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Blessed in the memory of many newspapermen is the late Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the Milwaukee Journal's onetime publisher. She left a million dollars to Harvard, with which the university, in 1938, set up a fund to give selected newsmen time off for study at Harvard...
...same time the Ministries of the Interior and Social Affairs cracked down on the press. New, strict regulations forbade Chinese newspapermen to write anything against the interest of the nation, required all Chinese newspapermen to join Chinese press associations, which are supervised by local representatives of the Ministry of Social Affairs. The press associations must adopt resolutions to spread national policies and the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles: Nationalism, Democracy, People's Livelihood...
With other old-school newspapermen, I have long resented the encroachment of "gossip columnists, hatchetmen, trained seals and freaks." . . . Every newspaperman is primarily and essentially a reporter. When he leaves facts to soar into the realm of rumor and gossip, he abandons his basic job and primary principle: accurate reporting of the news...
...newspapermen ever listen to the radio, instead of taking transcripts off the tape? Churchill's conclusion on May 8th was "Advance, Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King." To print "Advance, Britain!" [TIME, May 14] is an insult to a great orator and an affront to every canon of rhythm...
...exclaimed: 'These cursed newspapermen. They are already chattering about a third world war.' With charming seriousness one of the women asked: 'Tell me, Trieste is not an American city is it?' . . . The answer was given in general correctly...