Word: blocs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Government bloc, respectively headed by National Socialist (Nazi) Chancellor Hitler and Nationalist Minister of Economics. Food & Agriculture Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, Germany's Hearstian news and cinema tycoon...
...were popular with Japanese businessmen. Since then has come a gradual reaction. Although the God of Elections had 33 members of the Imperial Diet in his new party last week (reputedly purchased for bribes of 5,000 to 10.000 yen each) the Japanese Press was quick to minimize the bloc's importance. Wrote the Tokyo Asahi...
Died- John Charles Linthicum. 65, U. S. Representative from Maryland, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the unofficial Democratic "beer bloc"; of diabetes; in Baltimore. An infrequent speaker in the House, he was a champion of "The Star-Spangled Banner," officially adopted as the national anthem in March...
Availabilities. A prime factor in the Smith strategy is to settle in advance on no one candidate. To do so would jeopardize the unity of the "favorite son" bloc for while doubt remains, each candidate can continue to hope the lightning will eventually strike...
Also to be dickered with was Tammany Hall's bloc of some 40 uncommitted votes which might decide a close nomination. Their price was plain: for Roosevelt if he could win quickly and James John Walker were not removed by him as Mayor; against him if Smith proved that he could really hold the line and supply a good compromise candidate. The only favorite son who seemed available for whatever backroom conference is called to break a deadlock was Maryland's Governor Ritchie. Friendly with Governor Roosevelt, he was liked by the Brown Derby. Mark Sullivan, oldtime convention observer, predicted...