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...Austro-Hungarian army, and Captain Magyar (real name: Wilchak), his pupil, wanted to fly from the U. S. to Budapest. The flight would be a great demonstration of protest against the division of Hungarian territory by the Treaty of Trianon after the War. Sausagemaker Szalay (pronounced sah-la-ee) saw his chance. He mortgaged his salami factory for $20,000, turned the money over to Endres & Magyar to buy a plane. Some 8,000 other compatriots (mostly in Michigan) contributed more, bought 5,000 postcards to be carried in the plane which was named Justice for Hungary...
...Spanish military road to San Juan, the capital. By prearrangement, in the front of the crowds that lined the way were children, the brown, half-naked, half-starved little creatures who are Governor Roosevelt's chief concern.? Beggary is a pastime among these youngsters whose cry ("Gimme moan-ee") is known to every tourist...
...name that looks hard but is actually easy to pronounce. The trick is to take one's time and roll it out slowly, Russian fashion, at full, length: "Josef Vis-sur-ee-ú-nun-vich Zoogoash...
...Esperanto is pronounced as spelt, with the accent on the antipenult. The "i" is pronounced "ee;" accent-marked consonants are aspirated. ?After Sept. 1, teaching of English will be compulsory in all Czechoslovak schools. German is already compulsory...
...secret: Josef Vis-sar-ee-o'-nuh-vich Zoo-gaash...