Word: cubans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dresses: sport or semi-sport. Coats should be of fine material, smart design. "Nothing ruins an outfit like wolf, rabbit or cat trimming." Hats should be small, matching the ensemble, framing the face. Shoes should have Cuban* or French heels. "Flat heels cause an ugly ankle line." Beads: "The plainer, the better. Fancy savage-looking wooden or glass beads in loud colors detract from the face. . . ." Hair: "Hairnets are impossible. Wide, casual waves are best." Makeup: "Use enough to look healthy. . . . Wipe off excess lipstick. For those who still believe it wicked to employ coloring to [sic] the lips...
Fearfully Cubans wondered if these words ended the recent truce between Boss Machado ("The Rooster") and that equally cocky Cuban, Dr. Carlos de la Torriente, Leader of the Opposition. Since early December dickering had gone on, the Opposition demanding that the President resign; and since early December there had been no bomb outrage in Havana...
...night after Senor Machado announced that he did not choose to resign, normalcy returned. At precisely 1:30 a. m. a bomb exploded at the front door of a minor Machado henchman, Col. José Quero, Chief of the Tax Section of the Cuban Treasury. Nobody was hurt, as usual. The bomb merely blew in Col. Quero's front door, blew his library furniture into a pile of kindling wood, blew out most of the windows in his house. Just a reminder...
...Baltimore relief ball Baritone Lawrence Tibbett sang "Cuban Love Song" from his latest cinema, got tremendous publicity when six women fainted. One pushed her way through the mob, tremblingly touched his cheek, swooned at his feet. "Gee whiz!" said Baritone Tibbett, "that...
Sugar sold at a new low level since the Civil War, Cuban raw bringing only...