Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mainz a special court convicted Frau Maria Frey of allowing hers "repeatedly to hug and kiss her and replying to these caresses," sentenced her to 18 months' imprisonment. Frau Arna Strauch, convicted more succinctly of adultery, was sentenced to two years and four months. Both were deprived of citizenship for three years...
...selling sanctuary in South America to European refugees. Reports from Lisbon tell of Latin-American passports selling for as high as $3,000, auctioned off by the unsalaried consuls of small nations. In Berlin, Warsaw, Kaunas or Stockholm the pattern is the same. Some consuls were reported busily selling citizenship over the counter, then adding the stipulation that the refugee never enter his adopted country. The Japanese liner Ginyo Maru, which docked in Panama three weeks ago, was filled with Jewish refugees who had paid from 2,000 to 6,000 marks ($2,400) for Latin-American visas, which proved...
...five-hour session in Manhattan, 150 representatives of Willkie Clubs decided to keep their national organization, under another name. Suggested title: Independent Clubs. Purposes: 1) "To encourage the exercise of good citizenship by taking part in local political affairs." 2) "To promote a better understanding of current political questions. . . ."3) "To encourage competent men and women . . . to seek public office through the machinery of our two-party system." Said Original Willkie Booster Oren Root: "Our position is the same [as before the election] in that there are certain fundamental principles of government and of life in which we believe just...
...last week Mr. Bernays' crusade was under way. Enlisted were the Citizenship Educational Service (30 groups, including the Boy Scouts, Y. M. C. A., General Federation of Women's Clubs, A. F. of L.), the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chicago Service Clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.). They laid plans to distribute Mr. Bernays' book, speak up for democracy on the radio, in local forums...
...They feel an identification with democracy and a share in the national life. They are acquiring skills to fit them for the happier bejobbed days that are to come, and they are conserving the resources and improving the "plant" of their country in the meanwhile. They are participating in citizenship...