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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
February 28, 195728 de febrero de 1957 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · February 28, 195728 de febrero de 1957
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1957-02-28/ed-1/?sp=28

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 *Evening Star* reported that Dominican Ambassador Joaquín Salazar condemned a *Life* magazine article as "a tremendous libel." The magazine had alleged that Columbia University professor Jesús de Galíndez was kidnaped in New York and flown to the Dominican Republic by American pilot Gerald Murphy, with both men subsequently murdered.

El *Evening Star* informó que el embajador dominicano Joaquín Salazar condenó un artículo de la revista *Life* calificándolo de «una tremenda calumnia». La revista había sostenido que el profesor de la Universidad de Columbia Jesús de Galíndez fue secuestrado en Nueva York y trasladado por vía aérea a la República Dominicana por el piloto estadounidense Gerald Murphy, habiendo sido asesinados ambos posteriormente.

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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.

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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.

coun'-y’s "relentless” fight

against communism is why

the Dominican Republic is so

often "a target of crafty at

tacks, even or a mihtary na

ture. by elements who would

further the Kremlin’s plans

for world conquest."

REPORTERS afterwards

asked the Ambassador to com

ment on the recent story In

Life Magazine which claimed

it had turned up information

that the mi-sing Dr. Jesvs

Maria De Galindez, fitter foe

of the Dominician Republic's

strongman Rafael Trujillc.

was kidnaped in New York

last March and flown to the

Dominican Republic.

The magazine also con

tended that the pilot s,f the

plane was a young American

Gerald Murphy, who later

disappeared In the republic.

Th<- story implies that both

Dr. Galindez (a professor at

Columbia University) and

Murphv met with foul play at

the hands of the Dominicans, j

"It’o a tremendous libel," j

said Ambassador Salazar of the

Life art'cle.

Mrs. St. George was asked

how she felt about receiving

the award in view of the furor

created over the Galindez dis-

I appearance.

I "I feel t-ils order has been

given tQ me for what I’ve done

to better the welfare of women

nd children and my contri

butions in gene al. The award

has nothing to do with this

particular episode.”

1 And Father Thorning said,

A man or a nation is inno

cent until proven guilty by a

judge or Jury of his peers."

Mr. McCormack, when le

plying formally to Ambassador

Salazar's speech referred to

the old adage—“a friend In

need is a f iend Indeed"—say

ing that the real test of friend

ship comes when a trying in- j

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1957). Washington, D.C., 1957-02-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1957-02-28/ed-1/?sp=28

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1957-02-28.

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