Himalayan Times (1956)

Eight

January 8, 1956

DID YOU KNOW ... By Scio

The rafflesia of Sumatra Innocent persona in the In 1908 Bix care set out
is the largest known flower Soviet Union can - bf dis- from New York" City on
in the world. Its bloom mi;sed from their jobs and the longest, and most
averages three feet in ftra even arrested on the ambitious auto race in
diameter. basis of an anonymous histtry, bound for Paris

letter. The Soviets regard via San Francisco, Japan,
unsigned slanderous and Vladivostok, Moscow, and
malicious letters as "docu- Berlin. Three cars finished,
ments meriting confidence.'' The "winner, an American
Thomas Flj er. covered the
13,000 miles in 88 days. .

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