Word: manzanillo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cuban Communist and leader of the Sugar Workers' Federation, had been touring the eastern end of the island, stirring up the workers. He was a little tired when he took the train at Yara one day last week. His next stop would be the busy sugar port of Manzanillo, where there was to be a big rally...
...ndez. The young (36) Communist leader was told that he could not hold his meeting and would be arrested if he tried. Menéndez replied that, as a member of the Cuban House of Representatives, he had congressional immunity. By the time the train reached Manzanillo the two men were in heated argument. Suddenly, as they alighted, Captain Casillas whipped out his automatic and fired three .45-caliber slugs into Menéndez' body. Menéndez died as he was carried from the station...
...California, with Magdalena similarly situated on the Pacific. Potentialities farther south are even more significant: The port of Salina Cruz possesses the only coastal dry dock from San Francisco to Panama, also has a fueling station. The fine harbor at Acapulco has a repair base, Guaymas a repair yard. Manzanillo is another fueling station...
Mild was the temblor felt in Mexico's capital compared with the spasm that shook provincial cities. Mexico City, reclaimed from swamp, rests on a shock-absorbing cushion of mud. The earthquake's center was on the Pacific Coast, between Manzanillo and the beach resort of Acapulco. From there it spread fanwise through the hills, north to Jalisco, south to Oaxaca...
...Manzanillo, Mexico-on Mexico's Pacific shore almost due west of Mexico City-the 6,892-ton armed merchant cruiser Prince Robert closed in on the 9,179-ton North German Lloyd freighter Weser and took her prize. Aboard the Weser was a fishy cargo: 19,000 bbl. of fuel oil, 600 bbl. of lubricating oil, 15 live steers, a large stock of fresh vegetables and a "lot of miscellaneous stuff." Her clearance papers were not in order. Mexican officials, who thought that the vessel was headed either for a supply rendezvous at sea, or for Vladivostok, whence...