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Guard on the Beaches. As the sound of distant drums grew louder, so did noises closer to home. Underground agents set fire to Havana's big El Encanto department store and destroyed it completely, an $8,000,000 loss. Castro himself seemed almost out of control. Four times last week he appeared to harangue Cubans over TV. "We are going to tear to bits all those who show their heads," he cried. At a workers' meeting he lapsed into incoherency. But Brother Raul, the Defense Minister, and Castro's Communist Adviser Che Guevara seemed to be keeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Toward D-Day | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

Most famed bar (not smart): Sloppy Joe's. Naughtiest night club: La Verbena. Smartest shops: El Encanto and Casa Grande...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Slow and Easy. . . . | 1/19/1931 | See Source »

...race was on. At intervals behind him rose John W. Frost flying the Golden Eagle; Capt. W. P. Erwin flying the Dallas Spirit; J. Auggy Pedlar flying the Miss Doran (carrying with him Miss Mildred Doran, school teacher from Flint, Mich.); Goebel; and Jensen. Pabco Flyer and El Encanto crashed at the start. Soon Erwin returned with an unlucky windhole in his fuselage. Soon Griffin returned, his engine failing. Out over the blue Pacific flew Goebel, Jensen; Frost, Pedlar; and their navigators; and Pedlar's passenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Dole Race | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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