Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would lead it into Washington and wrest the Government from Franklin Roosevelt, command would be offered to others in on the scheme-General Johnson, General MacArthur, the three ex-commanders of the American Legion. General Butler said he had "bided his time" until he had heard the whole plot, then made his revelations...
Thanking their stars for having such sure-fire publicity dropped in their laps, Representatives McCormack & Dickstein began calling witnesses to expose the "plot." But there did not seem to be any plotters...
Only public figure to support General Butler's story was Commander James Van Zandt of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He said he had known about the plot all along, that he had refused to participate...
...terrorists in Hungary. Insulted to the last degree, Hungarian League Delegate Dr. Tibor Eckhardt challenged Yugoslav Foreign Minister Bogoljub Jeftitch to debate the issue on the spot. Hungary was backed up by Italy, II Duce proposing a general all-European investigation of refugee terrorists, such as the antiFascists who plot in Paris to assassinate him. Before this challenge to get down to cases and face issues, the League officials quiveringly intimated Yugoslavia's charges are "politically certain" to come before next week's extraordinary Council meeting...
...novel La Bataitte, the tale involves a "neutral" British observer who has the run of a Japanese flagship, the Japanese commander's unhesitating use of his dutiful wife to get naval secrets his country needs, his final expiation of this dishonor. Aside from the extravagances of the plot, the pictorial treatment of The Battle is nearly perfect...