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From camouflaged amplifiers high over-head a hollow voice suddenly began to croak: Senator Gerald P. Nye was saying that as soon as the witnesses had been sworn, cameramen would please retire. Three white-thatched witnesses stood up. The amplifiers carried the clunk-clunk-clunk of cameras along with the words of the oath. Flashlamps flickered like heat lightning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: New History & Old | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

Martial law snapped Hans Breitweiser up greedily. The court had two choices: clean acquittal or conviction with death. Quickly convicted, he was sentenced to hang within three hours. Between the judge's grave words, Hans Breitweiser could hear the clunk-clunk of shovels outside digging a hole for his gallows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Last Minute | 12/25/1933 | See Source »

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