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From Ethiopia, almost forgotten since the British freed it from the Italians and restored Emperor Haile Selassie to his ancient throne, came a firsthand account last "week of life as the Lion of Judah and his people find it under British protection...
...world on almost every show the program has presented scores of personages and plain people, from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek through United Nations generals to fighting men in the ranks. Colonel Warren J. Clear, of Genera MacArthur's staff, wept at the microphone when he told the firsthand story of the fighting on Bataan. Profane soldier-talk often sneaks into the prepared script. Because the Axis would like very much to know that General Sir Archibald Wavell, for instance, would be on the air from a certain place at the broadcast time, audiences never learn the show...
...ageless are China's problems and how bitterly Chinese history repeats itself in cycles of wars, floods and famines, TIME Correspondent Teddy White could tell last week from firsthand knowledge. He was just back from a two-week trip through starving Honan Province. His report...
...Senate's Truman Committee sought firsthand facts. They were meager. One truth emerged: Government shared with both management and labor responsibility for a tragic wartime manpower seepage; legislators could not place the blame at labor's door alone...
...know, from firsthand experience that your reporting is amazingly accurate...