Word: actes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Censorship? To every British editor an Admiralty "D" notice is something he must obey or risk prosecution under the Official Secrets Act. Hangover from the World War, the "D" notice is often used on news of warship movements, and was prominently used in 1935 during the Ethiopian crisis, when newspapers were ordered not to print the departure of the British fleet to the Mediterranean. No "D" or any other kind of order, however, has ever been issued forbidding the report of a responsible Cabinet Minister's speech; in fact, such an order seemed a clear infraction of freedom...
...strength of this strange tale of Dr. Vidal, the Spanish Government last week asked France to hand over Colonel Lister. French authorities said they would have to decide whether Colonel Lister's alleged act was political or criminal. They were also reported to be pondering whether to exchange Colonel Lister for a French Communist Deputy who had been imprisoned at Alicante. If France either extradites or exchanges Colonel Lister, it was taken for granted that the Loyalist hero's next last-ditch stand would be before a firing squad...
Last week SEC also did the following for and to U. S. business: > Cracked out its first accusation of political bribery in violation of the Public Utility and Securities Acts. It charged the $255,000,000 Union Electric Co. of Missouri, a subsidiary of North American Co., with making contributions to certain candidates for public office, covering up the act with various "false and misleading" items in its balance sheets. Possible penalty for Union Electric officers if the charge is substantiated at hearings next week: prison terms of five years or fines of $5,000, or both...
Back Wagner Act...
With resolutions endorsing specific internal and foreign policies in accord with the New Deal, the reports by eight committees on education, social security, health, agriculture, civil liberties, foreign policy were voted on by a body relief, labor and the Wagner Act, and foreign policy were voted on by a body varying from 75 to 200 people in Littaner Center...