Cuban Second Phase Pushes US Toward Possible Intervention
In Havana tensions rise as four warships head to Cuban waters and marines gather at Quantico amid a bloodless coup. The piece argues intervention remains avoided, warning that landing troops would upend trade deals and strain international relations. The orphan tale of Peter Christopholis follows, detailing failed foster care and the limits of returning a long-term orphan to a "lost son" role.
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Cuba
Havana
Quantico
United States
Machado
de Cespedes
Cespedes
Washington
Ambassador Welles
Cuban
Peter Christopholis
Omaha
Jean Strengs
Peter
Paterson
N. J
Strengs
Strongs
US policy debate over risk to citizens abroad and sugar interests
A foreign policy critique argues against risking American lives to defend a sugar plantation abroad, insisting protection for citizens at home while opposing intervention to preserve foreign property. The speaker rejects defending a distant sugar venture at the expense of American lives.
Believe It or Not and The Strangest Fate Of Libby Prison
A snapshot of early America with a strip on Governor Samuel Cranston of Rhode Island his long tenure and dramatic return from presumed death. Plus a report on Frank Siler a Chicago lifeguard who saved hundreds and a Chicago Herald Examiner contest prize.
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Samuel Cranston
John Cranston
Clarke
Newport
Cranston
Rhode Island
Frank Siler
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Oak Street Beach
Frank
Mary C. Davidson
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Libby Prison
National Whirligig column previews repeal effects
The piece outlines when repeal may take effect after the 36th state votes and lists states with or without prohibition, plus how federal and tariff actions may unfold. It covers whiskey prices rising post repeal, NATO, and notes on patronage politics and currents in New York reporting.
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George Durne
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maryland
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Washington
Wisconsin
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Iowa
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Minnesota
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Ohio
Utah
Uncle Sam
Congress
Relocation talk at Muscatine levee meeting
Fifty years ago today Muscatine county supervisors discussed moving the Muscatine levee. The Muscatine cavalry was invited to a veterans reunion in Davenport.
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Muscatine
First Methodist Church
J. C. Willits
Harry Huttig
Clinton
Huttig
Sam Jones
New York Yankee
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
River Front
R. S. McNutt
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Noezee, Rothenberg & Jann
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Tribune
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News-Tribune
Associated Press
Leo Newspaper Syndicate
Manchoukuo
Japan
Alsace-Lorraine
Roy W. Howard
Orient
Aker
Sgnuffy
General Johnson
Eastman
Johnson
Bethlehem Steel
United Mine Workers
Lewis
John L. Lewis
Blue Eagle
Department of Justice
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Chicio
B.A. Argentine
Mier Huggins
51. Louis
Francesco Taraasorio
S.S Rex
Atlantic
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Roosevelt
F. O. Billings
NRA
Tariff Commission
White House
Tydings
Glass
McAdoo
Reynolds
McCarran
State Department
Grandi
India
Gandhi
Britannia
England
Coney Island
James McMullin
Sof Llam
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