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Word: vilna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...agenda of the League Council were 23 questions, all important, all as familiar as that notorious perennial: Is Vilna the Capital of Lithuania - which it is according to the Lithuanian Constitution; or is it a Polish city - which it is according to the Polish warriors who have held it since 1919?* After putting this agenda in the capable hands of underlings - lesser statesmen such as Quinones de Leon of Spain - for the customary debate, the Quick Lunchers prepared to entrain for the London Conference (see col. 2). Cor respondents facing a dire dearth of news cornered Mr. Henderson and chorused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Quick Council | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

...Wagon-Lits of the International Sleeping Car Company enter Lithuania the attendant in each car covers with a black cloth the map adjacent to the lavatory which shows Vilna to be in fact a part of Poland. He thus spares the feelings of Lithuanians, forestalls riots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Quick Council | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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