Word: wallenberg
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...poles on the Norrbro, the bridge which leads to the Swedish Houses of Parliament. One of the cleanest and most sanitary cities of the world was greeting its foreign visitors.* In the Concert Hall where the convention proceedings opened, the great organ played for 20 minutes. Then Axel F. Wallenberg, onetime Minister to the U. S. from Sweden, spoke (in English): "I have something to say to the representatives of the United States. . . . Allow me to say a few words as a Swede. In the name of my countrymen I thank you and all the citizens of the wonderful country...
...income tax payments in Sweden is far different from that tale in U. S. statistics, made public last week. In Stockholm, only 150 taxpayers had incomes of more than $50,000. The largest individual income reported was that of A. M. Versteegh, factory owner-$402,354. M. L. Wallenberg, international banker, and Ivar Kreuger, Match Trust head, came second and third...
...Axel Wallenberg came from his native Sweden to be Minister to the U. S. Up went the yellow cross on its light blue field...
...Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes and Captain Axel F. Wallenberg, Swedish Minister to the U. S., signed a treaty of arbitration...