INTERNATIONAL: INTERNATIONAL Looking Forward

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"Looking Forward"

The smallest South American nation— which is also wealthy, salubrious and progressive—played handsome host this week to the Seventh Pan-American Conference.

On the opening day Uruguay's picturesque Civil Guard marched glittering through the streets of Montevideo in uniforms dating from the War of Liberation from Spain (1810). Escorted by galloping lancers Dr. Gabriel Terra, heavyset, heavy-jowled President & Dictator, sped to open the Conference at 6 p. m. Alighting from their limousines in a sudden squall of wind and rain, delegates of 21 American nations clutched their silk hats and...

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