Word: britain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Italian secret police three weeks ago arrested Professor Guido Gomella, editorial writer for the semi-official Vatican City daily, Osservatore Romano, apparently because he wrote a series of articles impartial toward Britain and France. By last week the Roman circulation of impartial Osservatore Romano had jumped from 40,000 in August...
Scripts in hand, the cast started off patriotically, keeping Britain's chin up with such songs as We Haven't Got the Jitters and An Air Raid Shelter for Two. But soon they were back at digging Chamberlain in the ribs and blasting England's slowpoke policy on the Western Front. Said a "communiqué": "It is officially stated that British troops have arrived in France and have agreed to fight on the same side as the French. A formula is being prepared." Began a song...
Even with passports in hand both foreigners and U. S. travelers had only Hobson's choice of liners, no certain sailing dates. Stalled were Poland's Gdynia-America Line, Hapag-Lloyd. Britain and France maintained no dependable schedule. Passengers were warmly urged to try neutral lines. If they were insistent on a French or British ship, booking clerks politely jotted down preferential boats and sailings, but few hours before departure many a sailing might be suspended for from two weeks to kingdom-come. Italian liners, after hugging home ports since the outbreak of war, took...
...England's Hon. Frederick Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, kin-in-law of Princess Mary, Princess Royal of Great Britain...
...that the crew rebelled. They wanted Captain Borkowski or nobody. They did not want to go to Canada and carry munitions to Britain. Moreover, there was some back pay due them. They would not sail. Police were summoned...