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...pact dates from the "Save-France Cabinet" formed after the Stavisky bloodshed by beloved onetime President Gaston ("Papa Gastounet") Doumergue. Suddenly recalled by duty from retirement to the dirty job of Premier, "Papa" Doumergue chose as his Foreign Minister, venerable Louis Barthou, who proceeded to surprise all Europe by showing even more energy than such young sprigs as Anthony Eden...
...Again Gastounet, While Adolf Hitler puzzled, Pierre Etienne Flandin returned to France where War veterans threatened serious riots this week on the anniversary of the shooting last year in the Place de la Concorde of citizens who protested the Stavisky scandal (TIME...
...Press beloved "Gastounet" dramatically cried: "In my supreme appeal- last November-I pointed out to my fellow citizens the need for calm. Messieurs! I withdraw nothing now which I said then -nor do I need to add anything...
That set-to in Marseilles was small but significant. The political temper of France was stretched no less tight throughout the Republic. And that same night Premier Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue sat down before a microphone to give another of his Rooseveltian broadcasts. Shrewdly, his first move was to attack the Reds. Cried the Premier...
...balance the French budget in these hard times lotteries and roulette have again been made legal. Last week, Paris was sure that absinthe will be next. The Cabinet of Premier Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue was reported considering whether to legalize absinthe at its full pre-War strength of 66% alcohol or perhaps go further and legalize what used to be called Swiss absinthe (80%). According to inspired reports, "The Government feels that by monopolizing the sale and manufacture of absinthe they can keep consumption within moderate limits and yet obtain a large revenue...