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Thirteen hours after the Winnie Mae left Harbor Grace (see p. 32) another plane sped in its wake, a white Bellanca with red wings, the name Liberty and the crossed flags of Denmark and U. S. on its side. The Danish flag stood for youthful Pilot Holger Hoiriis's native land. Liberty is the name of the little town in New York's Catskills where German-born Otto Hillig, 55, owner of the plane, amassed modest wealth as a summer resort photographer. Now these two were going home in style: the big, taciturn, painfully bashful Dane...
...International's executive committee. An artist in the world of finance, Herr Kreuger is especially versed in the subtle business of dealing with governments. He negotiates loans for them and in return gets rich concessions. Canny trader of the North, he is an ideal ally for the French-&-Danish blooded Behns in flinging their communication net over the world. And just as henceforth Kreuger & Toll's great banking resources will prob ably be available for the International system, Herr Kreuger will come closer to alliance with J. P. Morgan & Co. and Na tional City, bankers for International...
...middle-aged German photographer named Otto Hillig and a youthful Danish farmer-turned-aviator named Holger Hoiriss flew in a Bellanca last week from New York to St. John, N. B.?and the 1931 season of transatlantic flying was officially opened. They settled down to await another break in the weather for their hop to Denmark; in Hillig's words, "just a couple of immigrants going home." Few days after the "immigrants" start, beauteous Socialite Ruth Nichols followed in her fast Lockheed. Forced to land into the setting sun at the St. John airport and partially blinded...
Last week Norwegian union funds were just beginning to run low, Norwegian union leaders were trying to borrow from Danish and Swedish unions...
After visiting Greenland last year (TIME, Oct. 27) Danish Premier Stauning said...