Word: claxton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week Dr. Chibas exulted: "Cuba will go forward if we can get the new deal that President Roosevelt has promised: increasing the Cuban sugar quota here and reducing the tariff on sugar." Digging in at Havana. During the week President Roosevelt withdrew from Havana harbor the two U.S. destroyers Claxton and Taylor which he sent "to protect American lives." Secretary of State Hull said
Most Cubans were abed when at 1:35 a. m. the U. S. destroyers Claxton and Taylor nosed discreetly into Havana harbor. They had dashed over from Key West. From Balboa the destroyers Sturtevant and Overton steamed full speed for Cuba and the U. S. Navy Department announced that eight more destroyers and two cruisers were ready to follow. Of these the largest was the brand new cruiser Indianapolis mounting 8-in. guns, on which President Roosevelt cruised last month...