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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The court hastily adjourned for 20 minutes to give Kostov a chance to read his confession over. When the court reconvened, Traicho Rostov, a colorless little man who looked like a small-town schoolmaster, still firmly stood his ground. For the first time in the weird history of Communist show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULGARIA: Impudence in Sofia | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Madam Ambassador Eugenie Anderson, 40, of Red Wing, Minn.-the first woman Ambassador in U.S. history-sailed from New York to take up her post in Copenhagen, Denmark. With her went Johanna, 15, Hans, 11, and Husband John, who was proud not only of his wife's big new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Restless Foot | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

When Frank Waldrop, editor of the Washington Times-Herald, came home for dinner one evening last fortnight, his ten-year-old son Andrew had exciting news: "Harry Hopkins was a spy!" The boy had been listening to Fulton Lewis Jr.'s radio interview with ex-Major G. Racey Jordan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Seven-Day Wonder | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

For making such a gullible spectacle of itself, the U.S. press had only its own bad reporting to blame. A cursory check in Washington would have disclosed that Racey Jordan had been trying to peddle his story for nearly a month, and reputable news organizations had turned it down because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Seven-Day Wonder | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

At that, Pegler exploded into print with a far different version of the 1946 settlement. It was Pearson, he sneeringly charged, who had "begged and pleaded" to be permitted to withdraw his (first) suit without trial. To show that he had not given up one bit of his overworked function...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: From A to Z | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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