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...scandal, that of the S. S. Vestris, which went down in a storm with no persons off the Virginia Capes seven years ago (TIME, Nov. 26, 1928). Decided a Federal Court in Manhattan: The disaster was an "act of God" for which Lamport & Holt Line Ltd., operators, and Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., owners, need pay no more than the $500,000 they have already given claimants...
...past 50 years there have been 15 uprisings in Brazil and twelve in Uruguay, and today each has a President who gained power by a coup d'etat. Does the history of these countries really lead us to believe they can be in need of guidance from outsiders in the art of uprisings...
Outside the United States, Canada leads with 47 students, followed by China, 27; England, 21; Hawaii, 19; France, 11; Puerto Rico, 8; Germany, 8; Mexico, 7; Belgium, 4; and Turkey, 4. Other countries, Colombia, Estonia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, Alaska, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canal Zone, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Philippine Islands, Santo Domingo, Scotland, Siam, Spain, Straits Settlements, Sweden, South Africa, Roumania, and Syria...
More than 15,000 duplicate specimens were exchanged during the past year by the Gray Herbarium with active herbaris in the United States and Canada and with institutions in Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Esthonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland...
Searching for fossils 175,000,000 years old, which may throw new light on the theory that South America and Africa were once connected by land, an expedition will leave the early part of next month for Southern Brazil...