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Word: mayorships (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week was orderly, the polling apparently honest. The result was a smashing victory for President Ramón Grau San Martín's left-wing regime, his Auténtico Party and Communist supporters. Grau's man, Manuel Fernandez Supervielle, won Havana's mayorship, the island's No. 2 political job. Most of the island's 125 new mayors would also be Grau men. Apparently enough Grau legislative candidates won to give the President, for the first time, a majority in Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Vote of Confidence | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

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