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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
December 3, 19313 de diciembre de 1931 · White Bluffs, Wash. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

White Bluffs spokesman

SourceFuente: White Bluffs spokesman · White Bluffs, Wash. · December 3, 19313 de diciembre de 1931
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093008/1931-12-03/ed-1/?sp=7

In contextEn contexto

The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura · 1924–1960

Rafael Trujillo ruled for 31 years. US papers reported the 1930 hurricane that leveled Ciudad Trujillo, the 1937 Haitian massacre, sugar commerce, WWII U-boat sinkings, Tito Mella's Compañía Naviera Dominicana shipping fleet, and Trujillo's Washington lobbying.Rafael Trujillo gobernó durante 31 años. La prensa informó sobre el huracán de 1930, la masacre de 1937, el azúcar, hundimientos de submarinos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la flota de la Compañía Naviera Dominicana de Tito Mella.

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SummaryResumen

The *White Bluffs Spokesman* detailed historical evidence verifying that Christopher Columbus's remains rest in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, citing investigations by American diplomats Thomas C. Dawson, Philander C. Knox, and Charles G. Dawes. The article also described the catastrophic hurricane of September 3, 1930, which struck the Dominican capital, destroying 4,000 homes outside the city walls, damaging 70 percent of structures inside, and killing over two thousand residents.

El *White Bluffs Spokesman* detalló testimonios históricos que corroboraban que los restos de Cristóbal Colón reposan en la Catedral de Santo Domingo, citando investigaciones de los diplomáticos estadounidenses Thomas C. Dawson, Philander C. Knox y Charles G. Dawes. El artículo describió también el devastador huracán del 3 de septiembre de 1930 que azotó la capital dominicana, destruyendo 4 000 casas fuera de las murallas de la ciudad, dañando el 70 por ciento de los edificios interiores y cobrando la vida de más de dos mil residentes.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

was sealed, and in the afternoon the

president and his cabinet, the mem

bers of the diplomatic corps, the bishops

and Apostolic delegate, and many

others assembled to witness the com

pletion of the excavation and the

opening of the casket.

Outside and inside were found in-

scriptions which bear alike the nama

and the titles of Christopher Colum

bus. All present, including even the

Spanish consul, joined in a notarial

affidavit of the circumstances of the

opening of the vault and casket and

the description of their contents.

The late American minister, Thomas

C. Dawson, pronounced the evidence

complete, and the late American gecre

tary of state, Philander C. Knox, on

his visit to Santo Domingo in 1912

declared that any impartial court

would sustain the contention that all

that is mortal of the Founder of the

New World rests within the Cathedral

at Santo Domingo. Charles G. Dawes

United States ambassador to Great

Britain, while in Santo Domingo in

1929 as the head of a commission to

work out a budget system for the

Dominican government, made a study

of the evidence and reached the same

conclusion as Minister Dawson and

Secretary Knox.

One of the most tragic experiences

in the history of Santo Domingo oc

curred in the afternoon of September

3, 1930, when a hurricane swept over

the eapital. Outside the walls of the

stricken city the devastation was prac:

tically complete; inside the walls 70

per cent of the buildings were dam

aged and practically all of the 4,000

smaller homes were destroyed. Up

wards of two thousand people were

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

White Bluffs spokesman. (1931). White Bluffs, Wash., 1931-12-03. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093008/1931-12-03/ed-1/?sp=7

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: White Bluffs spokesman, 1931-12-03.

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