1820–1984 · Library of CongressBiblioteca del Congreso · Chronicling America

US/DR Newspaper Timeline

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
October 1, 19401 de octubre de 1940 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · October 1, 19401 de octubre de 1940
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1940-10-01/ed-1/?sp=1

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.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: The daily Alaska empire · September 25, 194025 de septiembre de 1940Later articleArtículo siguiente: The Washington daily news · October 18, 194018 de octubre de 1940 →

More on The Customs ReceivershipMás sobre La receptoría de aduanas

SummaryResumen

The *Evening Star* reported that President Roosevelt held a morning meeting with General Rafael L. Trujillo, who was in Washington as Ambassador Extraordinary to sign a new customs convention. Although described as a farewell courtesy call, the meeting carried significance due to ongoing efforts to maintain Western Hemisphere solidarity.

El *Evening Star* informó que el presidente Roosevelt sostuvo una audiencia matutina con el general Rafael L. Trujillo, quien se encontraba en Washington en calidad de embajador extraordinario para suscribir un nuevo convenio sobre aduanas. Pese a que se la calificó de visita de cortesía y despedida, la entrevista revistió trascendencia dentro de las gestiones en curso orientadas a mantener la solidaridad en el hemisferio occidental.

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.

proclamation, “disclosed that the

rapidly expanding national defense

effort has made urgent the control

of exports of these vital articles of

equipment.”

First of Mr. Roosevelt's appoint

ments of the day was with Gen.

Rafael L. Trujillo, in Washington as

Ambassador Extraordinary from the

Dominican Republic to sign a neV

customs convention between the two

countries. Although Gen. Trujillo’s

visit to the White House actually

was only a farewell courtesy call,

current efforts at maintaining hemi

sphere solidarity make any such

meeting of some importance.

Later the troublesome problem of

distribution of defense contracts and

utilization of all the Nation’s re- j

sources wras to be discussed in a!

meeting of the President and Gov

ernors of three Midwestern States.

Scheduled to call in this connection

were Govs. Roy L. Cochran of Ne

braska. Leon C. Phillips of Okla

homa and Payne H. Ratner of Kan

sas.

Undersecretary of State Sumner

Welles was scheduled for a White

House consultation in midafternoon.

The military group is the first of

two invited by Gen. George C.

Marshall, Army chief of staff, and

See ROOSEVELT, Page_A-3.)~

House Approves

Excess Profits

Tax Compromise

Final Congress Action

On Bill Due in

Senate Tomorrow

By the Associated Press.

Legislation levying on corpora

tions an excess profits tax of 25 to

50 per cent was voted finally today

by the House. The action put Con

gress one notch nearer an election

recess which leaders hoped to start

this week end.

The measure, put into present

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1940). Washington, D.C., 1940-10-01. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1940-10-01/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1940-10-01.

Send an observationEnviar una observación

Does this article connect with your family, your town, or something you know? Did we get something wrong? Write to us. Observations go to the editor's inbox and are read by a person.¿Este artículo conecta con su familia, su pueblo o algo que usted conoce? ¿Nos equivocamos en algo? Escríbanos. Las observaciones llegan al buzón del editor y las lee una persona.

Send observationEnviar observación