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...Exceptions: Argentina, Brazil. †Candidates are nominated by the "Hague Court," the old permanent court of arbitration for which Steelman Andrew Carnegie built the Peace Palace at The Hague. Its national groups nominate, and the League council and assembly elect, judges to the "World Court" or Permanent Court of International Justice...
Year ago all Brazil was on tiptoes of excitement when its champion, svelte, olivaster Senhorita Olga Bergamini De Sa entered the International Beauty Contest at Galveston, Tex. (TIME, June...
Despite luncheons and teaparties in New York by the Brazilian consul general and that fervent admirer of Brazilian beauty, the Electric Bond & Share Corp., despite special wires relaying minute by minute descriptions of Miss Brazil's doings to South America, she did not win. Worst of all, with ten prizes to be awarded, she did not even place. The affaire Bergamini-Galveston almost became a diplomatic incident. Brazilians swore a mighty oath that never, never again would they send one of their fair daughters to exhibit herself before unappreciative Galvestonians...
Last week Brazil had her own International Beauty Contest. In a field of beauties from France, Germany, Turkey, etc. etc. the 1930 Miss Brazil, Srta Yolanda Pereira won hands down, was formally crowned Miss Universe, handed a check for $10,000, and cheered to the echo. Brazil's mother country, Portugal, won second prize, Greece third. Completely disregarded was a blonde known as Miss United States...
...Cuba is ripe for revolution, her President Machado being considered by large sections of the population as a mere puppet of Wall Street. In Venezuela, where the U. S. has enormous oil interests, rules senile Political Boss Juan Vincente Gomez, a more cruel tyrant than Dr. Irigoyen ever was. Brazil is saddled with the worst overproduction situation (coffee) in the whole western hemisphere. Chile with her nitrates is apparently quiet in a dictator's iron hand. In any of these countries revolutions might result in the seizure of power by a group determined to resist what so many South...