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Arrow-swift, a darting racing car swept over the Etruscan Appennines last week, scaled with a virile roar the heights of Monte Titano, swept into the Borgo of San Marino, oldest* and smallest† republic in the world. Behind, far behind, panted a lumbering caravan of limousines. Before they had scaled the nearly perpendicular republic, Signor Mussolini had leaped from his racer, received the respectful welcome of the two Capitani Reggenii (Regents) of San Marino. As the swaying limousines drew up, there clambered out, Signora Mussolini (Rachele Guidi), their daughter Edda, their sons Bruno and Vittorio. Round about stood...
...Traditionally founded by St. Marinus as a Christian refuge from the persecution of Diocletian, A. D. 284-305. †Area, 38 sq. mi. Frontier length, 24 mi. Population, 12,027 (1920). San Marino has a treaty of friendship with Italy, and extradition treaties with Britain, the Netherlands...
...Mexico had anything to do with this," said able Agent Hopkins, "I believe it was simply an attempt of the 'outs' to get 'in.'" General Estrada, unable to furnish $20,000 personal bail, languished with the rest of his "army" in the jail at San Diego last week, charged with "organizing a military expedition against a friendly country." Bland Exchange. Between the Archbishop of Mexico and President Calles there passed last week an exchange of notes more amiable in tone than any previous pronouncement by the Episcopate or Administration since enforcement of the anti-religious Constitution...
...increased aquarium gift came forth promptly when he learned that two millions would not pay for a plant planned by architects to be the greatest ichthyological edifice-from a scientific standpoint-in the world. The U. S. has, or is to have: the Golden Gate Park Aquarium (San Francisco), $200,000; the St. Louis Aquarium, $1,500,000; the New York Aquarium, antiquated but visited by millions annually (and now being re-stuccoed) after years of supremacy in the U. S. A commission of experts was sent last autumn to study aquaria abroad-the invertebrate collection at Naples, biological research...
...between European and U. S. air progress. "It is my sincere belief," said Mr. New earnestly, "that within a comparatively short time a person desiring to do so may leave New York by a ship carrying the air mail after the close of business hours Saturday and be in San Francisco or Los Angeles for the opening of business Monday morning." Mr. New was urging, as he had often urged before, that companies contracting to carry air mail