Word: dalla
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fascist partisans favored ousting Editor Count Giuseppe Dalla Torre of Osservatore Romano, even though his paper, now confined to the Vatican, had abandoned its impartial stand, no longer mentioned the word "democracies." Count Dalla Torre acquired two bodyguards...
...Osservatore Romano, semiofficial organ of the Holy See. When Germany invaded Poland last September, Osservatore Romano's circulation jumped from 40,000 to 130,000 during the Polish campaign, because it was the only paper in which Italians could read news from both sides. Later, Editor Count Giuseppe Dalla Torre decided to limit his paper's circulation rather than risk making trouble (TIME. April...
...common cause with the Allies." Last fortnight, when German troops suddenly moved into Holland and Belgium, Pope Pius XII sent messages of sympathy to Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, King Leopold of the Belgians; and Osservatore Romano, in a burst of indignation, let itself go again. That day Editor Dalla Torre printed 150,000 copies, speeded up the Vatican's little press until it almost shook apart...
Most of Osservatore Romano's war news had been printed in a column called Acta Diurna, in which squat, dark, astute Professor Guido Gonella, with a strong pro-Ally slant, digested daily communiques from London, Paris, Berlin. Editor Dalla Torre dropped Professor Gonella's column. Without Acta Diurna, Osservatore Romano came out as usual for subscribers, but the last free paper in Italy had been bottled up, almost as good as suppressed...
...more disturbed by the sudden popularity of his paper than Editor Dalla Torre himself. Lest Osservatore Romano become a political storm centre, Dalla Torre limited its circulation, steadfastly refused to print more than 95,000 copies. Last week Osservatore Romano was one of few newspapers left in Europe which still had a relatively free hand in reporting war news and international politics. Then, probably due to Fascist pressure, Osservatore Romano began to slow its drift toward a pro-Allied stand...