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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
November 28, 194028 de noviembre de 1940 · Springfield, Mass. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Springfield weekly Republican

SourceFuente: Springfield weekly Republican · Springfield, Mass. · November 28, 194028 de noviembre de 1940
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1940-11-28/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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More on The Customs ReceivershipMás sobre La receptoría de aduanas

SummaryResumen

The *Springfield Weekly Republican* reported that Senator Walter F. George, poised to take over the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following the death of Senator Key Pittman, announced plans to convene the committee. George stated he hoped to secure favorable action on a treaty concerning Dominican Republic customs.

El *Springfield Weekly Republican* informó que el senador Walter F. George, en vías de asumir la presidencia del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado tras el deceso del senador Key Pittman, anunció su intención de convocar a dicho comité. George declaró que abrigaba esperanzas de obtener un dictamen favorable en torno al tratado relativo a las aduanas de la República Dominicana.

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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.

tee. left vacant by the death of Sen

ator Key Pittman (D.. Nev.). A

resolution formally elevating him to

the post will be presented to the

Senate Monday.

George said' he would call the com

mittee into session Wednesday, and

that he hoped to obtain favorable

action at that time on a treaty af

fecting customs of the Dominican

Republic,

The meeting ot the Senate Demo

cratic steering committee was the

only official business on Capitol hill

today, but on the House side Speaker

Rayburn announced that he was

advising members to go hirne. if

they desired, and assuring them they

would have ample notice it any im

portant matter came before the

House.

Adjournment Move Defeated

The speaker and other House lead

ers were defeated last Tuesday in an

attempt to bring final adjournment

of the present session, and his an

nouncement was regarded as a de

cision that nothing would be done.

When Representative Michener of

Michigan, assistant Republican leader,

was told of Rayburn’s announcement,

he declared that his party had en

tered into no agreement allowing

members to go home.

The Republican position, Michener

asserted, was that the machinery

should be kept in readiness for "any

emergency at any time."

"We should like, of course, to see

action on the Logan-Walter bill and

several other matters, but it the ma

jority will not allow it, we must ac

cept the inevitable," he said.

The Logan-Walter bill has been ap

proved by the House, and the Senate

Is to decide Monday whether to con

sider it. The measure would pre

scribe uniform procedure for quasi-

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1940). Springfield, Mass., 1940-11-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1940-11-28/ed-1/?sp=7

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1940-11-28.

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