The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-11
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CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA


Washington, d. C.
CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA
The crown princess of Norway is
now full-fedged member of the
"Short-Snorters Club" with such
other distinguished personages as
Winston Churchill and Henry A. Wal
lace.
1t happened as the Princess Mar
tina was returning by clipper from
England to her home in Maryland.
The stewardess on the plane asked
If she were a member of the club,
which requires every member to
carry marked ST bill as certif-
cate of membership. She was not.
Whereupon other passengers prompt
ly presented their dollar bills-token
of membership in the club-for the
princess to sign.
She wrote her name in ink, MAR
tina, Crown Princess of Norway"
across a dozen dollar bills that day,
as the plane scared over the Allan
tic. There were IA passengers, and
she signed for all except her lady
in-waiting, Ragni Ostgaard.
The plane had been some time out
of England before the passengers
realized they had princess aboard.
She appeared on the passenger list
simply as Mrs. Brown" But some
one recognized her from pictures,
and the word got around.
While most of the passengers
played bridge, the princess read a
book. At night she tucked herself
into the little sleeping compartment,
lower berth, while the lady-in-wait-
ing climbed into the upper.
She chatted with passengers as if
she were merely Mrs. Brown, and
when the trip was over, passenger
Fred Williams of the British air
ministry remarked:
"She's quite the most charming
lady I've ever met"
HURLEY AND TIMOSHENKO
When friends asked Brig. Gen.
Patrick ]. Hurley, just back from
Russia, to explain the Marshal limo
shenko's mysterious disappearance
from the limelight, Hurley lodged
the question as follows:
Timoshenko is the George Wash
ington of Russia. Washington re-
treated all the way from Boston to
Yorktown. He lost one battle after
another, but he figured that as long
as he had his army intact, and the
vast reaches of North America to
retreat into, he might lose the bat
ties but he would win the war.
And he kept on retreating until he
was able to spring the trap on Corn
wallis at Yorktown.
Timoshenko also followed the re-
treat strategy = from Kharkov to
Rostov to Stalingrad-but kept his
army intact. He is a tremendous
figure in Russia. His name is
stamped on the hearts of the people.
Editors Note: Marshal Timoshenko is
no,o on the northern Leningrad front, it
has been disclosed. 4 letter to Stain from,
commanders on that front toas headed by
Timoshenko's nan,e):
LATINS LOVE RUSSIA
Latin American fear of Commu-
nism has long kept those countries
from recognizing the Soviet Union.
But Soviet military successes have
persuaded the Latins that the Soviets
will emerge among the victors in
this war and will be power to deal
with.
Thus some of the countries below
the Rio Grande are coming around
to diplomatic recognition of the So
Wet government.
Cuba is sending DR.. Aurelio Con-
cheso, ambassador to Washington,
to Moscow to open legation, which
will later be in charge of DR.. Raoul
Herrera-Arango, also from the Wash
ington embassy.
Mexico is sending her minister
counselor from the Washington en-
bassy, DR.. Luis Quintanilla, to be-
come minister to the U. S. S. R.
Foreign Ministers Gabriel Turbay
of Colombia and Alberto GUAM of
Uruguay are in Washington today,
where they will discuss with Soviet
Ambassador Litvinoff the establish
ment of missions in Russia. Colon
bia recognized the Soviet in 1886,
but has never sent minister.
It's also reported that Ecuador
and Venezuela plan similar action.
Thus far, however, Colombia is the
only country on the South American
continent which has recognized the
Soviet Union.
There are substantial possibilities
for trade between Russia and Latin
America after the war, and some of
the Latins are getting on the band
wagon.
Note: Argentina, the only Latin
American country not to break with
the Axis, is scared sick over the
prospect of a Russian victory and
the danger of communism.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
d Spanish pressure on Paramount
will cause some changes in the movie
version of Hemingway's best seller
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" but it
will probably be released to the
American public in April-despite
Franco.
q U. S. Chamber of Commerce Pres
ident Eric Johnston will run for the
senate in 1914 on the Republican tick
ct against Senator Homer Bone,
Democrat. Johnston is one of the
few politically minded men ever to
sit in the crusty throne of the U. S.
chamber.
q The WAVES, gradually taking
over more of the navy's paper work,