijo ell alcalde en- una re
ciente conversation cen los pc
riodistaS, es una acumulacf6n
de 80 amos de p6sima admins
TRACTION bajo la m"narquia''.
Ha"e un 2no ell credito NUM-
ci.al era malo, a causa de los
escaadaloS Y de la corruption.
Cieltamente la evidencia adu-
cida parecia indicar que mu-
dhOs de les concejales llevadCs
al poder por la revoluci6n de
abril de 1881 Sc habian dedica
dc al ''pillaje". Uno de los es-
candalos tuvo relation con la
venta de los emr!eos. Memories,
analfabetos e Incompetence adj
quirieron empleos pagando por
lellos; en- muohOs casos Sc les da
ban enl lleos sin que t~uvieran
Iq.e concurrir a las oficinas.
Trece persmas, incluyenio
vari"s concejaleS, fueron dete-
nidos. Este empeor6 la situa-
lci6n. Ell difunto coronel Macia
Sc vic obligado a poner termino
q esa situaci6n ordenando la ex-
ipulsi6n de algunoS miembroS de
su partido. En- les talones de es-
ito surgi6 ell escandal9 de la fran
quicia de los auto buses. La
franquicia flte pasada no obs
tante las pruebas de corru9ci6n
pero ell nuevo gobierno impidl6
que Ia desvergaenZa sc consul
mara.
La posici6n de Barcelona CO.
mo capital catalina IS unica
Ipor4ue mantiene su vieja in
fluencia que data de les dias de
los Candies. En- aquellos dfas los
Ipue1Eos y ciudades catalanas
consideration un honor hallarse
|bajo la tutela de Barcelona, CO.
mo las viejas ciudades que Sc
|hallaban bajo ell dominic de Ro-
ma y gozaban de privilegios es-
peciales.
La gaceta., 1934-10-05

Barcelona, oct. 5.-La cludad
de Barcelona, que comenz6 el
nueyC ano con una enorme deu-
da, entro en- ell ult.mo trimestre
con la conviction de que la 81
tuaciGn ha sido salvada. Sc ha
hecho esta rebajando a un mi
nimo ell escandalosl saqueo mu-
nicipal, tan qrerido de los poi
ticos catalanes, Y adoptando
una forma de gObierno por CO.
mission, algo nUevo para Espa-
ma, y eligiendo a un alcalde j6-
ven Y eNcerto f%inanciero en- la
persona de Carlos Pi y Suner.
La salvation de la HACIENDA
municipal es de la mas alta i'm
portancia para los catalanes
porQue la bancarrota de BARGE
Iona probaHemente signffica-
ria la bancarrota del regimen
autonomico. Una de las amena-
zas que penden sobre la auto
nomia Sc b3Sa en- la exiStencia
del gobierno municipal, que de-
be ser bien dirigido y admins
trado.
Ell presupuesto de la mUnici-
Ipalidad, de $50, 900, 900 de pc
setas, es mas que dos wees ell
del gcbierno regional de cata-
luna. Mas aun, ell total de la deu
da municipal es enorme, $50,
100000 de pesetas, aun para
una ciudad que llega al million
de habitantes porque eS fire.
.%cuente que ell terrens Sc dele i'm
productive, sin fabricar, en- ell
centric mismo de la p%oblaci6n,
~ que en- la construction de un
.edificio Sc inviertan dos o tres
amos. Ia repercusi6n de la ban
carrcta seria de incalculables
consecuencias.
Ell alcalde Pi Y Suner es un
hombre cast timido cuya Euz per
sonai ha brillado mucho en- ell
regimen reppblicano. Sc lie Ia
mo como consultor de hacienda
de don Manuel Azana en- los
primeros dias de la Resfdblica.
Mas tarde pas6 a ser Consejero
de hacienda en- el gaibinete cata-
Ian, dejando csc puesto para ser
ministro en- la coalici6n de hace
un ano. Luego de caer 81 minis