Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Telegrams. While Franklin Roosevelt waited in vain for any answer from divine Emperor Hirohito covering the Japanese sinking of the Panay, he received a telegram from Alf Landon. A year ago, Alf Landon promised the President support in matters of international policy. Last week, Mr. Landon took advantage of the Panay sinking to reiterate his pledge...
...snowball should refuse to melt in Hell, King Carol of Rumania would be no more surprised than he was last week by the results of Rumania's elections. Any Premier, no matter how unpopular, traditionally wins the election in Rumania if he has the support of the King. One reason for this is that the police always "work for the King's candidate" (four people were killed last week) and this factor alone has been found by experience to be worth 20% of the votes. If a Premier can then poll 20% more on his own popularity...
...Denounced by the Commission, the Premier wrote out and signed his resignation, left it with the King. In Court circles it was said that nothing would be done until after the New Year holidays, and by that time M. Tatarescu may conceivably have been able to line up support from other Rumanian parties for a coalition Cabinet. It was even possible that the Rumanian Nazis (who are said to shake down Mme Lupescu for such large sums-by threatening to assassinate her-that she has ironically been called their biggest backer) might team up in coalition with His Majesty...
...stark, unabashed personal dictatorship by Getulio Vargas, the President. . . . The secret of his power is in the manipulation of army officers. . . . As long as he can control a majority of the army he is safe. He also tries to secure the backing of business and has now the support of the majority, who are willing to tolerate almost anyone, provided profits continue and civil war is avoided...
...chance was noticeable in the Catholic Church. Archbishop Samuel Alphonsus Stritch of Milwaukee had put a ban upon all games in which money or the equivalent could be won. Bishop Henry Althoff of Belleville, Ill. not only forbade church gambling but voiced the hope that his people would support their churches by direct contribution rather than parish parties and festivals. Archbishop John Joseph Glennon of St. Louis condemned gambling games as "unworthy of our Catholic people ... causing much scandal," and prohibited dancing and drinking at church-sponsored entertainments...