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...against censorship were Britain's publishers in the first weeks of the war that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was forced to separate censorship from the Ministry of Information, reorganize both. But the French press, except for sly references to Anastasie, is not even allowed to point out the censor's errors. Parisians are still chuckling over a critical essay: titled "Censure et Propa-gande" that appeared lately in L'Europe Nouvelle. The whole article was a blank, and bore the legend: "Censure...
...force were censorship's more drastic provisions. Newsmen were not required to submit stories to the censor before publication, but-as in Germany-they were held personally responsible to the Government for what they wrote. For printing unwelcome news they could be fined $5,000, sentenced to five years in jail at hard labor...
...ranks. A number were injured before the dutiful Czech police scattered the crowd, arresting several. Later a band of students surrounded a earful of Schutzstaffel officers and threatened them. The officers drew their pistols and fired into the air. When the day was over reports seeped even through the censor's office that four were dead, scores injured, thousands arrested...
LONDON(passed by British censor)-A reliable informant told the United Press tonight that the Chinese Government in Chungking recently received a "clear, indication" from a responsible French source that it would be advisable for China to conclude peace with Japan...
...like a Japanese samurai who feels himself dishonored, the Ministry committed harakiri. Its regional offices disbanded, the staff in London prepared for wholesale dismissals. A skeleton Ministry hoped to carry on as a propaganda agency; but Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was expected to announce that a new department would censor news dispatches and issue Government communiques...