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...member of the Fascist Party and burning with no fanatical flame, Professor Guarneri, who reports three times a week to II Duce, closed with the calm estimate that even assuming successful military operations, which every Italian hopes will be swift and glorious, the development of Ethiopia would in any case require "fifty years of sacrifice before reaping the commensurate reward." Perfectly aware of this, Dictator Mussolini last week loosed the frenzy required to build empires, with sirens, church bells, battle planes thundering over every Italian city of importance and a nationwide hookup of loudspeakers in public squares which enabled...
...world's greatest massing of sea power since the Battle of Jutland. From Gibraltar the colossal British war boats Hood and Renown had moved down last week to Alexandria within shooting distance of the Suez Canal, supported by 14 squadrons of British battle planes on the aircraft carriers Glorious and Courageous. At Aboukir. where Nelson routed Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile, arrived 170 more British war planes...
...Glorious Statue...
Certainly enjoyed your article on the Piccirilli brothers [TIME, July 29]. Wish you had told the world where to find the glorious statue of President Monroe. It's in the proper spot at Ash Lawn, Monroe's old home, next door to Jefferson's beloved Monticello at Charlottesville. Va. Every one should see this statue; it's an inspiration and more beautifully placed than any of the Piccirilli works you mention. It's at home -in the midst of Monroe's own beautiful boxwood garden...
Engaged. Cartoonist Curtis Arnoux Peters (Peter Arno), 34, onetime orchestra leader, onetime husband of Lois ("Lipstick") Long; and Mary Livingston ("Timmie") Lansing, Manhattan socialite. The first Mrs. Arno characterized her marriage as "one long, glorious hoop...