Word: avenol
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just a month ago the dying League of Nations sank to a single spark of life. Secretary General Joseph Avenol asked for the resignation of its last 89 employes, remained its only functionary. Last week the final spark went out. M. Avenol sadly informed the League's member States that the "realities" of the present time made his office no longer necessary, himself resigned...
...Geneva the League of Nations began preparing to evacuate, first to the French spa of Vichy, then if necessary to the European Clipper terminus, Lisbon. Bustling but dignified League Secretary General Joseph Avenol, a Frenchman, had already sent the League's more important documents ahead to France. "We are so disappointed that Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium failed to appeal to the League," commented a typical Secretariat bigwig. "The practical results might not have been great, but the appeals would at any rate have been on the League's records...
Last week Germany awoke when Neville Chamberlain sent a telegram to Secretary General Joseph A. C. Avenol of the League of Nations. In accordance with the League resolution to help Finland, he said, Britain intended "to afford the Finnish Government all the assistance she is in a position to give. She already is taking necessary steps to this...