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...partisans looked at the Pennsylvania Republican primary thus: a reaction against the Administration could scarcely be said to have set in in a State which had not voted for it, but some of the emotional impetus given the Democratic Party in the bloodless revolution of 1932 certainly appeared to have spent itself in Pennsylvania. "It is time," observed the New York Times, "for the two-party system to reassert itself . . . and nobody can know better than Mr. Roosevelt that the stand-together-brothers tableau is about over...
Sentiment in the Street has it that there is more to the proposed Stock Exchange Bill than meets the eye; that, in fact, Felix Frankfurter and the rest of the borers-from-within at Washington are trying to lay foundations for a bloodless revolution, a socialization of industry to be effected through strangulation of private outlets for capital...
...temporary airport in Bangkok to spank the rebels. Soon seven planes had crashed among the friends and relatives, one on the roof of the Grand Palace, which houses Premier Bahol's Government. On the ground Premier Bahol carried out his threat that "this will not be an other bloodless revolution." Bahol's men rushed north into Donmuang, killing 500 rebels, wounding 1,000. When they captured the airdrome they found it stripped, the planes flown, the water supply poisoned. They chased Prince Bavaradej north into the teak forests. Two days later, Bahol's men captured Prince Sithiporn...
...vote in their most critical Mayoral election since 1913, New Yorkers swarmed to registration places all last week. When the Board of Registry closed its books, 2,322,382 citizens had entered their names-a turnout 6% greater than the city's vote in last autumn's bloodless national revolution. The number of candidates to be voted on Nov. 7 was proportionate to the num-ber of incipient voters. In the field were 28 parties. There were nine candidates for Comptroller, ten for Mayor, so many that it looked as though voting machines could not be used...
...previous revolutions, Their Majesties were out of Bangkok at a seaside resort last week when the trouble began. "This will not be another bloodless revolution!" proclaimed the Cabinet of Premier Phya Bahol at Bangkok, soon made good their threat by shooting down two rebel planes, one of which crashed in the Me Nam River hard by the Royal Palace. When the rebel Army reached Bangkok's gates, Premier Phya Bahol defiantly announced, "You have until 3 p. m. to depart." After that the Government's artillery opened fire and censorship shut down tight. Europeans who fled from Bangkok...