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Show Paraguay Cavalry Slashes Bolivians Indian Horsemen Virtually Annihilate In-, In-, . f anfaxRegiment With Machetes (Br Caned fMl ASCUNSCION, Paraguay, Jan. 25 Tha. famous Paraguayan "Acevara" cavalry regiment of Guarani Indians virtually annihilated annihilat-ed tha 4 1st Bolivian infantry regiment in the sixth day of a bloody battle for possession of Fort JNanawa in the Gran Chaco, the war department said today. Official announcement of th victory vic-tory caused a great celebration her. The Acevara regiment inherited Its nam from a unit in th war of 1170, when troopers of th regiment won metal helmet and received th nickname nick-name "Acevara," meaning in the Guarani langauge, th head that shines." The war department announced that the Guarani cavalry charged the Bolivians nd cutthem downwith machetes, native hatchets. Bolivian survivors fled after the tint attack and were pursued by the Indiana, the announcement said. Some hope waa expnssed In informed in-formed quartan that hostilities In the Gran Chaco, now In the seventh month, might be ended soon. The foreign ministry said no new proposals pro-posals had been received, Reports from Buenos Aires said that the Argentine Ar-gentine and Chilean governments planned to act under an Argentine propossl for an antiwar pact among South American nations. ' One government official predicted that tha fighting would be ended by May. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued contin-ued In the Nanawa sector, where Bolivians, Bo-livians, directed by General Hans Kundt, stormed the Paraguayans. According Ac-cording to local reports, tha attacker attack-er were beaten off repeatedly with heavy losses. Brazil Strives To Avert Clash RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. 25 (tV-Braiil (tV-Braiil today Intensified diplomatic effort to avert hostilities at tha border bor-der city of Leticia, ovar which Colombia Colom-bia and Peru are in dispute. Brazil was baaing its hope for a peaceful settlement of the situation on pressure by American nations, similar to action which was taken recently concerning the conflict of Paraguay and Bolivia in the Gran Chaco. Strong hope prevailed that a temporary tem-porary settlement would be possible, permitting Colombia and Peru to negotiate ne-gotiate the entire boundary question at Bio de Janeiro. |