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...attempted coup by militarists in Japan early in March was precipitated by their resentment of (1 the sending of a civilian as Ambassador to China, 2 the strong showing of liberal parties in the recent elections, 3 the refusal of the Emperor to appoint a liberal as Premier, 4 the appointment of Koki Hirota as Minister of War 5 the action of Parliament in cutting army and navy budgets...
...project could be begun unless sufficient funds to complete it were set aside from this year's appropriation. When this amendment was read in the Senate, the President's faithful Joe Robinson rose to offer an amendment to it. He proposed that the President be empowered to appoint engineering boards of review to resurvey 'Quoddy and the canal, that if their reports were favorable he be authorized to spend $10,000,000 of this year's relief money to continue the canal, $9,000,000 to continue...
...tart letter inquiring how on earth he justified a third term for Governor Herbert Henry Lehman. "Can it be," asked this Catholic onetime State Supreme Court Justice, ". . . because he is a Jew? . . . If, in order to give Roosevelt a chance to carry New York ... he and you must appoint a Jew as candidate . . . can you not select for us a candidate who . . . will exalt the Jewish reputation and know what it is all about? . . . This matter of Lehman seems to be only a pawn in the game of politics to you two who are trying to hold on to your...
There was still no Senate. Oldtime politicians, accustomed to gypping the Egyptian masses, proposed to use the Gov ernment's "temporary sovereign rights" to open the late King's envelope and let the Government of Premier Aly Maher Pasha appoint two-fifths of a new Senate. Had there been a strong new King at hand, Premier Maher Pasha might have done...
...temporary court order restraining the distaff branch of the family from "interfering in the conduct of the business." Spry, 78-year-old Mrs. Aroline Chase Pinkham Gove, Lydia Pinkham's only living daughter, countered by asking the Supreme Court of Maine, where the company is incorporated, to appoint a receiver for the company, planning to outbid her nephews when the business was put on the block. Last month the first round went to the Pinkham grandsons when a Massachusetts judge decided that their suit for a permanent injunction should be heard first...