Word: serpa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Martin. At the Circulo last week, some 1,200 wives & daughters of Army officers gathered to honor Eva Duarte de Perón. But they did not don furs & feathers out of love for la Señora. This was a command performance arranged by Doña Ines Serpa de Sosa Molina, wife of Peron's Minister of War, to make up for snubs that Señora Peron has received from the stiff-necked military clique. Evita was pleased...
Last week the royal Rumanian household was told that it could not go to Europe. Indignantly the refurbished suite reserved on the Lisbon-bound Serpa Pinto was canceled. Wailed Madame Udarianu: "The trip was stopped. The trip was stopped." Rumor had it that the U.S. and Britain feared that Carol's return might upset delicate balances in the Balkans. Officially, the trip was off because Madame's health was "uncertain." Gloomily Carol ordered the bags unpacked...