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...Dennis became managing editor of the Record (morning paper owned by the News). He sent one of the first correspondents to Cuba to cover the rebellion that preceded the Spanish-American War. At the Battle of Manila Bay Dennis' correspondent was John McCutcheon, later to win fame as the Chicago Tribune's cartoonist...
...would bear up better under the island's torrid political climate. He was Major General Blanton Winship, U. S. A. retired, of Macon, Ga. General Winship is a rare type, an experienced U. S. colonial official. He entered the Army in '98, wears the ribbons of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrec tion, the Cuban Pacification, the Mexican Punitive Expedition, the World War. As far back as 1906, General Enoch Crowder recognized General Winship's administrational abilities by making him Acting Secretary of State and Justice of Cuba. He served as Calvin Coolidge's military...
...visiting lecturer outlined the history of Cuba since the Spanish-American War. He blamed the Reciprocity Treaties and the Platt Amendment for most of the difficulties which have brought about the economic condition causing the present crisis. "The Administration," said Professor Buell, "appreciates this, and is desirous of economic reform. But, having failed to manage successfully the first revolution, the State Department hesitates to adopt any positive policy toward the existing Grau government." Professor Buell believes, however, that the United States must soon recognize the Cuban Government, and enter immediately into a reconsideration of the reciprocity treaties, and support...
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia has indeed had an explosive career. Born on Manhattan's Varick Street 51 years ago, he grew up at Army posts. His father, a bandmaster, died of embalmed beef at Tampa during the Spanish-American War. When he was 20, Fiorello got into the consular service, serving at Budapest, Trieste and Fiume. A row over immigrant inspection sent him back to Ellis Island, where he was interpreter until 1910, when he began to practice law. He went to Congress on the Republican ticket in 1917, took a leave of absence when the War broke...
...violin tricks and tinkling tunes." Aged 13, George traveled the country in Peck's Bad Boy, grew inured to the beatings he had to take in every town from boys who were irked by the Peck boy's impudence on the stage. By the time the Spanish-American War was declared, The Four Cohans were one of the country's best vaudeville teams, and George had already written what he still considers the best song of his career: "Venus, My Shining Love...