Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...military. All private motor travel was forbidden after September 3. Then, after the neutrality decision, the terrifying atmosphere was relaxed. Italy was ready to defend herself if attacked, was the word. Command of Italy's armies was divided between General Graziani, no disciple of the Germans, and Crown Prince Umberto, no favorite of Mussolini's but a great favorite (as his father's son) with the people...
Persona grata with the Nazi regime, no exile, Wilhelm's oldest son, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, now 57, was discovered living quietly in Potsdam, near Berlin. Almost forgotten last week was the deep hatred which citizens of the Allies held for the Crown Prince, almost forgotten such famed cartoons as the one the Chicago Herald printed in World War I (see cut). Caption: "Drink...
...there will be a full guarantee for the security of their property and religion, an assurance of equal rights . . . and what the British Army would most readily accord a brave and enduring foe-all the honors of war." Responsibilities of Empire he considered great; if nations under the British Crown could be healthy and happy "the cause of the poor and the weak all over the world will have been sustained: everywhere small peoples will have more room to breathe; and everywhere great empires will be encouraged by our example to step forward into the sunshine of a more gentle...
Naturally the Chinese, who grasp eagerly for any straws in the international wind, were elated last week. As the British stiffened in Hong Kong, blowing up bridges joining the Crown Colony with Japanese-held territory, the Japanese simultaneously weakened in Shanghai, where 6,000 troops had been landed with the announced intention of "taking some action against the International Settlement." The troops took no action. In Tientsin, the Japanese were washed out by the worst flood in the city's history. The Chinese gave the Japanese a setback on their own in Shansi Province, where the Japanese have been...
...year ago Negro Henry Armstrong wore three crowns: world's featherweight, lightweight and welterweight boxing championships. Last winter, staggering under the responsibility of this multiple headdress, he tossed off the featherweight crown because he considered it too bothersome to get his weight down to the required maximum of 126 Ibs. Last week, before a crowd of 30,000 in New York's Yankee Stadium, another crown-the lightweight-toppled off when onetime Champion Lou Ambers (Luigi D'Ambrosio), whom he had dethroned a year ago, was awarded the nod in a 15-round match for the title...