Word: vittorio
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...King by the Grace of God and the Will of the People" is what astute, courageous, popular Vittorio Emanuele III was long before Il Duce added the title of "Emperor." Last week His Majesty surprised casual foreign observers-not Italians-by making Adolf Hitler's visit to Italy the occasion for visibly demonstrating that Benito Mussolini is not the whole cheese in Italy-although he is of course The Big Cheese, as Neville Chamberlain is in England...
...weeks before the March. Significantly the Fascist marchers on Rome were poorly armed, whereas His Majesty had mobilized powerful army units, held discreetly in barracks and side streets of Rome. Editor Mussolini remained at Milan 400 miles away until after the March, then accepted the telegraphed invitation of Vittorio Emanuele to come to Rome and form "His Majesty's Government" as Premier...
...wedding gifts poured in, it was evident that the international implications had not been overlooked-from Adolf Hitler came a sporty Mercedes-Benz; from Mussolini four bronze vases that once belonged to Napoleon; a statue of a dragon from King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy; Oriental rugs from Dictator Metaxas' Greek Government; and an elaborate secretary from Spanish Rightist Generalissimo Franco...
...Naples, Filomena Ducci bore twins, the second pair in 14 months, named them Vittorio and Bruno...
...Born. To Vittorio Mussolini, 21, II Duce's chubby, film-producing eldest son, and Milanese Orsola Buvoli Mussolini, 23; their first child, a son, Guido; in Rome. Nine days before, Countess Edda Mussolini Ciano had given II Duce another grandson; five weeks before, Sylvia De Rosa Mussolini, Vittorio's cousin Vito's wife, had borne a son, Arnaldo, won a 1,000-lira bet from Orsola by having her baby first...