Word: balbo
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...General Balbo, Premier Benito has such a friend. Oft and again some hothead will call Benito out for one thing or another. Last week it was General Peppino Garibaldi, fiery little grandson of the Liberator. Rebuked for criticizing the conduct of the National Militia on Austrian Armistice Day (Oct. 31), Peppino demanded satisfaction of the Militia's chief. But all Peppino got for his pains was the prompt acceptance of Balbo...
Which polite and eminently excusable evasion, of course, left Peppino free to decline in turn. The last that was heard of Garibaldi-to-Mussolini-to-Balbo was that the Permanent Court of Honor at Florence would consider the matter of redress for alleged contusion of Peppino's feelings...
...Balbo, Commander-in-Chief of the Militia, asked: "Are you ready to begin to fight again if necessary...
...ready to die for our leader?" Dr. Balbo demanded...