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Mr. OWEN YOUNG seldom speaks without having something to say. In presenting last Thursday the gold medal of the National Institute of Social Sciences to Mr. GERARD SWOPE in recognition, among other things, of his "or"ganizing and safeguarding the social "welfare of thousands of employes," Mr. YOUNG dwelt upon the new conception of the duty of the managers of great industries.
Mex severs diplomatic relations after Peru accuses diplomats of interfering in internal politics; Gen Cabral, Mex Min, and staff depart
By the midsummer of 1933 it was obvious that we were riding a new wave of prosperity. The change did not come about of itself. It was the result of a single line of policy boldly conceived and sternly executed.
1932In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.[†]
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent person or leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means.