YUGOSLOVIA: Peter Passes

"We have paid no regard to His Majesty's exalted rank," declared the grave examiners of Belgrade College last week to Dowager Queen Marie and the Regents of Yugoslavia. "Unanimously we report that King Peter has passed his entrance examination for the third class of Belgrade College with great distinction."

Twelve-year-old King Peter II heard this verdict with visible relief. A serious, bookwormish boy, His Majesty has been plugging hard not only at his studies but in his carpentry shop. This started when the King told his mother the Queen that he needed more...

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