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March 28, 195028 de marzo de 1950 · Dayton, Ohio · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

The Ohio daily-express

SourceFuente: The Ohio daily-express · Dayton, Ohio · March 28, 195028 de marzo de 1950
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88077226/1950-03-28/ed-1/?sp=3

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 Ohio Daily-Express published a personal account of a cruise in the Gulf of Gonave with Haitian President Dumarsais Estime, during which American naval vessels offered a presidential salute. President Estime expressed a desire to attract African American entrepreneurs and capital to build domestic enterprises like sugar refineries, canning plants, and cement factories. The article highlighted the success of Capt. J. O. Plinton, a former Tuskegee-trained fighter pilot who founded a thriving modern dry cleaning business in Port-au-Prince.

El *Ohio Daily-Express* publicó un relato personal de una travesía en el golfo de la Guanaba junto al presidente haitiano Dumarsais Estimé, durante la cual navíos de la Armada estadounidense rindieron un saludo presidencial. El presidente Estimé expresó su deseo de atraer empresarios y capital afroestadounidenses para erigir empresas nacionales como refinerías de azúcar, plantas conserveras y fábricas de cemento. El artículo destacó el éxito del capitán J. O. Plinton, un expiloto de combate formado en Tuskegee que fundó una próspera y moderna empresa de tintorería en Puerto Príncipe.

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.

six in the evening cruising about

the Gulf of Gonave. Three delici

ous meals were served on board

with conversation, docking at the

beautiful beach for swimming and

an occassional game of cards, the

order of the day. Shortly after

we left the dock, three American

warships steamed by with sailors

in spotless white uniforms drawn

up on their decks in a presidenti

al salute.

President Estime told me about

his hopes for Haiti. He said he

was especially anxious to have

American Negro business people

come to Haiti to establish business

I was told th^y would be given

every opportunity and that quali

fied people with capital and ex

perience would find governmental

aid available if need be.

Negro Business People Wanted

What Haiti wants particularly

is Negro business people with

capital and know how which as

sures their competence to operate

worthwhile business projects. For

example, they want another sug

ar refinery, a cement pl^nt and a

canning factory. Haiti is a great

grower of fruits and yet she im

ports all of the canned goods she

uses.

One enterprising young Negro,

Capt. J. O. Plinton, landed in

Port-au-Prince three years ag o

and saw the need for an up-to

date cleaning plant. Plinton,

former pilot in the famed 99th

Fighter squadron trained at Tusk-

/•ft. A

Vt

LOOK!

egee, returned to the United

States, learned the latest methods

bought the most improved mach

inery available and established

the Haitian- American Dry Clean

ing company. He trained a score

of Haitian assistants and is doing

a land office business. Deliveries

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Ohio daily-express. (1950). Dayton, Ohio, 1950-03-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88077226/1950-03-28/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Ohio daily-express, 1950-03-28.

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