ARGENTINA: Lobsters, Pigeons, Parades

In Valparaiso, Chile last week half a ton of live lobsters were loaded on a plane, sent scudding across the jagged Andes to Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires, on the muddy River Plata where there are no lobsters, was having a party.

The occasion was the state visit of paunchy, pompous Senhor Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, to big, soldierly President Agustin P. Justo of Argentina. In 1933 President Justo paid a call on President Vargas in Rio de Janeiro which was notably successful in furthering trade and tourist traffic between the two countries. Now with suggestions from...

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