Word: sz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They began when the Red Army, having swept up most of southeastern Europe, began to roll across the Alföld, the vast Hungarian plain, toward Budapest. Aged (76) Regent Admiral Nicholas Horthy had asked the Allies for an armistice. Thereupon Major Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian Nazi leader, took over the Government. The Germans took over Horthy, carried him off to Germany, together with Hungary's national gold reserve of 80,000,000 pengö ($27,500,000). But the Hungarian peace delegation had already flown to Moscow...
Theatre Life had a gala anniversary on its 25th birthday in 1935. From Szöke Szakal (translation: blond beard), a Hungarian actor, Publisher Ince got a letter of congratulation, a check for $125 to cover a subscription for the next 25 years. Three years later, Theatre Life was dead. This week, to Szöke Szakal, now in Hollywood, Publisher Ince announced that he was back in business, sent a 22-year subscription to Stage...