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...budget, Il Duce boldly ordered the then Finance Minister, Antonio Mosconi, to state last June that "for the present and during the economic crisis the Government cannot balance the budget." The Cabinet has released a provisional budget for this year carrying an estimated deficit of 3,087,500,000 lire...
...Christmas present Pius XI got 1,000,000 lire ($51,150), raised among Roman Catholics throughout the world...
Benito Mussolini fired 24 shots at Italy's national rifle tournament, scored twelve bull's-eyes, forgot to open his breech lock when finished. Said an official, "I am sorry, Your Excellency, but you are fined five lire [26?]." Smiling, Il Duce paid...
...great Rex and Conte di Savoia at a period when Britain's Cunard Line was forced to abandon work on its 73,000-ton liner and the French Line dallied with its new super-Ile de France. Last year genial Count Ciano paid out 275,000,000 lire of Il Duce's revenues in ship subsidies. Since the S. S. Savannah first ploughed her way across the North Atlantic in 26 days in 1819, leading maritime nations have fought steadily for the speed honors of the Western Ocean. The "ocean greyhounds" at the turn of the century made...
Fascist Hitler had brought the suit. He charged Jewish Journalist Werner Abel with "libel and perjury" in accusing the German Fascist Party of accepting campaign contributions of 2,500,000 lire from Italian fascists...