Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Correspondents were a little uncertain of the exact significance of the Briining-Curtius visit. Officially it was a "visit of courtesy" to thank Mussolini for his quick acceptance of the Hoover Moratorium, to discuss general European conditions. Imaginative reporters were quick to whisper "anti-French alliance...
...precariously on his domelike forehead. At the Vatican the Swiss Guards were wrongly informed of the hour of his arrival. Parti-colored men at arms were still scurrying about the courtyard of San Damaso when the German automobile drew up. Foreign Minister Curtius, who is Protestant, paid a separate visit some hours later...
...whirlwind finish marked Senator Hawes's Philippine visit. Having caused a huge parade and at least one riot by his encouragement of Independence (TIME, July 20) he had an opportunity fortnight ago to tell the Manila Rotary Club how he felt about his achievement. Announced he: "I only asked a simple civil question: Whether the Filipinos wanted independence. I did not expect that to create such a disturbance." He lined up Emilio Aguinaldo, oldtime rebel, for immediate freedom, even if the price were civil war. To a joint session of the Legislature he delivered a farewell address in which...
Shortly before 8 a. m. the King did arrive. His special train swooped in on a special track, traversed the yards of Ansaldo Shipbuilding Co. and rolled directly under the object of his visit, the 15,000-ton hull of Navigazione Generale Italiana's new 50,000-ton liner Rex, which was to be launched in a few minutes, with Queen Elena as sponsor. This vessel, which has been made ready for launching in 15 months and is expected to be commissioned by September 1932, is designed to be the fastest transatlantic ship afloat, capable of 27 or more...
...Carl Y. Matthews of Cleveland used to bathe in Gull Pond, a saltwater inlet near Greenport, L. I. He took his daughter, Irene, 7, all the way from Cleveland not only to visit the scenes of his childhood but to bathe in Gull Pond. He, clothed, stood on the beach and watched her. She waded out until the water was splashing about her middle...