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Good Story. The press of the world had last week a fine tale of the events which led up to Austria's revamping along German lines. According to the tale, Benito Mussolini who twelve years ago accepted the role of protector of Austrian independence, called Vienna by telephone and told Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg that all was at an end between them, Austria must throw herself on Adolf Hitler's mercy. So Schuschnigg crossed the border, to Bavaria, and at the Fuhrer's mountain chalet was shown into a room where he was left alone to read...
Five weeks ago Captain Mario Stoppani, Italian Royal Air Force ace, flew 4,230 miles from Cadiz, Spain to Caravellas, Brazil, breaking the previous non-stop distance record for seaplanes (3,435 miles). Fortnight later three other Italian planes, one of them piloted by Benito Mussolini's son, Bruno, emulated his example by hopping to Brazil. Last week Stoppani set out to fly back. Two hours from the coast of Brazil one of his motors failed, he turned back, dumped gasoline, promptly caught fire. He and four companions jumped, landed in a sea covered with flaming gasoline. When...
...encouraging for the families of the colonists was the news printed last week by Armed Forces (Benito Mussolini's official military paper). It gave an account, presumably not exaggerated, of the difficulties of pacifying Ethiopia. During the rainy season (mid-June to mid-September) 113 Italian bombing planes were kept busy supplying isolated Italian outposts. Armed Forces described as "characteristic" the "episodes" of Lalibela, Bilbala Gorgis, Debra Brehan and Debra Sina...
...days when Benito Mussolini was a rabid, stump-speaking young Socialist, he used to demand free lunches for Italian school children at the expense of the State. Last week by Fascist decree school lunches were made compulsory throughout Italy, but not at the expense of the State. Rich moppets will be charged enough to pay for their lunches and those of poor moppets as well. Rich or poor, every Italian school child will be required, before eating school lunch, to say this grace...
Jagged cakes of ice jostled each other in the Danube last week as lights flashed in the Royal Palace overlooking Budapest where statesmen sat down to nibble caviar and quaff champagne. The party was a meeting of the Rome Protocol States, organized over three years ago when Benito Mussolini succeeded in more definitely attaching Austria and Hungary to Italy as satellites. What was afoot was a whole series of moves by Fascists and Fascist sympathizers: 1) against Leftist Spain; 2) against the League of Nations; 3) against Communism; and 4) against France...