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% \ Teians Steal lions Show
A Charlie Grace Rides h &
and I assembled Liana on American unity,
I H» pointing out that all nations must
legates work together to ytOCoeTtha Amer-
rention icas.
Following the eoovention aeaaion
Ch an on W edaaaday Mdh|< a festival of
w and musk- aad a ban fight wai atagad
c con- for the Liana at the Tropical Oar-
from dens, and ft waa there Oat Charlie
Sooth | Grace became the hero of the Cuba*
i, Ha-1 cowboy*. Tha bullfight was rather
rep re-! a tame affair to us, so Charlie went
down to the area aad offered to ride
18. we the bull, Texas fashion,
sailed To my surprise, and I believe to
: Mon- his, the officials contented. I had
nesday becouse separated from him and waa
j reg-1 in the grandstand when the announ-
,K our cer etated: “We have a special at-
traction for you this afternoon,
ipened Charlie Grace, a cowboy from Grm-
Texas | ham, Texas, is troinx to give us an
aad hired ear driver for the day for
a tour of the country. We atopy id
at a store on the edge of Havana
more oat of cftrldolty than
to buy anything. Wo sampiod
the mild tasting Cohan beer, which
we liked. A Cohan : sitting in the
place cams over and talked to Tony,
oar driver, and invitsd ns to eat and
drink “on him.” He could speak no
Ihgliah, hot told os through Tony
that he was a respreeentaUte of tha
Tropical Beer .Company and took oar
names and oar hotel. When we ar-
rived at the hotel .that night, we
found a case of Cuban boor waiting
for each of us.
In the country wore farms grow-
ing sugar cans, pineapple, bananas,
coconuts and other tropical fruit*.
PRICES FOR FRIDAY end SATURDAY
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flgaraaef d
turn Owl <
on fisrm pi
PINEAPPLE JUICE
ORANGE JUICE D
SPINACH — "* 2
MAYFIELD CORN 2
We stopped at the’ fields and wvsrs
given fresh pineapple and sugar cans,
to sample. The pineapple is delicious
and far sweeter than the canned
product. Th# fields are cultivated
with crude plows pulled by oxen.
across the island
AMKM6AM StAUTY
CATSUP
COFFEE'
CHEESE
VELVEETA CHEESE
At Bambanoa,
from Havana, where Cubans fish for
uxmgee io the Cswibean See,., we
had a typical Cuban dinner of alliga-
tor pears, lobster, chicken and rice
and for desert papaya Jelly with
cheese.
On the last night hi Cuba I at-
tended the “El Sport” dab, a Cohan
night-spot and taxi-ddhee ball. Two
Cuban.' orchestras alternated in piny-
PEAS'
BACON
llibLn’im bT^n* ™ prtlie without
his coat (even our taxi driver wore
one! end in addition the affair was
formal. We arrived in boots, hats,
and our loud-colored lions Jackets
and again created an uproar. I fb»-
aOy decided I didn't wgnt to atom*
the reception anyway Snd left, but
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Charlie Grace gave Tony trouble
during the parade of the delegations,
however, when he rede on top of the
car and dented the top with his cow-
boy boots. This cost $3 or $4 to
repair. Tony finally decided “Charlie
he eraay.”
People in Havana seemed to have
Just one purpose during the conven-
NeweaaUe took two runs in tbs
first hot OeedMt made at In the
first, two hi thy second aad the*
six iO tha third to mahe a safe had
and hold ft.
Cornish for Coeden struck Opt five
and walkad four. Mosae for' New-
castle struck out two aad walkad
three. Nixford struck eat none and
walkad ana. Borina fir Coeden lad
in bitting for the night, gatHag
ference meeting in Havana at the'
same time. There in no doubt that
the convention of lions from many
different countries did much to cre-
ate goodwill among tha naftoao rep-
resented and to form s stronger usfty
of feeling among the American na-
tions .
We found ft>e Cubans eager te talk
about t* Timm war tti-wa*
more anti-Naal than people in the
tion and that waa te make the stay Cuba race track,
enjoyable for the Uena. The police-1 The climax «J
men, of whom there ere thousands, j offered the visi
were at am- service aad anything we • the 'FVsta held
wished te de. however ridiculous It the streets. As
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VALUES NOW
new to fight HHier, for they fed! 10pf1 ■■■■n.i «r(- * Bfl
that their only security is to align JUST FIVE YEARS
themselves with the United States. TQA IATC
They are deeply grateful to tSa TJM- vy* London ------ snnnimrmnat
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. [64], No. [51], Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1940, newspaper, August 1, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1064628/m1/4/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.