Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rebel forces from Sao Paulo State, Brazil's "Mother of Revolutions," repulsed Federal troops in a hot fight on their own ground, circulated rumors that "Provisional President Getulio Vargas is about to resign...
...Threatened with Death if he did not resign within 48 hours, President-elect Neptali Bonifaz of Ecuador was still alive last week, 48 hours later, and had not resigned...
...been "discourteously treated" ever since the de Valera Cabinet came in. Defying Mr. de Valera personally, the Governor General wrote to the President, "I know you have a majority in the Dail, aid I know that you can have me removed. ... I do not think I should resign my office because other officeholders think I am a suitable target for ill-conditioned bad manners...
...Newfoundland Hotel Facilities, Ltd. and Newfoundland Motor Mutual Insurance Association. Returns showed that both Sir Richard and Lady Squires had lost their seats under an avalanche of votes that gave Mr. Alderdice control of 24 of the 26 seats in Newfoundland's House of Assembly. Though Squires did not resign last week his Cabinet was clearly doomed. During the campaign Mr. Alderdice talked of placing Newfoundland under a commission form of government for a term of years, promised businesslike retrenchment until Depression is past...
...Jacksonville to Key West had declared for a referendum before she started to campaign for Democratic renomination. That, however, did not save her from being defeated by Mark Wilcox, West Palm Beach attorney, who strenuously advocated the quickest possible repeal of the 18th Amendment. Mrs. Owen announced she would resign her House seat after the November election, instead of serving out her term to March 4, because she did not believe in "lame ducks" continuing to hold office...