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Last week, the special brand of Communist oblivion reserved for those no longer useful caught up with Tildy. His son-in-law, pudgy Victor Chornoky, recent minister to Egypt, was arrested on charges of treason and espionage. Tiny (5 ft. 4 in.), timorous Tildy, an ex-baron, an ex-Calvinist minister, said: "I can no longer expect the confidence of the Hungarian people, because of his [ Chornoky's] great crimes." Tildy resigned...
...Seizing the opportunity for a bluff, Stafford yelled out 'Here come Gurkhas! Here comes the army!' His men took up the cry and moved forward in a counterattack, blasting with carbines and Tommy guns. The Communists vanished back into the hills. Five of the six handcuffed women, caught in the murderous crossfire, lay crumpled on the ground...
...must to all nations, the postwar problem of living within its means last week caught up with Mexico. Mexico's postwar hoard of $350 million in gold and foreign exchange had dwindled to $114 million. Furthermore, it was a state secret whether this was usable or whether it included the necessary backing for the nation's currency. Overnight, the peso, which for eight years had been exchangeable at 4.85 to the dollar, was cut adrift. In shops, the prices of imported goods which Mexico could no longer afford were boosted from...
...Debacle. Finance Minister Ramon Beteta had denied repeatedly that devaluation was coming. When the change came, the public was caught flatfooted. Some drew their bank savings and went on buying sprees. The foreign credit manager of one bank arrived at his office late to find careless clerks doling out precious dollars at the old rate. In the Calle Isabel la Catolica, flooded by recent rains, money changers stood shin deep in water, clinking handfuls of gold coins and arguing prices. They offered six and seven pesos for a dollar and readily went higher. Anxious travelers and others who urgently needed...
Canada's Conservatives-who staged their first national political convention in 1927-last week got news that they will hold their fourth national convention soon. The sudden resignation of their leader John Bracken had caught them by surprise, and they were in a tearing hurry to select a new leader before the government called a general election...