STATE OF WAR
REVOLT IN CUBA | CHALLENGE BY STRIKERS BOMBS AND RIFLE FIRE [Bz Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) Received March 11, 11.5 p . m . • HAVANA, March 10. A general revolutionary strike threatened Cuba on Sunday night as additional unions answered the call for a walk-out by midnight. Bombs exploded in downtown Havana and rifle lire added two deaths to tke ton ot four dead and eight wounded on Saturday night. The outbreak is the wild est since the 1933 revolution. lhe Constitution has been suspended and President Mendieta has been empowered to dictate any measures necessary to protect the public an! main tain order. the powerful union of railroad workers on the main lines between Havana and Santiago joined the strike on Sunday. A state of war was declared throughout Cuba tn-daj-.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 5
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131STATE OF WAR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 5
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