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Word: savorgnan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the Ethiopian War Thomas Joseph Pendergast, Democratic dictator of Kansas City, was said to have used influence in Washington to quash the proposed U. S. embargo on oil to Italy. Last week Italian Vice Consul Alessandro Savorgnan of St. Louis draped around Dictator Pendergast's pudgy neck the insignia of the Order of Commander of the Crown of Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 25, 1938 | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

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