Word: bans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Great Britain, which had not won a diplomatic hand from Italy for years, stood pat. German exports as well as imports are under a confiscation ban, she serenely pointed out. No exceptions could be made. Furthermore, Italy did not necessarily need to import German coal when high grade Welsh or U. S. coal could be had in unlimited quantities. Nor would going to war with England provide coal for Italian factories and fireplaces. It would shut off the supply completely. Il Duce was indeed in a tight spot...
That was too much for Mitch. He rushed out, and instructed the Board to ban the film in Ontario until after the election...
...Cowboy Carl" Hatch of New Mexico, author of the 1939 act barring Federal employes from active politicking, last week rammed through the Senate Elections committee a new bill spreading the ban to the 500,000 State employes who are partly paid by the U. S. Government. Squawks came from Indiana's Minton (chum of Paul V. McNutt); from Tennessee's "Crumpet" Stewart (stooge of Memphis' Boss Ed Crump) and Illinois' Lucas (collaborator with Chicago's mayor-Boss Ed Kelly...
...five of whom are fathers). Should expectant mothers do likewise ? Certainly not, says the CAA. This typically masculine decision got very much in the hair of blue-eyed Mrs. Betty Huyler Gillies, Long Island society matron and transport pilot. Last week she sent a message to CAA: lift that ban...
...reason for the Ninety-Nines' protest : because of the ban against pregnant women flying, many a woman with a private license is unable to fly the 15 hours a year necessary for renewal of her certificate, has to keep starting all over again as a student...