Word: austria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...handsome. Senora Brau-Soler had nearly severed his neck with a razor. Within an hour transatlantic cables were clicking, for Senora Brau-Soler's dead lover always insisted that his name was Prince Edgar de Bourbon d'Este, an illegitimate son of gentle old Franz Josef of Austria and the Princess Alice de Bourbon-Parme...
Died. Dr. Johann Schober, 57. twice Chancellor of Austria (1921-22, 1929-30); of heart disease; in Gutenbrunn, Austria. Beginning as a clerk in the police department Dr. Schober rose to the high office of head of the Austrian Federal police which position he retained until his death. For some years during the reign of Emperor Franz Josef he safe-guarded the security of visiting monarchs, met Edward VII of Great Britain from whom he learned English. Regarded as conservative, Schober was trusted and liked by the anti-Marxists, the nervous bourgeoisie and the Jews, especially during the years immediately...
...Finland 5 5 8 33 Germany 3 10 4 33 Great Britain 4 6 5 29 Canada 2 4 10 24 Hungary 6 1 4 24 Holland 2 4 1 15 Australia 3 1 0 11 Argentina 3 1 0 11 South Africa 2 0 3 9 Austria 1 1 2 7 Ireland 2 0 0 6 Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 5 Mexico 0 2 1 5 India 1 0 0 3 Denmark 0 1 1 3 Philippines 0 0 3 3 Latvia 0 1 0 2 Switzerland 0 1 0 2 Greece 0 0 1 1 Spain...
Died. Monsignor Ignaz Seipel, 56, former Chancellor of Austria; of diabetes, tuberculosis and pneumonia; in a monastery at Pernitz, Austria. A professor of moral theology and political economy when the War began, he was Austria's Minister of Social Welfare when the Monarchy fell (1918). By using all his fine craft the bald, beak-nosed cleric put the Christian Socialists in command of the Austrian Republic, fortified his party rule with the Heimwehr (Home Guard). Austria was bankrupt. Chancellor Seipel visited in turn all the European capitals, making the nations believe that Austria planned alliance with one or another...
...Scout camp. The previous U. S. airline distance record was 10.9 mi., held by famed Hawley Bowlus. The world record of 136.8 mi. is Germany's. For altitude O'Meara's apparent 5,000 ft. was surpassed by Schempp's 5,400 ft. (world record: Austria's 8,494 ft.) but because he is a German citizen, Schempp must yield both U. S. titles to O'Meara...