Word: cubans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spankers Spanked. To seize and spank ladies of the Opposition who demonstrate on his front steps, Dictator Gerardo Machado has his own buxom, heavy-handed female spanking brigade. Last week these spankers were upended and themselves soundly spanked by Cuban students disguised as women...
Books. Anyone who reads Spanish should read these outstanding Cuban .books: Novelist Cirilo Villaverde's Cecilia Valdes; Poet Jose Maria Heredia's Niagara; Scientist Carlos de la Torre's Historia Natural de Cuba...
Machado. Tremendously resolute, sagacious and most calm, President Gerardo Machado y Morales has probably suppressed more uprisings than any other living chief of state. Characteristically he did not allow last week's news of munition running to spoil his week-end plans. After ordering out the entire Cuban Navy he went fishing, as usual...
Born in Santa Clara province, Sr. Machado fought in the Cuban War of Independence, rose to the rank of brigadier general-as did many another-but when peace came he left the army, went into business. At this time he danced the danzon at least as well as Edward of Wales tangoes today, was in fact, a noted cavalier...
...organized an electric power corporation in Santa Clara, built up the property, sold it to U. S. interests at a fat profit. Sugar was his next interest. Buying a mill near Santa Clara he started grinding cane, considered himself almost rich just before the 1920 Cuban sugar panic...