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...married Estelle Romaine Manville (of Johns-Manville). He was 33, she 24. They moved into Dragongarden, a villa in Stockholm's diplomatic quarter, surrounded by old oaks, vast lawns, and a canal where all the Bernadottes went skating. Together with his two sons, Folke and Bertil (two others died), the Count grew into an enthusiastic Boy Scout, was frequently seen in Scout garb at international Scout encampments...
Sweden's Prince Bertil, third in line for the throne, arrived in Chicago for the Swedish Pioneer Centennial, crammed his 6 feet, 200 pounds into a midget racing car for a spin around the track at Soldier Field. He explained why he had not yet married at 36: "I take things very easily...
Fresh-water fishermen had better be careful how they use DDT. If they wipe out mosquitoes by treating the breeding places, they may starve the neighborhood fish by cutting off their food supply. That's the opinion of Professor Bertil G. Anderson, who teaches at both Ohio State and West Virginia. He has been studying the effects of DDT on living fish food, and he is alarmed...
...heir apparent to the throne is Prince Gustaf Adolf, a mere youngster of 37 with three charming daughters, Margaretha, Birgitta and Désirée.* The daughter, Ingrid, is married to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. The second son, Sigvard, married a commoner. The other two sons, Bertil and Carl Johan, are with the Swedish Navy and Army...
...Washington went 27-year-old Prince Bertil of Sweden at the head of a trade delegation seeking agreements to increase imports from the U. S. Asked what Sweden was going to do about the Russo-Finnish war, he said: "I am not a politician," promptly proved that he was by adding: "I do not know how far Sweden will go in support of Finland, but we are . . . deeply interested in what is going...