Word: popular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great many Frenchmen the person and program of Léon Blum are so "abominable" that they can think of no other in France equally abominable. Nevertheless the "popular Front" of the Radical Socialists, the Socialists and the Communists last week finally steamrollered through the Chamber of Deputies the Franco-Soviet Pact by a triumphant majority of 353-to-164. Among his bandages Jew Léon Blum chuckled as this harsh stroke immediately moved Nazi Adolf Hitler to make the most fawning and friendly gestures he has ever made toward France...
...Tnrbins provided Observer Houghton's first impression. The play was an extremely sympathetic treatment of a White family during the horrors of the 1917-22 civil war. First presented eight years ago, it was promptly banned by Soviet censors. Moscow now regards it as one of its most popular plays. Mood and rhythm are the big contributions of the Art Theatre. Observer Houghton properly registered on both...
Died. Abraham ("Abe") Ruef, 71, onetime (1901-07) "Curly Boss" of San Francisco; in San Francisco. From police court lawyer, he rose to head the Union Labor Party, secured the election of a popular musician as mayor, established headquarters in a French restaurant, "The Pup," where he blandly collected huge honoraria from those wanting special privilege. Confronted by evidence, Ruef fled, was caught, finally convicted of bribery. Paroled in 1915 from San Quentin, where he taught Bible classes, he entered real estate, piled up a comfortable legal fortune...
...spectators have any knowledge of the character of Pasteur to act as a check on the performance of Muni. But the stolid determination, the unflagging perseverance, and the simple kindliness so ably portrayed by Muni jibe nicely with the popular conception of what the quite genius must have been. The plot as well as the character keep a close grip on fact. A vivid notion is given of the stern battle of a humble scientist against ignorance, fantasy, and professional bigotry. Coupled with the accuracy, however, there is a most judicious selection of dramatic incident. Foremost in this line...
This latter study presents an analysis of the possible effects of unbalanced budgets during a depression; an examination of both the theoretical and popular arguments for and against government emergency expenditures; the effect of government spending on private industrial spending; the relation of such expenditures to bank loans, and finally the probable position of the banking system, with its large holdings of Treasury obligations, under conditions of recovery. The author feels that the process of funding and paying off the debt will raise some entirely new banking problems, which are here presented for the first time...