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...first fruits of his new labor: the directors of the Good Neighbor League, newly organized to promote the New Deal's "Good Neighbor" policy. Among the directors were Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Methodist Bishop Edgar Blake, Dr. George Foster Peabody, Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger, Banker Amadeo Peter Giannini, Social Worker Lillian D. Wald, Dr. Henry Goddard Leach. Object of the League was to unite the forces of Feminism, Piety and Pacifism behind Franklin Roosevelt for reelection...
...Philadelphia's Little Italy some 20 years ago there was a small, shabby theatre where neighbors dropped in to see a bit of drama, a bit of clowning and got for good measure a dash of grand opera. The impresario was Ferruccio Giannini, a tenor who could boast that he had once sung with Patti. At home the Gianninis made music all the time. The mother Antoinetta played the violin. Daughters Euphemia and Dusolina sang. Vittorio played the piano. Son Francis had a cello when he was big enough to wield one. Dusolina Giannini was 9 when she made...
...would have guessed that Dusolina Giannini had never rehearsed on the Metropolitan stage. But everyone knew that she was far from being a novice, that on the strength of her European reputation she had deserved a Metropolitan hearing several years ago. There were those in the audience who remembered her sensational concert debut in 1923,when she appeared in Carnegie Hall as a plump, glossy-haired girl of 19, an unknown suddenly called upon to substitute for Soprano Anna Case. Subject for high praise then was the beauty of her voice, its vibrant warmth, its effortless production. Smooth singing...
Germany and Austria have pronounced Giannini a great dramatic artist. Toscanini chose her to sing in Falstaff at the Salzburg Festival last summer (TIME, Sept. 2), chose her again for his General Motors broadcast and for his forthcoming performance of the Verdi Requiem. But Father Giannini waited until last week to form his own opinion, then said: "I always think my Dusolina, she has a very nice voice. Now I believe she acts very good...
...Father Giannini gave his son & heir a thorough grooming for the job he now holds, starting him as a clearing clerk in 1918, marching him from department to department. With no formal college education, Son Mario studied law on the side, earned a degree from Hastings College in 1920. Lame, often ill, he works into the early morning hours at his modest home in Hillsborough about 20 miles from his office. Sometimes he asks businessmen to come out in the morning so that he can talk to them on the way into town. His chauffeur drives his Cadillac...