Cuba Seeks Roosevelt Help Aiming for Reform
The Havana dispatch reports Cubans view Roosevelt's inauguration as pivotal for Cuba. There is hope Washington will pressure Machado to end martial law and restore liberties, while Machado loyalists urge non interference. The island remains an armed camp with 12,000 troops and suspended guarantees.
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Holmes
Nova Service
Miami
Cubs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Havana
Preside
Machado
Roosevelt
Aldeas
Qube
Cuba
Wilson
Enoch H. Crowder
Washington
Suspect Arrested in Robbery Attack on Pair in Houston
In Houston, February 7, a suspect was arrested after a brutal beating and robbery of 85 year old Wille Jonas and his sister 88 year old Mrs Fannie Reed. Two others were sought after three assailants entered their isolated home Sunday night striking Jonas 19 times with a pistol. The brothers sister were seriously injured while authorities raid the scene seeking the other two suspects and a large sum of money.
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Houston
Fev
Wille Jonas
Mra
Jones
Trade Center Proposed in San Antonio Barter Scheme
San Antonio eyed a barter and trade clearing house to swap labor and farm produce without money. A meeting of the American Economic Council in the Maverick Building approved a central warehouse where goods are left and exchanged for non interest bearing scrip redeemable in labor or other commodities. Maury Maverick presided. committees were named to refine plans and review the fifteen proposed scrip options, aiming to avoid personal profit.
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San Antonio
American Economic Council
Maverick
Eubanks
Maury Maverick
Slay er Pays for Crime in Chair in Oklahoma
A Texas bullet and a later electric chair execution mark a grim tale as Nathan Right Bell, 34, is put to death in the Oklahoma state prison for fatally shooting railroad officer J. W. Buchanan near Hugo months earlier. The report blends trial by punishment with political critique of censorship in Cuba and U S reactions, noting ambassadorial interventions and alleged abuses under Machado regime, including incommunicado detention and executions.
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M'Alester
Okla
Nathan Right Bell
J. W. Buchanan
Hugo
Right Bell
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