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...Full name and title: Preah Bat Samdach Preah Norodom Sihanouk Varman Reach Hari-vong Uphato Sucheat Visothipong Akamohaboras Rat Nikarodom Mohareacheathireach Baromaneat Baromabopit Preah Chau Anachak Kampuchea...
...kingdom of Laos is a wild and mountainous strip of land in the interior of Indo-China. It is almost twice as large (89,320 sq. mi.) as Pennsylvania, has a population of 1,012,000. Last week, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sisavang Vong, King of the Laotians, and French President Vincent Auriol signed a treaty establishing Laos as an independent nation within the French Union. French soldiers, who henceforth would be required to salute the Laotian flag, should have little trouble recognizing it: a red field bearing a three-headed white elephant topped by an umbrella...
Dropping his vacation on the Riviera, dusky, fortyish Prince Sisowath Moni-vong of Cambodia, small State of south Indo-China, enlisted in the French Army for the duration. Two U. S. aviators disputed priority in enlisting with French forces: Clifford H. de Roode, former pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille, now attached to the First Regiment of Foreign Infantry; and Steele Powers, a 27-year-old Atlanta, Ga. boy, who was accepted immediately, sent to the front, saw action within two weeks...