Word: premiere
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...famed veteran hero of the Czechoslovak legions who stormed clear across Russia during the Russian Revolution, sailed from Vladivostok to rejoin their comrades in the homeland. It was smart for President Benes to give out last week that "yielding to fresh foreign pressure" he was unable to appoint as Premier General Syrovy, the people's choice, but had to choose instead a civilian, the Governor of Moravia, Jan Cerny- especially since it turned out a few hours later that redoubtable General Syrovy had actually been appointed Premier and had instantly ordered mobilization of an army...
Localized Warfare. In six hours of super-swift Czechoslovak mobilization, Premier-General Syrovy rushed 1,200,000 reserves into uniform. "They streamed into public buildings and discarded Mufti," cabled United Press's Eleanor Packard. "They picked out Sam Browne belts and cartridges. They seemed to find preparations for war great...
...eclipse of Commissar Litvinoff last week left the Geneva limelight to Premier Dr. Juan Negrin of Leftist Spain. In a noble speech, upholding with Spanish fervor the ideals of the League, Dr. Negrin cried: "Once foreign intervention in Spain has been eliminated, I can assure you a policy of national conciliation, conducted under the firm, energetic direction of an authoritative government, will make it possible for all Spaniards to forget these years of conflict and cruelty and will rapidly re-establish domestic peace. Then the harsh trials of the present times may be regarded in our country as a baptism...
...whites, 30,000 Moors). Each side was busy with widely separated, half-hearted and ineffective offensives at the Leftist-held Ebro River salient and at Rightist-held Cordoba, but the bogged-down Spanish war made a spurt of news when at Geneva the League was suddenly told by Leftist Premier Dr. Juan Negrin that he will speed up and continue his recent evacuations of foreign volunteers from Leftist Spain until not a single member of the famed International Brigades remains (see above...
Today, the Internationals are a political embarrassment and, in overpopulated Leftist Spain, are so many more mouths to feed. For two months Dr. Negrin has been sending Internationals home by small groups. That they leave with the gratitude of Leftist Spain was indicated by the Premier. He called them "courageous, devoted men." proclaimed the "high moral value of their sacrifices" at Spain's "most critical hour," assured them that Spain would be "sad" at their leavetaking, "this new and painful service we now ask of them...