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Asuncion, Paraguay, Nov. 19--A bold plan for "an invasion into Bolivian territory" was formulated by the Paraguayan high command tonight, elated by victory in the Gran Chaco border...
...annual 500-mile automobile race at the Indianapolis Speedway is a joyride compared to a race like the Gran Premio d'ltalia at Monza, the purpose of which is to test handling ability, brakes, acceleration, by means of curves. This year officials removed the famed Lesmo curve, which each year has claimed one or more victims, altered the course to include ten right-angle curves, reversed the direction of the race which, like all others in Europe, had always been clockwise...
Last week's Gran Premio had a special importance for manufacturers of European racing cars. The French Grand Prix was won this year by an Italian Alfa-Romeo, the German classic by a German Auto-Union. The changes in the Monza track were expected to help the Italian cars which have less straightaway speed than the German. The victory of a Mer- cedes gave Germany first place for the year. Second finisher last week was Germany's Von Stuck, whose Auto-Union won the German race...
Canada Strongest has nothing whatever to do with a British Dominion or ginger ale. A canada is a Spanish dingle. Canada Strongest is a narrow valley named for a Bolivian soccer team, about 15 mi. northeast of Fort Ballivian in the Gran Chaco. There last week nearly 100,000 men of the armies of Bolivia and Paraguay were concentrated for what each hoped would be the deciding battle of their...
...hand was the elaborate report of a special League Commission which, after weeks of slogging through the steamy jungle of the Gran Chaco, had dismally failed to settle the two-year-old war between Paraguay and Bolivia. To the outside world that failure had been just one more body blow to the League's reputation as a peacemaker. Not since it was founded was the League's prestige at a lower ebb. Japan and Germany had thumbed their noses, given notice of withdrawal. The Disarmament Conference was dead before it reassembled. Something had to be done. Captain Eden...