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...Market nations. Though the other gifts were to be sent down to Washington, he said, "My son can carry this," and handed the paperweight to his aide, Major John Eisenhower. Of all the exhibits, the Czechoslovakian inspired Ike with the greatest animation. Wagging his head, he discussed with Ambassador Miroslav Ruzek the thing that had impressed him most on his postwar trips to Prague: "There were more good-looking girls there,"he grinned. "Good-looking-no question about that. Really a gang of girls...
...Soviet soldier has more than a top sergeant to worry about, according to a report released yesterday by Harold J. Berman, professor of Law, and Miroslav Kerner, former Czech lawyer and army officer under the Soviets...
Gymnastics is the baseball of transplanted Czecho-Slovakian, Swiss and German Americans. Largest of these groups is the 100,000 U.S. Bohemians who be long to the worldwide Sokol organization (1,000,000 members), started in 1862 by Dr. Miroslav Tyrs of Prague. Next largest group is the American Turners, a confederation of German-descended Turner Societies...
...Sokols, lasting a full month. Sokol Congresses, scheduled every six years, are much older than the modern Olympic Games and, like the ancient Olympics, their background is strongly national. The Czechoslovak Sokol, oldest national gymnastic organization in the world, was founded in 1862 by Philosopher Author Dr. Miroslav Tyrs and Dr. Jindrich Fügner. The name Sokol, meaning falcon, was adopted because it is the traditional name for Czech folk-song heroes. During the years of Habsburg dominance, Sokol groups served to keep Czech nationalism alive. When the World War broke out members filtered into Allied armies, formed Sokol...