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...Fred] Allen had a terrible time getting the adjective 'saffron' on the air because [a censor] suspected it had sexual connotations. . . . Another time, Allen gagged that [a certain bride] could have found a better husband in a cemetery. [The censor] thought this might hurt the feelings of people who own and operate cemeteries...
...Kennedy, A.P. boss in Europe and veteran of 13 years with the A.P., got word that the Germans had announced the surrender over the Flensburg radio. He tried to reach Brigadier General Frank A. ("Honk") Allen Jr., SHAEF's bumbling press chief, finally got to the chief U.S. censor. "I give you warning now,'' said Ed Kennedy, "that I am going to release the story. I see no further reason for SHAEF to withhold...
Last week the Moscow censor passed a report that Marshal Georgi Zhukov, head of all Soviet land forces, had been assigned to command the Odessa military district. It was as though Ike Eisenhower had been sent back to San Antonio. The Soviet press did not mention the move, but the world outside erupted with rumors...
...nation," cabled TIME'S censor-shy Bangkok correspondent last week, "was profoundly shocked by the doctor's verdict, proving the untrustworthiness of official statements regarding a most important matter...
After last Wednesday's premiere performance at the Esquire Theater. "Henry" was cut, but not badly. Finding one or two words in the first set too rich for the blood, the Boston censor has climinated part of one scene. What standard of censorship was employed, however, remains a mystery, since all of the world play on Pistol's name has been retained...