President Coolidge to the Caribbean. Lindbergh around its Southern end in great swoops. On the island of Cuba a Conference of all the Americas. These events, close crowding, make the shimmering Caribbean and her major islands news, this week.
Cuba. Independent of Spain since 1898, and of the U. S. since 1901. A republic. But the U. S. retains rights of intervention and maintains a naval base at Guantanamo Bay (see MAP). Population 75% white. A 700-mile highway, bisecting Cuba, is now building by 5,000 men. Havana...
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