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...general circulation in the Communist world after World War II was chopped off with the suddenness of ax strokes. As the Kremlin seized con trol of one country after another, our circulation department went through the motions of informing readers in those countries that we were canceling their subscriptions unless otherwise notified. We were rarely notified. Early in 1949, when the Communists consolidated their hold on the Chinese main land, our Hong Kong bureau cabled an urgent warning to stop sending TIME to some 1,450 Chinese subscribers. "Cut them off, or they'll have something else...
...federal income tax because "the Constitution says nothing about spending tax dollars in foreign lands," picked the eve of income-tax day to announce his candidacy for a third term. Almost certain to be aligned against him are such powerful forces as educational groups, angered by the Lee economy ax, and Republican Party regulars, resentful of his attacks on the Eisenhower Administration. Despite such opposition, and a widely quoted Leeism ("No honest man would want more than one term as governor"), he goes into the campaign a slight favorite over formidable opposition in both parties. Reason: Utahans admire his bodaciousness...
Died. James M. Leech, 46, boilermaker, onetime U.S. Army captain and prime suspect in the fire and ax murders (Jan. 7, 1946) of three fellow officers while they slept in a villa near Passau, Germany; of burns suffered when an oil-filled tank he was welding caught fire; in Lima, Ohio. After a series of bungled Army investigations in 1946, the case was reopened three times but never came to trial. Leech steadfastly claimed his innocence, was not officially charged with the murders until 1954. Charges against him were dropped last year...
Hanging is an old Anglo-Saxon custom. In the 13th century, punishment by death, in forms varying from the headsman's ax to the witch's pyre, was imposed as a deterrent for virtually every crime on the books. More than five centuries later, there were still some 200 crimes (including poaching) punishable by death in England. Children as young as seven were hanged. The first sweeping move toward clemency was not made until 1835, when these 200 mortal crimes were cut to four -high treason, murder, piracy, and setting fire to the royal dockyards and arsenals...
...Havoc! In San Diego, Bus Driver Harlan Frank Beers, 28, was finally locked up for making false reports after he had repeatedly called the police and fire departments in a single day to announce that 1) three men had slugged him with an ax and tied him to the steering post of his bus, 2) he had received a threatening note demanding $25,000, and 3) his house was on fire...