Word: cristal
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...most of the week, the army holed up in its fortified bases-Manzanillo, Bayamo and Santiago-and the rebels took over the countryside, cutting off Oriente from the rest of Cuba. Fidel's brother, Raul, led his 150 men out of the Sierra del Cristal, 100 miles northeast of the main rebel strongholds. One night at Moa Bay they held the Freeport Sulphur Co.'s $75 million nickel mining project for twelve hours before pulling out. With no traffic moving in or out of Santiago, residents began dipping into hoarded food supplies. The rebels admitted that they were...
...followed a new Oriente coast invasion by 150 supporters of ex-President Carlos Prio Socarrás bent on horning into the revolution begun by Rebel Chieftain Fidel Castro more than five months ago. Pursuing the invaders, the army caught them at the edge of the rugged Sierra del Cristal, killed 16. Castro chose that moment for a double show of force. From his sanctuary in the high Sierra Maestra his 100-odd men swooped down on the army garrison of the tiny Oriente town of Uvero, killing eleven of Batista's soldiers and wounding 18. In Havana, Castro...
...Peter L. Scott '38 pour president. Laird M. Ogle '37 et William V. Linde '37 ont ete choisis vice-president et secretaire-tresorier respectivement. Le Cercle sous les auspices de l'Alliance Francaise de Boston presentera a Boston le 25 avril "La Dame de Bronze et le Monsieur de Cristal," piece de Henri Duvernois. Mademoiselle Germaine Arosa dirigera la piece. La distribution des roles comprendra M. M. Robert Turner '37, Bruce Leighton '38, Summer Willard '37, et Richard G. Wheeler...