Word: francesco
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...length, stomping in great steps, Banker Di Luglio entered the Woonsocket offices. He went to the desk of Woonsocket President Francesco Galiano, 64, an elegant gentleman who had once been his partner, whose son had married a Di Luglio daughter. Banker Di Luglio had heard that Banker Galiano had said evil things about Dante State Bank. Whipping out a .32-cal. revolver he pulled the trigger four times. The gun did not go off. Banker Galiano grabbed for his own revolver, fired into the wall. Banker Di Luglio grabbed the gun away, bashed elegant Mr. Galiano in the head with...
Italians love intrigue, stealth. In Rome last week currents and cross currents of intrigue wove a maze. One day it was Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, great ex-Papal Secretary of State, who had emerged from retirement to reconcile Vatican and Quirinal. Next day it was Marquese Francesco Pacelli, brother of the new Papal Secretary of State, Eugenic Cardinal Pacelli. Next day it was two other Papal diplomats...
Next move of Satan is to create "from the most lurid infernal material" Francesco Saverio Nitti and make him Prime Minister of Italy. Under Nitti Bolshevism almost strangles Fascism, but God the Father in the nick of time sends Hero Garibaldi in a dream to Poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. Counseled by Garibaldi, aided by Mussolini, d'Annunzio rushes to the rescue of the Roman Victory, severs her chains and leads her triumphant to Fiume...
...Italy's onetime Prime Minister (1919-20), Signore Francesco Saverio Nitti has said: "After the War a rich American, who was deeply touched by the French propaganda, sent an emissary to Belgium with the intention of providing a livelihood for the children whose poor little hands had been cut off. He was unable to discover one. Mr. Lloyd George and myself, when at the head of the Italian Government, carried on extensive investigations as to the truth of these horrible accusations, some of which, at least, were told specifically as to names and places. Every case investigated proved...
Whether or not anti-Fascist Fernando attempted in good faith to shoot H. R. H., he was defended in good faith last week by none other than fiery anti-Fascist Francesco Nitti, fugitive onetime Prime Minister of Italy, commonly referred to by Fascist editors as "Nitti...