Word: de
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Calloway, the hi-de-ho man who brought Minnie the Moocher everlasting fame, occupies the stage of the Boston Theater this week along wit a newspaper film, "Woman Wise". Calloway sings and struts to a number of Harlem favorites with a little more restraint than usual, introduces six lindy hoppers, who add considerable zest to the program, and presents a home-made band which nearly steals the show. This group, led by a colored gentleman who is even lazier than Steppin Fetchil, swings high and swings low on a washboard, a couple of toy trumpets, a guitar, a decrepit piano...
...Whites been stung northeast of Madrid, though they were getting an offensive under way from the south, that General Miaja doubtless feared the enemy would in exasperation use poison gas for the first time in Spain's present war. The White's blatant "Radio General" Queipo de Llano ominously broadcast that White Generalissimo Franco "has enormous supplies of gas, but will not use it, unless Madrid uses it first." In Moscow jubilant Izvestia cartooned an Italian general squealing from Spain to Mussolini for help. In Spain the Red Militia were coached to greet Italian deserters from the Whites...
...much momentum in the Air Service that in 1928 he skyrocketed to the rank of full "General of Air," next year entered the Mussolini Cabinet as its youngest member (33) as Air Minister. New Minister Balbo immediately removed Italy's three greatest air heroes of that time?de Bernardi, Ferrarino and de Pinedo?entirely from the public eye and from feats of air prowess, assassinated their fame to such an extent that today who remembers their names...
...giant strides. In mass formation flights, personalty led by the Air Minister, Italy began to excel more spectacularly each year. The name of Italo Balbo made headlines everywhere, and Dictator Mussolini figured it was about time to give him a taste of what he had given the three Heroes de Bernardi, Ferrarino and de Pinedo...
...Three weeks ago, tension in another of Secretary of Commerce Roper's subordinate de partments, the Bureau of Air Commerce, forced the resignation of Director Eugene Luther Vidal (TIME, March 8), the "exile" of two associates...