Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nazis polled twelve times their strength in 1931. Observers admitted that the Tyrol was probably 75% pro-Nazi. Since then has come Chancellor Dollfuss' personal success at the London Economic Conference, the patriotism campaign, the winning of the right to increase Austria's army, Germany's virtual embargo on tourists to Austria, her unbelievably stupid border skirmishing in which she alienated thousands by killing several Austrian frontier guards, and the active fortification of the Austrian frontier (TIME, Sept. 18). Last week tight-lipped Major Emil Fey, Minister of Public Safety, was able to crow to correspondents...
Only outside Japan was the late Marshal's promotion to be virtual viceroy of Manchukuo something of a scandal. As Director of Military Education he was held by many Japanese at least partially responsible for the assassination of Premier Ki Inukai by petty naval officers and cadets (see col. 2). Since this assassination was considered "patriotic," General Muto, though he resigned as Director of Military Education was soon promoted to the Supreme War Council, later sent to rule Manchukuo and created marshal. Reverently last week Japanese read what they were told was the last poem composed by Marshal Muto...
...farmers recently forced the Government to forbid foreclosures temporarily. Bills to inflate the national currency have several times been before Congress. In this emergency last week President Justo temporized, unwilling to appoint either an inflationist or an anti-inflationist as Finance Minister. He turned the office over to a virtual caretaker, Minister of Justice & Education Manuel de Iriondo, making him Finance Minister ad interim. To test public opinion the President announced that Argentina will continue to follow the policy of "No moratorium, no waste and no inflation!" That this policy is President Justo's own no Argentine doubted...
...plant. First citizen of South Bend, he left a note for his adopted son: "Russel, I can't go on any longer." Died. Hipolito Irigoyen, 85, twice president (1916-22; 1928-30) of Argentina; of a throat cancer; in Buenos Aires where he had lived a virtual prisoner since being overthrown by General Uriburu...
...became the second largest communication company in the world.* Last week Mr. Behn became a director of L. M. Ericsson Telephone Co., potent Swedish manufacturers of electrical equipment and operators of telephone systems in Sweden, Europe, Mexico, South America. And I. T. & T. increased its voting interest to 35% (virtual control) in the vast Ericsson enterprise whose assets approximate...