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Telephone Co. to establish a radiograph service between Culm, the United States, 

 and other countries. This company is incorporated under the laws of the State of 

 Delaware and, we understand, uses the Marconi system. The decree authorizes them 

 to put up their own wireless plant within a radius of 150 miles of Havana. 



Several years ago the De Forest Co. operated a wireless station at Havana, doing 

 a commercial business between the United States and Cuba, but when the Cuban 

 Government established its own wireless plant, they annulled the concession granted 

 the De Forest Co. and since then there has been no privately owned commercial 

 wireless service between Havana and foreign countries. 



STRIKE SITUATION: Havana has bad a rest from strikes, although there 

 have been frequent rumors of new strikes being called. In fact, this week the 

 cigarmakers and other workers in the tobacco factories, comprising several thousand 

 persons, went on a strike and are endeavoring to get similar support from other 

 laboring elements. 



Labor Day in Cuba is May 1st, corresponding with the European day, and there 

 are rumors that there will then be started many other strikes. 



SPORTS: The city of Havana was one of the leading candidates to secure 

 the Olympic games for 1920, and it was understood that her application was being 

 favorably considered. However, when it was learned that Belgium had asked to 

 have the games held there, Havana withdrew her application, but it is hoped that 

 the next meet will be held here. 



The National University baseball team is leaving here to make a tour of the 

 United States to play with the leading college teams there. 



During the past several weeks a chess tourney has been held at Havana between 

 Raoul Capablanca, the Cuban champion, and Kostisch, the Serbian champion, the 

 advantage so far being decidedly with the Cuban player. 



VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN: The campaign in Cuba on behalf of this, the 

 fifth and last popular War Loan of the United States Government, was opened with 

 an enthusiastic meeting held in one of the principal theaters in Havana. It 

 was attended by President Menocal and many members of his cabinet, the American 

 Minister to Cuba, Hon. Win. E. Gonzalez, and many other prominent Government 

 officials. The American Minister presented a flag of honor to President Menocal, 

 which was awarded by the United States Government to Cuba for the work done in 

 the past in favor of the different Liberty Loans. Later gold, silver and bronze medals 

 were presented on behalf of the American Government to the different members of 

 the ladies' committee, which did such creditable work in connection with the Fourth 

 Liberty Loan campaign. This was followed by the presentation of diplomas from 

 the Treasury Department of the United States to leading male members of the Liberty 

 Loan Committee for Cuba. 



Cuba's allotment for the last Liberty Loan was $6,000,000, and it was oversub- 

 scribed by some .$4,000,000. Her present quota is only $3,000,000 and it is hoped 

 that this will also be much more than covered. 



MAY DAY CELEBRATION papers were published, the linotypists, 



May Day was celebrated in Cuba by printers, and other union employes having 



organized labor of all classes by an al- presented written notice that they would 



most complete tying up of industries in cease work. 



which union labor is employed. Street Laborers met at S P. M. on April ?»0th 



car traffic was shut down for twenty-four at the Central Labor Hall and watched 



hours, beginning at midnight on April the oncoming labor day break, and on 



30th. Interurban cars and railway trains May 1st there were parades and mass 



came to a standstill for fifteen minutes at meetings at the Payret Theatre, where 



noon and work ceased in electric plants many speeches bearing on the labor prob- 



for the same length of time. No news- lems were held. 



