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...Marengo Valley near Ashland, Wis., one Arvo Juoni, Finnish farmer, took a bride, remained with her at the farmhouse of her father, John Peterson, for a quiet, peaceful honeymoon. As Juoni & bride were about to retire there appeared outside the house a band of Finnish youths and maidens, beating tin pans, blowing horns, and demanding $15 tribute to stop. Father Peterson indignantly refused, so the charivari continued all night while father, bride & groom vainly tried to sleep...
...When Minister Brodie wants to give his Finnish friends a real treat, he sends them several of his huge American pota toes, and the gift is more appreciated than would be a basket of American beauty roses or the rarest of orchids. Accompany ing the gift is always a receipt showing how to prepare the potatoes for the table...
Fight-Minded Finland. After stalking over all Europe, Mr. Knickerbocker found only one nation with the seesoo (guts) to fight Soviet traders, namely Finland.* In Helsingfors. the resolute Finnish populace was found to be building poison-gasproof rooms in private homes, factories, hotels and hospitals. The idea: Leningrad is only one hour by plane from Helsingfors. At any moment a Soviet air fleet may appear over the Finnish capital, loose gas bombs. On hotel tables at Helsingfors are round green receptacles for coins. A sign on each beseeches: "Give your bit for gas defense...
Refreshing Ryti. Conscientious, meticulous. Mr. Knickerbocker states that he does not think Soviet Russia will attack in the near future either Finland or any other country. He discounts the Finnish gas scare 99%, but he hails Chairman Risto Ryti of the Bank of Finland as "most refreshing . . . after two months' experience of listening to the plaints and pleas of businessmen in other parts of Europe for governmental protection and international protection, but above all for protection by somebody else against Russian dumping...
Sibelius' Swan of Tuonela by Conductor Leopold Stokowski and Philadelphia Orchestra (Victor, $2)?A glowing account of a hero's approach to the Finnish hell...