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Show MERRY-GD-RdUND Washington, D. C. CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA The crown princess of Norway is now a full-fledged member of the "Short-Snorters Club," with such other distinguished personages as Winston Churchill and Henry A. Wallace. Wal-lace. It happened as the Princess Martha Mar-tha 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 a marked $1 bill as a certificate certifi-cate of membership. She was not. Whereupon other passengers promptly prompt-ly presented their dollar bills token of membership in the club for the princess to sign. She wrote her name in ink, "Martha, "Mar-tha, Crown Princess of Norway," across a dozen dollar bills that day, as the plane soared over the Atlantic. Atlan-tic. There were 14 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 a princess aboard. She appeared on the passenger list simply as "Mrs. Brown." But someone 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-waiting 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 J. Hurley, just back from Russia, to explain the Marshal Timo-shenko's Timo-shenko's mysterious disappearance from the limelight, Hurley dodged the question as follows: Timoshenko is the George Washington Wash-ington of Russia. Washington retreated 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 battles bat-tles but he would win the war. And he kept on retreating until he was able to spring the trap on Corn-wallis Corn-wallis at Yorktown. Timoshenko also followed the retreat 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. (Editor's Note: Marshal Timoshenko is now on the northern Leningrad front, it has been disclosed. A letter to Stalin from commanders on that front was headed by Timoshenko's name). LATINS LOVE RUSSIA Latin American fear of Communism 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 a power to deal with. Thus some of the countries below the Rio Grande are coming around to diplomatic recognition of the Soviet So-viet government. Cuba is sending Dr. Aurelio Con-cheso, Con-cheso, ambassador to Washington, to Moscow to open a legation, which will later be in charge of Dr. Raoul Herrera-Arango, also from the Washington Wash-ington embassy. Mexico is sending her minister counselor from the Washington embassy, em-bassy, Dr. Luis Quintanilla, to become be-come minister to the U. S. S. R. Foreign Ministers Gabriel Turbay of Colombia and Alberto Guani of Uruguay are in Washington today, where they will discuss with Soviet Ambassador Litvinoff the establishment establish-ment of missions in Russia. Colombia Colom-bia recognized the Soviet in 1936, but has never sent a 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 C. 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. ft U. S. Chamber of Commerce President Pres-ident Eric Johnston will run for the senate in 1944 on the Republican ticket tick-et 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. ft The WAVES, gradually taking over more of the navy's paper work, are bringing in some smart officers, among them Lieut. Rebecca Gross, former managing editor of the Lock Haven (Pa.) Express and one of the few women managing editors in the country. |