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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...from all but the war budget. The Italian Army will cost $156,000,000 next year; the navy, $80.923,000; the air force, $40,000.000. Two days previously Signore Mussolini forewarned the Senate of the impending cut. "But," shouted Benito to the long-faced Senators, "are there any among you who think that in this moment, when everyone else is arming powerfully by bleeding the people, it would be just for Italy to neglect its elementary and indispensable defenses and run the mortal danger of annihilation...
...They got home safely but the country was shocked. In Finland the Lapua (antiCommunist) Movement had just succeeded in driving Communism out of the Diet after a whirlwind election campaign whose tactics included kidnapping Communists and booting them over the Soviet frontier. Dr. Stahlberg had been rumored as listed among the bootees not as a Communist but as a Progressive, oldtime foe of the conservative parties. Finns have regarded the Communist kidnappings with marked complacency, but kidnapping their George Washington was another matter. Something had to be done. Detectives worked furiously. Last week eight persons were brought to trial...
...Pope Pius XI he very soon appropriated large sums to the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith (missionary propaganda) and spurred it to its work among the peoples. He, his Secretary of State, his legates and his nuncios dealt with rulers. His outstanding work in this respect was his settlement of the Roman Question by the Lateran Treaties of 1929, and the establishment of Vatican City as an independent sovereignty...
...Among those who blame Wall Street is Benito Mussolini...
...henna-haired heckler." or "my weazened old Red Head." He relishes a reputation as a benevolent reprobate. His glory is a stag party. Famously hospitable. Publisher Fawcett built a lodge in the wilderness on the shores: of Pelican Lake, 170 mi. west of Duluth, to entertain his friends (among his guests have been Vice President Charles Curtis & son). But they came in such droves that he made it into a resort-Breezy Point-now one of the most elaborate showplaces in Minnesota-A crack marksman (manager of victorious U. S. trap-shooters in the 1924 Olympic Games), he keeps...