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...sovereign states which owed $144,000,000 to the U. S. on June 15 last week only small, green, watery Finland, self-styled ''Land of 40,000 Lakes," showed sufficient character to pay her War debt in full...
None of this year's grain "racers" had a radio. Ten of them belonged to Captain Gustaf Erikson, a retired master mariner of Mariehamn, Finland. Though every ship had a 100 A-1 rating at Lloyd's, one or more might vanish, capsize or stagger into port without masts. Running far out of the steamer routes, few planned to show lights at night. Most would take four months, some five, a few would crowd to get in under three months...
Britain signed with the understanding that none of her recent trade agreements-not only those signed three weeks ago (TIME, May 8) but those signed last week with Norway and Sweden and one still under discussion with Finland-is to be affected...
...ordinary windmill will turn only when facing the wind. The late Capt. F. J. Savonius (died 1931) of Finland invented a mill with S-shaped arms which could catch wind from any direction...
Because Geneva hoped and believed that Washington will back up the League, Assemblymen looked askance at Chatter Gibson. Unruffled, he strode to a group of seats just outside the Assembly's pale on which sat assorted U. S. and Russian diplomats, the latter headed by Soviet Minister to Finland Boris Stein. No Foreign Minister of a Great Power was present except France's debonair Mâitre Paul-Boncour. Few Assemblymen even wore frock coats. This was to be a little fellows' day, although Britain, France, Germany and Italy stood ready to back up at last...