ITALY: Grandpapa

Birth of a son in Shanghai last week to Edda, Countess Ciano (nee Mussolini) made // Duce for the first time a grandparent. Parent Count Ciano is the Italian consul at Shanghai. In Rome last week virile, vigorous Grandpa Mussolini:

Stopped speculation for the decline on Italian exchanges by a decree empowering the Ministry of Finance to seize profiteering bear traders, send them either to jail or to hard labor on Lipari Island.

Boosted for Britain, with whom his relations are close & friendly, by stating:

"It is certain that with what others...

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