Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This was the unusual message sent to Prince Gelasio Caetani, Italian Ambassador to the U. S., by Premier Benito Mussolini; for seldom it is that a Government takes official cognizance of an actress, even so great a tragedienne as the late Signora Eleonora Duse (TIME, April 28, MILESTONES...
...autograph sale in Paris, it became known that Premier Poincare had signed his name so often during his 63 years that his autographs would not fetch as much as $2 apiece. Benito Mussolini's signature, however, fetched almost $6, while Kipling's brought nearly as much as Napoleon's, at about $19. But the autograph of Nietzsche surpassed them all, an admirer buying...
Rumors of Spanish political crises are as persistent as the odor of the onions named after the Iberian land. But Captain General Primo Rivera, "Spain's Mussolini," last week insisted that the inescapable effluvium savors not of crises but of peace, joy, contentment...
...Swiss regiment passing one of the frontier stations on the Italo-Swiss border became incensed at the sight of some Fascisti. They cried out: "Down with Italy!" "Down with the Fascisti!" "Down with Mussolini!" This incident had two results: Lieutenant Guido Gavani challenged Colonel Gusser, commander of the Swiss regiment, to a duel for slurring the fair name of Fascismo. Benito Mussolini, swallowing his own pride, called upon the Swiss Government to apologize for having insulted Italy. The Swiss Government uttered its concern and promised an inquiry and punishment for the offenders...
...himself with glory at Col de Lana. After the armistice he helped Herbert C. Hoover at Paris to make arrangements for the distribution of aid to Italy and Austria. In 1921 he became a Deputy, in 1922 Ambassador to the U. S. He is an ardent admirer of Benito Mussolini and a devoted slave of Fascismo...