Word: idrottsbladet
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...They are 200 years ahead of most of Europe in their civilization. . . ." Last week in Stockholm Minister Steinhardt gave a reception for a visiting U. S. track team and made another speech. In a corner sat a newshawk for the Swedish sports journal Idrottsbladet, taking down his words. What the reporter thought he heard the Minister say made headlines next day in Idrottsbladet. It was: "Be on your watch. The Swedes are a jealous nation and do not like to see foreign sportsmen triumph. Maribel Vinson [champion U. S. woman figure-skater from 1928 to 1934] was unfairly marked down...