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...Died. Cimon P. Diamantopoulos, 59, Greek Ambassador to the U.S. (since 1940), onetime Minister to Albania (!933-35) and Bulgaria (1935-40); of a heart attack, while conferring with visiting Greek Premier Constantin Tsaldaris; in Manhattan...
...Sent a message to Greek Ambassador Cimon P. Diamantopoulos on the second anniversary of the Nazi attack on Greece, hailing continued Greek resistance...
There Richard Casey wrote The Commonwealth of Australia in a bold hand. When the Greek Minister wrote his neat, self-controlled Cimon P. Diamantopoulos, the consonants reached across the parchment. Said Adolf Berle to the Polish Ambassador: "My dear Ambassador, your Greek colleague has already taken part of the space reserved...
...buff brick Greek legation on Washington's Massachusetts Avenue was quiet last week; on sunny mornings a Negro yardman hosed down the sidewalks; a white-coated houseman swung open the door to visitors in grand unconcern. Inside, white-haired, friendly little Minister Cimon P. Diamantopoulos gravely stated his pride in his country. Throughout the U. S., in Greek neighborhoods with their fruit stands, vegetable markets, small restaurants and grocery stores, the U. S.'s 700,000 Greeks discussed the news. In the Italian quarters - it was the 18th anniversary of Mussolini's march on Rome-fruit peddlers...
...scaffold (George Romney's portrait of Mrs. Davenport, seated, 30 by 25 inches) was knocked down to Sir Joseph Duveen's man for approximately $260,000, the elegant watchers burst into applause. Romney's Lady Hamilton brought $65,000. And Sir Joshua Reynold's Cimon and Iphigenia brought $60. And Van Dyke's Infant Bacchanals brought $15. The applause of the patrons of Christie was quite in the best tradition. It has always been the habit of the fashionable world to applaud the picture of the late Mr. Romney. That the works of his immortal...