Word: italiane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that the Führer should drive past at 8:30 p. m. Soon the German Dictator sat up as though startled and amazed by the vast Roman Colosseum which seemed to be afire, glowing within by the light of thousands of red torches, while in each arch an Italian soldier stood at attention, silhouetted in full war gear; his steel helmet sharply outlined...
Business is Business. In Rome almost every building flew the Italian and the German flag, excepting Jewish shops and homes, the Senate, the Chamber, other public buildings and the State's streetcars and busses. All these flew only the Italian flag. In town for the occasion were 46,000 police operatives, their wives and children -whereas Rome ordinarily gets along...
...always been customary in Italy to plug mailboxes with heavy metal fittings on each State occasion, since for half a century Italians have been prone to "mail a bomb" timed to explode just as its intended object is scheduled to pass the mailbox. To this precaution against an old Italian custom was added last week search of sewers and cellars for bombs, banishment from Rome for a few days or jailing of all suspect persons, and an arrangement whereby one or more police agents stood in the hall of every building past which the German Realmleader was driven. Such...
First Day. An Italian stiletto, or "Fascist Honor Dagger" as it is called, was worn by Adolf Hitler, emerging on the first morning of his visit, after having received Benito Mussolini for a half-hour conference at the King's Palace. Der Fuhrer laid a wreath at the Pantheon (royal tombs), another at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a third at the Fascist Altar on the Capitoline Hill. Lunch was at the King's Palace, followed by a go-minute conference in Il Duce's office, and then the two Dictators drove to Rome...
Second Day. During the night the Realmleader slept on his green private train between Rome and Naples, the King-Emperor slept on his blue private train, and Il Duce was up until 2 a. m. on his private train, arranging last-minute details of the morrow's great Italian Navy display -190 warboats totaling 300.000 tons, the largest European concentration of war craft since the World...