Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile Americans whose memories are long, recall that General Weyler was once rather more than notorious in American eyes. As a Spanish military observer, he watched quietly enough the campaigns of General Sheridan during the Civil War. But as the Spanish representative in Cuba (1896-7), he repressed the Cuban struggle for independence with such atrocious severity that his régime was responsible for the Spanish-American War. In those days patriotic Americans reviled him as a "butcher" and a "thief." He was said to have ordered the shooting of countless Cubans out of hand. And at the same...
...both security and commercial markets, one of the least "sweet" commodities just now is sugar. Like other industries artificially expanded during the War, the sugar business, particularly in Cuba, is due for deflation. The "grinding season" in Cuba, when the cane is crushed and the liquors extracted, is now at about its end, and estimates of production can be made. Apparently more cane was handled than ever before, and plantings of the new crop promise to exceed even those of this year. Except for the U. S. beet sugar industry, the same general situation of excessive production exists throughout...
Said Alfred Zayas, onetime, (1921-1925) President of Cuba, before a Rotary Club Luncheon in Manhattan: "Cuba is the only nation who has paid her War debt to the United States in full . . . this is due to the laboriousness of our people . . . 67% of our imports are from the United States . 85% of our exports go to the United States ... We Cubans are proud...
...soprano; Mr. John Dolan, cornet, and Mr. George Carey, xylophone. Following is the program, which contains a wide range of pieces from classical music to jazz: 1. Gaelic Fantasy, "Armrain No N-Gaedeal" (New), O'Donnell The Band 2. Cornet Solo, "The Carnival" Arban Mr. John Dolan 3. Suite, "Cuba under Three Flags" (New) Sousa a. Under the Spanish. b. Under the American. c. Under the Cuban. The Band 4. Soprano Solo, "I am Titania," from "Mignon," Thomas Miss Marjorie Moody 5. a. Love Scene from "Feuersnoth" R. Strauss b. March, "The Liberty Bell" Sousa The Band 6. "Jazz America...
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