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SARAJEVO, Jugoslavia--Thirty persons were arrested tonight after disorders in this "birthplace" of the World War in which demonstrators shouted "Down with Hitler. Down with Mussolini...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 4/21/1939 | See Source »

...scholars, Viadimir and Dinko Foretic of Viovitica, Jugoslavia, are compiling an anthology of writings in all languages about "Mother" to be translated into the Serbo-Croatian tongue. "We have no doubt," they say, "that poets in your country have also written beautiful poetry about Mother," and they request that the Harvard faculty aid them in their task by selecting some of the best American efforts. They ask for at least 15 and no more than 30 poems as well as five short stories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jugoslav Scholars Ask Examples of 'Mothers Works' | 2/26/1938 | See Source »

...Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Sherifa Achmetashevitch's pearls vanished overnight from the table on which she had left them. Weeks later, a servant spied a pearl in a mousehole, scrabbled about until all were recovered. The mouse that stole them had eaten the catgut string...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Arrest | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

...Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Lawyer George Dabrovitch fasted 20 days in order to write a dissertation on how long man can live without food, died of starvation before he could get his dissertation written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 8, 1937 | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

Would Martin Slisco divorce his wife if he finally could not get her out of Jugoslavia? "Divorce? What for? Jugoslavia - he's a long way from Wiseman. Divorce? No. We just call him quits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALASKA: Slisco's Bride | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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