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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Douglas Vickers, 76, retired chairman of Vickers Ltd., World's No. 2 munitions firm,* onetime (1918-22) Member of Parliament; in London. In 1931 he declared to visitors in his plant: "Our work is very necessary, because the League of Nations cannot be depended upon to do everything...
...League and the Conservatives lukewarm or cold to Geneva. Instead Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin turned the straw votes into Conservative ballots by casting handsome young Anthony Eden spectacularly in the role of the League's Galahad, defender of Ethiopia, had the late King George V dissolve Parliament and order an election at exactly the psychological moment (TIME. Nov. 25, 1935, et ante). With the huge Conservative majority then won, Britain's present Conservative Cabinet is carrying on today under Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain who is colder to Geneva than even Mr. Baldwin was. Recently he dropped...
Most Rev. Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia who earned his red hat by a pyrrhic victory. He negotiated a concordat with Yugoslavia so favorable to his Church that it led to religious rioting and the Yugoslavian Parliament dared not ratify it (TIME...
...delighted with the "God Control feature, but for one error. Bill Pickle was cut out of the picture which features him, and in his place you left Hambro, president of the Norwegian parliament...
...Majesty, now that politicians of all leading parties have informed him in the past few days that they have been unable to form a Cabinet which can secure a majority in Parliament, last week amply showed his own feelings by asking van Zeeland to remain as Premier at least until the King returns from London. By then Belgian public opinion may have a clearer grasp of the issues-already this week prominent Socialists were agitating for van Zeeland to be formally reinstated as Premier-and the King may also call a general election. Although Rexist Degrelle is no doubt annoyed...