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After two more days of storm and stress it was agreed to refer the U. S. plan to a committee of eight (suggested by Finland's representative), composed of the U. S., Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Persia, Poland...
...Bank, Leonard Astrom, Finnish Minister of Finance, made a speech, presented to Mr. Mitchell the Order of the White Rose for sponsoring three Finnish loans. After the speech, the presentation, conversation, turned to Nurmi. "That mans' legs,' said Minister Astrom, "have been worth $10,000,000 to Finland." He said that Nurmi's prowess had made men interested in Finland* who might never else have heard of the country, had thus enormously strengthened Finland's credit, brought subscriptions to her loans...
Mile. Last week, on the indoor track of Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, Paavo Nurmi of Finland made his first appearance in the U. S. His first event was a mile race. Nurmi, a thin, blond man, wore a jersey of robin's egg blue, trunks of black. In his right hand, he carried the little watch by which he timed his stride. He disdained, at the start, the conventional crouch. Ray (Illinois A. C.) and Hahn (Boston A. A.) both got away from the pistol before him. Through the first lap, while his competitors jostled for position, Nurmi kept...
...first", continued Mikkola, "way back in 1917 when he was only 20 years old, and it was much colder than today, even", he continued. "We have no board tracks, no indoor running in Finland and poor Nurmi was racing over a trail packed with snow. Of course, usually we do not run at all during the long winter, and Nurmi always walked 20 to 30 kilometers every day to keep in training...
...very persistent and I became interested in him as he improved. I put him through the regular course of training, which we follow in our country. That includes the Finnish bath, which every runner in Finland must take about twice a week...