Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prosecution witnesses insisted upon testifying for the defendant. Gist of their stories was that the colonel was a drinker, not a drunkard. At the close of the trial the court itself put Lieut. Smith on the stand and questioned him. His tale was that Colonel Giffin got him to resign, then reneged on a promise to back him in an automobile agency, left him to starve, refused to give him "more" money. Said Lieut. Smith: "If he had handed me a couple of bucks when I went to him for help and said, 'Here, you poor bum, buy yourself...
Biddle: "If these dirty slurs keep up. I'll resign right now if this committee hasn't got confidence...
...Their Majesties, for every Frenchman knew that Minister of Interior Albert Sarraut was going to take excessive measures for their protection-and knew why. In 1934, the assassination of Jugoslav King Alexander at Marseille occurred after Minister of Interior Albert Sarraut had taken only ordinary precautions. He had to resign from the Cabinet in disgrace, and only thanks to the great elasticity of French politics did it happen that M. Sarraut was again last week Minister of Interior, responsible for the lives of visiting sovereigns. Jittery, he threw around the motor cars in which Their Majesties rode with the President...
Said Chamber of Commerce President Frank Drake: "Newton is not big enough for The Maytag Co. and the C. I. O. The businessmen have decided they'd rather have The Maytag Co." For standing up for the strikers, Congregational Pastor E. A. Remige was asked to resign, did so last week, saying: "I have simply maintained there are two sides . . . but one can't say that in Newton without getting into trouble." For contempt of court in connection with an injunction restricting picketing, the union's young (27) international president, James B. Carey, and two other officials...
While Premier Pattullo was challenged to resign and stand in a by-election on the unemployment issue, the sit-downers crossed Burrard Inlet by boat, hitchhiked or rode the rods to descend on the dignified, heavily policed little capital city of Victoria, on the southeast tip of Vancouver Island...