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When their Lordships rose, the sedition-squelcher had passed second reading after lurid revelations by Baron Allen of Hurtwood, a close friend of Scot MacDonald. "A plot has been discovered to seize the British Broadcasting House and make a coup d'état like that attempted in Vienna last July," began Lord Allen. He ended by admitting that the plotters "went no further than to think of preparation of plans...
...they were in the vanguard of the riots against "rotten Parliamentarianism" in the Place de la Concorde when 28 Frenchmen were shot down (TIME, Feb. 19). Last week Paris tingled with electric rumors that the "Cross of Fire" was ready to rise and attempt a coup d'état, should Premier Doumergue be overthrown...
When a coup d'état hoisted dumpy Getulio Vargas to Brazil's presidency in 1930, no one had a longer and stronger finger in the proceedings than Senhor Aranha. Since then in Brazil he has been called "The Strong Man." The grateful Vargas made him first Minister of Interior and Justice, later Minister of Finance. A fervent admirer of President Roosevelt, Senhor Aranha promulgated an "Economic Readjustment Act," abolished the gold milreis and repudiated the gold clauses in foreign utility contracts...
...from 9 to 8 two years ago, is still considered the best No. 1 in the world. He is the same age as Boeseke (38), belongs to the same club (Southern California's fashionable Midwick). Aidan Roark, rated at 8 goals, is the younger brother of Capt. 'Tat" Roark, famed British Internationalist. Born in Ireland's County Carlow, he is now a U. S. citizen, a cinema executive (Twentieth Century) in Hollywood. Forced off the team at the last moment by an attack of rheumatism was H. W. ("Rube") Williams who distinguished himself by his fine playing...
...tat-tat like a machine gun. the President rapped out a long series of appointments to important offices created by new laws. As administrator of the new Housing Act he appointed James A. Moffett, onetime vice president of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, who lost his job year ago in a quarrel with Walter C. Teagle over supporting the Administration's oil policy. To the new Communications Commission he named Eugene O. Sykes and Thad H. Brown, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the now defunct Federal Radio Commission, and added Paul Walker (Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner). Norman Case (onetime...