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Word: gleaners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This advertisement in the Kingston Daily Gleaner threw Jamaica into an uproar. A municipal councilor's resolution asked President Roosevelt to discipline the parties responsible. The USO said it was merely supplying a place for interviews. The U.S. Base Commander, Colonel John V. Dallin, said "the individual concerned ... in no way represented [official] U.S. policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAMAICA: High Wind | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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