HAVANA VIOLENCE
SEVERAL- KILLED
ANTI-AMERICANISM
NEWSPAPER ATTACKED
United Tress Association—By Electric Telesrapb—Copyright (Received December 18, 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 17. Havana reports that Cuba's chaoticpolitical situation took a violent turn today. An unorganised mob supporting the Government of President Grau Martin sacked and buriied the newspaper "El Pais," which had been sympathetic to the American policy of nonrecognition of the Martin Administration. AVhile they were preparing an edition, the editorial staff were fired upon from surrounding buildings and were forced to flee. As the flames spread the mob broke the presses and carried away typewriters and other equipment. An emergency hospital has reported several killed, whether the pressmen or their attackers is not known.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 10
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115HAVANA VIOLENCE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 10
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