Columbia Salutes U.S.
For a long time there has been juggling over the national dependence of Columbia, fourth largest population in South America and neighbour of | the Panama Canal. Now she is back under American State Department influence after being buffeted about by numerous totalitarian State manoeuvres. United States air force and navy experts will soon be training the Colombians in the art of modern warfare—American method. It is only a few months since America showed distinct signs of worry over Colombia’s evident enthusiasm for Nazi doctrine and Nazi agents and investors. Colombia 1 had backed Roosevelt’s protest against Jewish and Catholic persecutions and, during the Lima conference, this Stase argued for a Latin-American league and continental defences under United States leadership.
Crippled Children. In the course of the capping procession at Dunedin yesterday, the students of the Otago University took up a collection on behalf of the Cripplied Children’s Fund. The total realised was £540, slightly more than the amount raised last year.
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Northern Advocate, 11 May 1939, Page 14
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