Pone massacre.... Puerto Rico...
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March 22, 1937
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 22, 1937
* Ponce massacre (1st report)
* Puerto Rico - Palm Sunday
* Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
The front page has a one column heading: "7 Killed, 50 Wounded As Nationalists Riot At Ponce, Porto Rico". (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
wikipedia notes: The Ponce Massacre is a violent chapter in the history of Puerto Rico. On March 21, 1937 (Palm Sunday) a march was organized in the southern city of Ponce, Puerto Rico by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. The march, organized to commemorate the ending of slavery in Puerto Rico by the governing Spanish National Assembly in 1873, was also formed to protest the incarceration of nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, as well as to demand Puerto Rico's independence from the United States.
* Ponce massacre (1st report)
* Puerto Rico - Palm Sunday
* Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
The front page has a one column heading: "7 Killed, 50 Wounded As Nationalists Riot At Ponce, Porto Rico". (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
wikipedia notes: The Ponce Massacre is a violent chapter in the history of Puerto Rico. On March 21, 1937 (Palm Sunday) a march was organized in the southern city of Ponce, Puerto Rico by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. The march, organized to commemorate the ending of slavery in Puerto Rico by the governing Spanish National Assembly in 1873, was also formed to protest the incarceration of nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, as well as to demand Puerto Rico's independence from the United States.
Category: The 20th Century
