Word: censors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defi to the world, but an expose of what Premier Mussolini believes to be the wreck of Lo-carno-this was suppressed, not by the Fascist censor but by the gentlemen of the U. S. press...
...General Andrews' duties as U. S. Prohibition head had been added the job of U. S. literary censor. Last fortnight New York customs authorities had held up imported, unexpurgated editions of the Arabian Nights and the Decameron, acting under Section 305 of the Tariff Act, which forbids importation of indecent printed matter. Publishers protested, argued that these were standard classics, immune as such...
...Milan last week the Fascist censor passed a despatch saying that a fourth child will be born to Donna Mussolini in late September, will be named "Romano" if a boy, "Romana" if a girl...
...impossible to set down hard and fast rules as to what is good and what is bad. Morality is wisdom, and wisdony changes with the times. The English, system, as outlined by Cosmo Hamilton in yesterday's CRIMSON by which one man censors all manuscripts before the plays are produced would not only be impractical in New York, but it is doubtful even whether it would be the most satisfactory method. In the first place, I believe it is wrong to censor a play before it is produced, for in this way, some new yet valuable idea, might be killed...
Thus far no U. S. film censor is known to have struck out "Heinie," "Squarehead," "Fritzie...