Word: umbertos
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...were nervous as tomcats. Each seemed to fear some hitch or double-cross. Each whipped his Press into absolute silence. Round about Venice, which Il Duce had not visited for eleven years, citizens, puzzled by elaborate preparations for they knew not what, jumped to a conclusion that Crown Prince Umberto was coming. Germans supposed their Chancellor was still in the Fatherland until their Press told them that he was already soaring over the Alps. Rome stressed that Berlin had asked for the meeting. Berlin tried to give an opposite impression by releasing press handouts explaining Chancellor Hitler's departure...
...late, great Albert. As a move to appease the Walloons, Babe Albert was further tagged with the name of a hotbed of Walloons, became "Prince Albert of Liege." Next month he will be publicly and formally christened with the names he received last week in private: Albert Umberto Felix Theodore Chretien Eugene Marie...
...foot. Except for the towering bearskin of Britain's Edward of Wales, there was little to distinguish them, but here, plodding along in the fog, were half the Princes of Europe. Crown Prince Leopold led the procession with his brother, Prince Charles, and his brother-in-law, Prince Umberto of Italy. The others...
Five years ago Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, went to the rescue of the wrecked airship Italia commanded by General Umberto Nobile, whom he cordially disliked. A French navy seaplane bearing Amundsen and five companions started from Tromso, Norway, towards Spitsbergen. It was never seen again...
...outside the city, to see the planes arrive. As usual Balbo's triad landed first to a deafening frenzy of cheering, whistle-blowing, bell-clanging, cannon-shooting. The General taxied his plane alongside an improvised receiving stand (a derrick platform) where stood Benito Mussolini, Crown Prince Umberto, the King's aviator-cousin the Duke of Aosta, U. S. Ambassador Breckinridge Long. He stood on his plane's thick wing for a moment, arm outstretched in salute. Then he leaped ashore to be warmly kissed by Il Duce...