Word: savoyism
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...tribute to Mussolini there is no end. Il Re Vittorio Emanuele often sends him chamois shot upon the royal estates in Savoy. One humble Fascist is known to have done a painting for him in "pure salad oil." Last week there appeared a portrait of Il Benito done in 352 pages in jet-black printers' ink. Mussolini prefaced it with the remark, "I detest those who take me as the subject of their writings...
Queen Margherita was the only daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa. She exhibited throughout her life a gracious penchant for royal democracy, which the Italian people warmed to and understood...
...apartment hotel, to be known as the Savoy Plaza, is to be erected in Manhattan on the site of the old Hotel Savoy on Fifth Ave. and 59th St. The acquisition of the Savoy site by the United States Realty & Improvement Co. makes it the world's greatest landlord, as its holdings now include the new Savoy Plaza, the Copley Plaza in Boston, the Plaza which faces the Pulitzer...
...gentle squeeze of the trigger and the great Fascist would topple headforemost from the balcony. Perhaps the House of Savoy would fall with him. Amid the antiFascist revolution which would spring up, anything might happen. Even as these thoughts coursed through the mind of onetime Socialist Deputy Tito Zaniboni, something happened with a vengeance. Fascist police burst in his door, collared him, took his rifle away, trundled him off to jail...
...upon Mussolini in such number that they were lugged to his office in bales and sacks. King Vittorio Emanuele, Queen Elena, the Queen Mother and Crown Prince Umberto were among the first to express heartfelt relief that Mussolini had been spared to defend Italy and the House of Savoy. In all the large cities of Italy imposing demonstrations of thanksgiving were participated in by thousands, who paraded through the streets singing and cheering...