Word: bans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...EDWARDS ban Diego...
...sect was outlawed under Defense of Canada regulations. Many members were fined or interned. In 1943 the ban was lifted...
...Began to draft a Polish army of from 200,000 to 500,000 men, banned all other Polish military organizations. Presumably this ban would include the London Government's strong Partisan groups, among which are the forces of General Bor, who was still holding out against the Germans in Warsaw. (Last week, for the first time, Red Army planes dropped supplies to the embattled Partisans in the city...
...camp libraries, etc. all magazines containing political material except those on a "preferred" list of 18. The facts: 1) the "preferred" list consists of the magazines which various tests and surveys have shown that soldiers themselves want to read*; 2) The Soldier Vote Act exempts from its anti-propaganda ban only general magazines and newspapers "for which preference by members of the Army has been established"; 3) the preferred list is comparatively small because comparatively few of the 300-odd U.S. general magazines are widely read (the 18 preferred account for over 80% of U.S. newsstand sales, exclusive of comic...
When the bill came before the Senate, the ban was whittled down to apply only to Japanese. Ten Senators (nine Liberals, one Tory) moved to strike out that offending clause. They battled stoutly but lost. For less important reasons, the Senate sent the bill back to the House. Canadian newspapers denounced the clause ("cowardly device," "very, very Nazi"). Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his Cabinet were on the spot. If they did not move to kill the offending clause, they would be denounced for limiting civil liberties. If they did, they would offend British Columbia voters...