Word: organizations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Only one scandal disturbed the Royal homecoming. Crown Princess Astrid of the Belgians, Their Majesties' Swedish daughter-in-law, was flayed last week, by a fanatically Roman Catholic news organ, Le Vingtieme Siècle. Wrote its Priest-Editor: "A recent photograph of Her Royal Highness shows her seated, with the skirt somewhat above the knees. The radiant beauty of the Princess aroused sufficient admiration in itself without the addition of such a piece of trivial daring. The example coming from the throne, or even the steps of the throne, is the most substantial bar that can be opposed...
...Behind the scenes was the slightly sinister figure of Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, owner of UFA and the most powerful publisher in Germany. Among his agencies are the Telegraphen Union Internationale, greatest independent agency in Europe and the Berlin newspapers Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, Der Tag and Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (official organ of the German Foreign Office...
...avowed monarchist, nationalist, militarist, his influence is feared by many a German Republican. When he bought UFA's 130 theatres, in 1927, Republicans openly charged he would change UFA into an organ of nationalist propaganda. In 1926, his newspapers groomed him for the dictatorship of Germany, a move which came to an end abruptly with a police search of his offices...
Pope v. Calles. The Osservatore Romano, semi-official Vatican organ, replied with a repetition of its accusations linking the Mexican executive's name with General Obregon's murder. It scoffed at Calles' "thirst for justice," declared that his own guilt was obvious to anyone who had followed, step by step, events in Mexico. "The road which led him, together with Obregon, over the corpses of Carranza, Gomez and Serrano, led Calles fatally to pass also over Obregon's dead body ... did his best to hide the key that makes the truth obvious...
...profound, writes for listeners. The Gershwins and Berlin are in the market places, night clubs; he in the parlor and concert hall. Berlin is admittedly no musician. But Gershwin is. And both are nimble tumblejacks with chords. Cadman, people find, who have followed his 25 years of music from organ compositions to Indian songs and finally operas, is rigid in his style. They ask: Can he adapt himself to popular sound-pictures; will he debase himself to commercialism? Few of them know that he lives in Hollywood...