Word: cubas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...going to resign, Senores," said big, flabby-jowled President Gerardo Machado y Morales firmly to Havana newshawks last week. "In fact you can quote me as saying that I expect to remain President of Cuba until...
Immeasurably more serious was a rebuff by Dutchmen to Cubans next day in Paris, where the International Sugar Council is still vainly trying to enforce the Chadbourne plan of world wide restriction by leading sugar growers (TIME, May 18 et ante). Cuba has loyally cooperated; President Machado has thrown all his dictatorial power behind the plan. Last week the Dutch growers contended that a technicality in the Chadbourne agreement exempts "present crops" from limitation, and contended that since their crop contracts are made 14 months in advance, limitation of the Java crop would not begin until the spring harvest...
...Roosevelt had a lust for war. To him most wars were just. Only "flubdubs and mollycoddles" opposed them. He worried himself half sick lest he miss "the fun" in Cuba and when he returned he clamored loudly for a Medal of Honor. Most thoughtful citizens were amazed that his foreign policy from 1901 to 1909 did not embroil the U. S. in hostilities. A thorough jingo, he nevertheless won the Nobel Peace Prize for his Russo-Japanese war settlement...
Seven foreign countries are represented in the Class of 1936, three men coming from England and one from Switzer-land,-Guatemala, Abyssinia, Brazil, Java, and China, respectively. This number shows a decrease of two from last year. Hawaii, Porto Rico the Philippines, and Cuba are also represented...
...record in the Army was long and active. He entered the service in 1898 as a private in the sist Iowa Infantry. In 1900, after participating in 28 Spanish War skirmishes & engagements, he was made a first lieutenant, signal officer. He served several years in Alaska and Cuba in the construction of military telegraph lines. For his work in the Signal Corps during the War he was decorated by five governments. In 1923 he supervised replacing the Washington-Alaska submarine cable, a difficult operation. Before his election to Postal's presidency last week, he made a tour of inspection...