Word: austria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Europe, five-foot, 40-year-old Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. He took back to Vienna with him the assurance that Italy would back his Government to the limit providing it gave up any idea of political union with Germany. Italy carefully pointed out that such a union would reduce Austria to the status of a German State like Bavaria...
Chancellor Dollfuss. Christian Socialist (Catholic) leader, needed all the backing he could get. Austrian Nazis were growing stronger each day. Until last week he had the official support of Austria's homegrown Fascists, the Heimwehr. Nearly half the Heimwehr split away last week. published an announcement ''acknowledging without condition or restriction Adolf Hitler as leader of the German nation...
...this was shadow boxing. First actual test of Nazi strength in Austria was the municipal election last week in the Tyrol's ancient capital, Innsbruck. Because the distribution of voters in Innsbruck closely parallels their distribution in the nation, foreign correspondents have come to regard Innsbruck as Austria's Maine. Chancellor Dollfuss flew to Innsbruck to make speeches. Ninety percent of the electorate turned out to vote...
...very different sort of organization. They are largely owned & operated by Erno Schwarcz, Manhattan broker, who coaches the team, captains it, plays outside right forward. Mr. Schwarcz, who used to conduct an orchestra in Vienna, plays a violin with his left hand, was born in Hungary, later naturalized in Austria. He was an internationalist on Hungarian then on Austrian soccer teams. In 1926, he toured the U. S. with the Hakoah team of Austria, became convinced that all soccer needed, to become a major U. S. game, was a few really expert teams. In 1927 he returned...
...amused. So he built Sanssouci, which in its Baroque lushness reflected his Northern, Germanic, emotional temperament; he became the patron of Bach, whose rich music fitted his rich taste; he imported Voltaire, who satisfied the needs of his rational, concise, superficial intellect; he tempted from France and Austria the most beautiful dancers of Europe to be his favorites and paramours...