Word: austrians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...final touch the Italian film of the St. Stephan's sinking (also to be seen currently in The First World War) was obtained. On June 11, 1918, the St. Stephan, flagship of the Austrian Navy, was attacked in the Adriatic by Italian torpedo boats. A torpedo found its mark and the St. Stephan began to list and sink with terrible rapidity. Frantic Austrian sailors are to be seen clambering up her steep deck and over onto her almost horizontal side. At that point the ship quivers convulsively, shakes many of them off into the water. Others manage to stay...
...Were prorogued by His Majesty with a Speech from the Throne, prior to his Speech from the Throne opening Parliament again this week for the winter session. Said Proroguer George V, after recording "profound shock" at the assassinations of Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss and Yugoslav King Alexander: "The continued improvement of trade and employment among my people gives me great satisfaction...
...Foreign Minister Pierre Laval warned the German Ambassador on Nazi misbehavior in the Saar, signed a trade treaty with the Austrian Minister who chirped. "It will facilitate French imports of Austrian wood...
Anna Turkel was Anna Turkel. Her father was an Austrian immigrant who settled in Woonsocket. R.I. and begat eight children. Anna, the eldest, was determined to be a singer and Father Turkel was equally determined that she should never change her name. Anna made sure-fire copy because she was once a sweetmeat seller at the Metropolitan Opera House where she listened constantly to such singers as Lucrezia Bori, Rosa Ponselle, Maria Jeritza. In Europe she did well by the name of Turkel. But Chicago last week found her cold and immature...
...high-speed inaugurate schedules Eastern with Air Douglas equipment. Pioneered by TWA, which put up $140,000 for its development, the Douglas Luxury Airliner is now used by Eastern Air. General Air Lines, American Airlines, Pan American Airways, Royal Dutch Air Lines, Deutsche Lufthansa, Swissair, Spanish Airlines and Austrian Airlines...