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Promptly a Washington, D. C. police sergeant arrested Mr. Pelley. Convicted in 1935 for transgressing North Carolina's "blue sky" security law, he was charged with violating his parole. After weekending in the clink, Mr. Pelley was released under a $2,500 bond, determined to fight extradition. The Dies Committee, wiping its collective brow, was glad to hear that Mr. Pelley had been removed...
...Marjorie's husband. Meantime Jimmy caught cold, was moved to more comfortable quarters, allowed to see his wife. Japanese officials said they had detained Jimmy for questioning, refused bail, refused to say what the charges were against him. At week's end Jimmy Young was still in clink...
...democracy,† took comfort in upholding the poll tax principle, which neatly eliminated the great unwashed from a voice in naming the people's choice. Time, and the growth of democratic ideas, ate away the poll tax bulwarks-in the U. S. eight States still make a citizen clink cash on the counter before casting a vote...
Between the United States and South America lies a wider gulf than can be bridged merely by diplomatic "good neighbor" overtures. Long have we valued Latin imports and found their mines and plantations a profitable spot for investments. But our interest has progressed little beyond the clink of finance. Our schools and colleges have been too concerned with falling Romes and Virgin Queens to feed upon the rich historical and cultural life of our neighbors...
...last December's murder, 500 country folk, including women and children, waited expectantly in a patch of pinewood. When the motorcade from Winona arrived, the mob closed in to watch as the terrified Negroes were dragged from the bus. People in the back rows could hear heavy chains clink as the two blackamoors were made fast to trees...