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...three new governments which military revolutions had ushered in in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia. Though the Argentine Government was little over a week old, the powers of Europe were falling over one another to recognize the new regime and thereby gain prestige, economic advantages. France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Scandinavian countries had already resumed normal diplomatic relations and Great Britain, chief U. S. rival in Argentina, was about to follow suit. U. S. businessmen in Buenos Ayres were cabling anxiously, begging the State Department to hurry and save them from economic disadvantage. Yet Statesman Stimson felt he must...
What every correspondent and most loyal Netherlanders hoped to hear from the lips of Majesty was a name. All last summer Queen & Daughter yachted and toured in Scandinavia. Dutch rotogravures have pictured the curvesome Crown Princess beside one tall and royal Scandinavian sapling after another. Which is to be her Prince Consort, future Man-in-the-House to the Netherlands' excessively female Royal line...
Finland, a country some 30,000 sq. mi. larger than Italy, stretches north from Leningrad to the Arctic Ocean, a sort of buffer between Soviet Russia and the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is chiefly known to the U. S. as one of the only three governments in the world* which maintain absolute Prohibition of liquor, and as the country whence come great endurance runners (Paavo Nurmi, Willie Ritola et al.) and house servants who are either very fine and faithful or extremely stupid. Correspondents have described it as a country riddled with lakes, bootleggers and Bolshevik propagandists. Official Finland, puny before...
...Metre. At Gothenburg, Sweden, six-metre boats of seven nations began a series for the Scandinavian Gold Cup. The first day was so calm that the winner took more than the limit of four hours for the course, and the race had to be sailed over. This time a terrific squall delayed the start. Sweden got the best start; the Dutch boat blanketed the U. S. Ripple and Sweden stayed in front. In the third race the Ripple made a long beat to port while the Swedish yacht was off to starboard, came round the first buoy on the second...
...June 26-Scandinavian Gold Cup regatta; at Gothenburg, Sweden...