Word: benito
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...people of the U. S. apologized last week to Benito Mussolini. Through Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson they sent him this message: SINCERE REGRETS . . . FOR THE DISCOURTEOUS AND UNWARRANTED UTTERANCE BY A COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THIS GOVERNMENT ON ACTIVE DUTY...
...been saved. The day before the fateful vote British newspaper readers were sharply reminded of what might be in store for them if Conservative Stanley Baldwin should return to power. Labor leaders let it be known that Stanley Baldwin's first move would be an imitation of Benito Mussolini-to cut the wages of all Government employes 10% as an example to the country, in the hope that lower wages would lower prices, stimulate trade. (Already employes of the great Midland Bank have received a 10% clip...
...Florence, Coloratura Luisa Tetrazzini, as famed for her bulk as for her trills, sang her farewell concert at the Verdi Theatre where she made her debut 35 years ago. Benito Mussolini once gave Tetrazzini a photograph inscribed: "To the voice that makes one believe in Paradise...
Undoubtedly the "hit-and-run" accusation was a blunder and has been officially acknowledged as such by the United States. The apology has in addition been accepted by Benito Mussolini and apparently the tumult aroused by the affair has died down in Italian circles. It would therefore seem that a prolongation of the incident would not only be an unnecessary expenditure of effort, but also contribute nothing to the improvement of international relations. Furthermore, the mud-slinging and fireworks usually attending American trials might serve to make the Butler statement even more aggravating abroad. Already Senator Heflin has shouted...
...suspicious French audiences, to men and women who have been told by their press a thousand times that he is THE ENEMY, Signore Benito Mussolini was personally introduced last week by the talking cinema...