John Weeks finally resigns as secretary of war on health grounds (he had a stroke 6 months ago and hasn’t been able to do his job since then; he will die in a few months). His resignation letter says “I should no longer hold an office I cannot adequately fill,” a sentiment unheard of a hundred years later. Weeks used to be mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, while Woodrow Wilson’s secretary of war was named Newton Baker, which is perhaps the least interesting coincidence ever. Weeks will be replaced by assistant sec’y of war Dwight F. Davis, who trained for this job by playing a lot of tennis (he’s the founder of the Davis Cup).
Mussolini fires the prefect and chief of police of Florence over the recent anti-Masonic riots that resulted in 4 deaths. He also fired a bunch of other government officials and expelled rioters from the Fascist Party.
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