Word: signoralli
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...Carmen, Le Coq d'Or and Bach's Phoebus and Pan. The Met had planned to shake up its two Italian veterans, Gennaro Papi and Ettore Panizza, giving to each some operas that the other had been leading. But just before last week's Traviata, Signor Papi dropped dead of heart disease. Panizza took his place...
...Rome, Newscaster Mario Appelius was the first of his profession to talk back to a radio heckler. His program was interrupted by a voice exclaiming: "You are an Italian ass." Signor Appelius riposted: "That's better than being a British citizen." This led to an impromptu exchange of high-school wit. Later in the week, when the heckler's voice was faint, Signor Appelius tried for the large effect by crying: "Speak louder, ghost! No ghost will save England...
...Germans, concluded Signor Pellegrini, await the arrival of the Italians in the fighting lines "with cordial impatience...
Describing the reign of terror in the U.S., Signor Tosi told how Axis citizens were jailed with common criminals, herded into concentration camps. Even women, he said, must suffer these outrages, "such is the fear that has gripped the soul of this psychologically childish people [of the U.S.]." Worst of all, the Italians in the camp at Missoula, Mont, are "watched by policemen, the majority of whom are Jews...
...Minister is Signor Benito Mussolini,† who is already well known in Italy as Prime Minister, Chief of the Government, Minister of the Interior, Minister of War, Minister of the Navy and Minister...