Word: baligand
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Closest friend of Frau Gustav Stresemann, widow of the late, great German Foreign Minister, is Frau Albert von Baligand. These two tolerably young, distinctively vivacious ladies ("Kate" and "Else") were recently the life of Berlin's staid, stodgy officialdom (a German Cabinet officer's wife is supposed to look like an unpainted, unpowdered laundress, and most do). Tongues wagged when, two years ago, Stresemann sent Dr. von Baligand, then director of the press bureau of the German Government, to Portugal as German Minister. It was thought that Diplomat von Baligand owed this spectacular promotion to his wife...
Last week Minister von Baligand marched down the Lisbon quay in splendid regalia, went out to inspect the German warship Konigsberg which is now visiting Portugal. Presently, in the Captain's barge, he returned to shore. As he stepped upon the dock a demented man whipped out a Mauser pistol, shot Kate's friend's husband dead...
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