Speyer,
Germany: French troops depart The
Palatinate, a region of about 2,100 square miles in southwestern Germany that
has been occupied since the World War.
Residents celebrate by removing French-language street signs. By prior agreement, all French troops will be
out of the Rhineland by June 30.
Moscow: The communist party’s annual convention opens
at the Moscow Grand Opera House with speeches urging communists in the United
States to agitate for revolution.
Washington: Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont
releases census figures which indicate unemployment is just under 2.3 million,
better than widely thought. William Green,
President of the American Federation of Labor, says unemployment is 3.6
million.
Berlin: Herman Dietrich is appointed Finance Minister
to replace Paul Moldenhauer, who resigned June 18. Moldenhauer’s financial reform proposals
proved unpopular. Dietrich was Minister
of Economics in Chancellor Heinrich Bruening’s cabinet. Political observers say Dietrich’s
appointment is Bruening’s last chance to save his government.
Budapest: A group of 30 communists attacks the Polish
Embassy with stones, smashing windows and shouting, “Down with Polish
dictatorship!” This after Poland
executed a group of communists at Lwow (Lviv).
Police disperse the mob and arrest some.
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