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...white men in the world knew as much about Africa as Dr. Wieschhoff. He earned a Ph.D. in African anthropology at Frankfurt, taught at the university's African Institute. He taught anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II he served as consultant on African affairs in the OSS. He wrote a number of scholarly books on African cultures and colonial policies...
...Frankfurt, Germany...
Finally. Silvester overcame a disqualifying tendency to step out of the circle, began to find his form. In Helsinki, he hit 194 ft. 6 in., just 2 ft. ½ in. off the world record set in 1959 by Poland's Edmund Piatkowski. Fortnight ago in Frankfurt, he broke the record convincingly with a heave of 198 ft. 7 in. Not content with last week's record toss in Brussels.Silvester intends to stay in the throwing ring until he has flung the discus past that magic barrier...
Last week eleven chiefs of Mormon missions in Western Europe met in Frankfurt, Germany, to review the past and plan the future. Under their direction, some 3,500 missionaries fish for souls, and the number of souls is growing fast...
There is about Gropius himself a certain serenity these days. "My reputation," he says with frankness but not vanity, "has penetrated through. Now these things come to me." Next month the city of Frankfurt will award him its coveted Goethe Prize, which it has given to Thomas Mann, Albert Schweitzer and Sigmund Freud. Next fall the Duke of Edinburgh will present Gropius with the gold medal of Britain's Royal Society of Arts. Will Gropius have time next month to attend the formal opening of the embassy in Athens? "No. I don't think I can make...