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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Being the son of Arthur Schnitzler, I should like to ask you where you got this information? As far as I know, my father's only niece lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . . I remember very well Mr. Antheil's stay in Vienna, where I had the opportunity of meeting him once or twice. However, I was rather surprised to learn from TIME that I should regard Mr. Antheil as a relative of mine. Of course, it might be possible that I don't know my own family. At any rate, you will understand my curiosity and forgive...
...Therefore in the interest of all the United Nations we urge the British and American Governments to raise these questions with the Soviet Government, and we ourselves appeal to our Russian allies to take cognizance of the legitimate disquiet of the American people. We ask this not only because it would strengthen our unity in the war and hasten the day of victory, but because it would cement the friendship between the Russian and American peoples in the crucial years to come...
...Profited? When the steam of passion and prejudice ran low, the court called for summations. Declaimed Special Prosecutor Major General Pierre Weiss: "Yes or no, has [Pucheu] favored the Germans? Yes or no, has he served the Allies? ... We must ask ourselves . . . who has profited by his actions? . . . I think you must [answer]: 'The enemy...
...Hearst Cosmopolitan dependable. He wrote his biographical Exit Laughing in 1941, after facing Hollywood cameras in several cinecures. After his death appeared a long valedictory Cobb had written a few months before. Cobb admirers thought it had elements of a classic. Excerpts : "When convenience suits, I ask that the plain canister-nothing fancy there, please-containing my ashes shall be taken to Paducah, and that at the proper planting season a hole shall be dug in our family lot or elsewhere at Oak Grove and a dogwood tree planted there and the ashes strewn in the hole to fertilize...
...have you ever noticed that in time of war not the most passionate partisan dares to ask the Prince of Peace to bless his bloody arms and forward his bloody deeds ? He invokes the aid of the god of unjustified battles as created by the ancient Hebrews...