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...Gentlemen, only the other day a great Berlin parade of spiked helmets occurred. There were 120,000. This is of mediocre interest for us, but one of the posters they carried bore the following inscription: 'From Trieste to Riga.' It is mad, paradoxical, grotesque, but it is a fact. Therefore the precise, fundamental duty of Fascist Italy is to reach a maximum strength with her armed forces on land, sea and air [repeated, prolonged applause...
Sirs: To a relative of mine who happens be in Riga, Latvia I send frequently your delightful periodical. I herewith quote a criticism on the subject of an article that appeared in an issue several weeks ago [TIME, March 28] to the effect that the German Envoy to Latvia was making himself and his country popular by taking to the local customs and drinking beer with the natives: "TIME seems a little misinformed. Dr. Koester has been here since Latvia was acknowledged as such by the Germans-not three months ago as TIME has it. It is true...
...Iceman. Twenty-one years ago one Samuel Rubel, immigrant from Riga (Latvia), peddled ice in Brooklyn. Now he is president of Rubel Coal & Ice Co. and worth $25,000,000. But withal he is not a nice man, declared sundry petty ice peddlers, when Mr. Rubel tried to freeze them out of business the past year by giving free ice to their customers. For that, the Kings County grand jury last week indicted him, and 28 people sued him for damages...
Died. President Jan Tschakste, 67, first president of Latvia (unanimously elected in 1922, by the first Latvian parliament, re-elected in 1925 for a second term of three years); in Riga, Latvia...
Straightway the Chicago Daily News correspondent at Riga provided him with clothing, food. Soon he will journey to meet his children who have been awaiting his release at Constantinople...