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June 4, 1931

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MUSSOLINI ORDERS DRIVE ON ALL FOES OF FASCISM; CATHOLIC LEADERS JAILED; POPE CALLED MISINFORMED Premier Says Chiefs of the Action Meddle in Politics, Isolate Pius. PARTY'S DIRECTORATE ACTS Affirms Respect for Church, but Will Oppose Enemies, Whoever They May Be. PONTIFF CALLS BAN ILLEGAL Denies Clubs' Dissolution Was 'Without Incident'--Grandi Expounds Foreign Policy. New Outrages Had Been Feared Gets Free Hand in Parleys. Challenges Communique. Questions Party's Omnipotence. Mussolini's Speech. Sees Pope Isolated. Two Motions Approved. Plan to Enlist Recruits.

By Arnaldo Cortesi. Special Cable To the New York Times

Italo-Vatican controversy

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REICH DICTATORSHIP URGED AS BRUENING LEAVES FOR LONDON; 1,400 Industrial Leaders Demand That Chancellor SeizePower to 'Save' Germany.MINISTER ON DEBT MISSIONLeaves Berlin for ConferenceWith MacDonald, With Reparations Certain to Be DiscussedDRASTIC DECREE IS READY New Burdens for Germany IncludeWage Reductions, Budget Cutsand Tax Rise. REICH DICTATORSHIP URGED ON BRUENING

By PARLEY ASKS DICTATORSHIP. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Leaders of industry ask Bruening to establish dictatorship

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Notable Births

Gustav Nossal

1931Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic[†]

Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist. He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.

Notable Deaths

Hussein, King of Hejaz

1931Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (born 1853–54)[†]

Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was an Arab leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, King of the Hejaz, even if he refused this title, from 1916 to 1924. He proclaimed himself Caliph after the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924 and stayed in power until 1925 when Hejaz was invaded by the Saudis. His Caliphate was opposed by the British and French empires, the Zionists and the Wahhabis alike. However, he received support from a large part of the Muslim population of that time and from Mehmed VI. He is usually considered as the father of modern pan-Arabism.