Word: serb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Denver's first re- form waves, Mayor Robert W. Speer was re-elected in 1908 and promptly closed all the city's gambling houses. Of these the toughest, most renowned was the old Arcade at 16th and Larimer streets. The Arcade's owner, a Serb named Vaso L. Chucovich, contributed heavily to the mayor's campaign, remained his warm friend, grew rich in Denver real estate and on his death in 1933 left $100,000 for a Robert W. Speer memorial. Denver's wrangles over the execution of this bequest have been periodic art news...
...Serb Chucovich's Serb trustees first awarded the commission to Yugoslavian Sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, withdrew it when local patriots and Federal art officials protested that a U. S. sculptor should have the job. Obligingly the trustees fixed on Denver's own Maillol-trained Sculptor Arnold Ronnebeck. But when Ronne-beck's design of a female figure cradling a covered wagon in one arm came before the Municipal Art Commission it was speedily vetoed. An advisory committee of local artists and architects then held a national contest for designs, invited able Sculptor Maurice Sterne to help pick...
...This is the story of the Serb Orthodox Christmas time, the filial love of George Nikolau, and how three persons died at the village inn. Nikolau had been away from home for a long time. In Hungary he had grown wealthy by Serb standards. He decided to return for Christmas. With him he brought 10,000 dinars, about $1,900, as a gift...
...present situation, however, the alignment is different. Jugo-Slavia, apparently confident of French support, has taken a threatening attitude towards Hungary. Meanwhile Italy, whose alliance with Hungary has proved to be mutually beneficial, is the natural enemy of the Serb-Croat-Slovene state and urges resistance to its aggressions. Therefore any conflict resulting from this crisis would find France and Italy in opposite camps...
Stankovitch, a Serb, and Perovitch, a Croat, are sympathetic to Croatian aspirations. But there was a joker up Alexander's political will. Should anything happen to these regents he had three substitutes. The most important was the ironfisted, fire-eating Serb, General Vojeslav Tomitch, commander of the Belgrade Garrison...