Word: allens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...slow in coming out. On Sunday afternoon at an airport outside Paris, 16 newsmen had been assembled-on 15 minutes' notice-and told they were to cover an important out-of-town assignment. After their big C-47 was in the air, Brigadier General Frank A. ("Honk") Allen Jr., SHAEF press chief, shouted above the engines' roar to the 16: "Gentlemen, we are going ... to cover the signing of the peace. . . . This story is off the record until the respective . . . Governments announce [it]. I therefore pledge . . . you on your honor not to communicate the results of this conference...
Back in Paris that afternoon Ed Kennedy broke his word. He first made some attempt to warn SHAEF (but not his colleagues) of what he was up to. He tried to reach General Allen by telephone, but was told that the General was too busy. According to Kennedy, he then warned Allen's aide, who said: go ahead and try to get it out, Ed; it's impossible. After also serving warning, just for good measure, on Lieut. Colonel Richard Merrick, chief U.S. press censor, Kennedy sneaked his story to London by telephone...
...summary: HARVARD ab r h po a e Forte, 2b 4 1 1 1 2 0 Conlon, cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 Coppinger, 3b 3 1 0 1 1 0 Allen, lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 Wallace, p 3 2 2 0 0 0 Closky, ss 2 2 1 5 2 1 Fava, 1b 2 0 0 4 0 0 Carlton, rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 Lackey, c 3 1 1 10 0 0 Crumrine, 1b 1 0 0 1 1 1 Knowles...
...Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Robert Benchley; TIME, April...
...Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Robert Benchley; TIME, April...