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...sharp-nosed Major was young, had been a G.I. (drafted in 1942), had served six years in the state legislature (where he blocked a pardon for Tom Mooney in 1937), was married, had three children, had been an A-1-A joiner and charity-drive organizer. Besides, the Major was a good Republican, had served on the state central committee, finally becoming the state's national committeeman and chairman of the G.O.P. national executive committee. In short, said Warren, he had screened all the candidates and concluded the Major was just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Just the Man | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

...Albany, a full investigation was ordered, looking toward a full pardon, restoration of Campbell's civil rights, and a proposed $25,000 payment in restitution. Once again, the case was before Thomas E. Dewey, now Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Payment Deferred | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

Logic. In Boise, Idaho, Prisoner Verdelle McWilliams asked for a pardon, argued: "I have reformed, and if I haven't you'll get me back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 16, 1945 | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

...girl's an impostress," retorted Sir Crisp, the Lord Mayor, promptly ordering the pardon of Mary Squires. Others called her a fraud comparable to the Rabbit Woman, who had set all London by its gullible ears with her claim "to have borne an incredible number of rabbits at a birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mystery of the Vanishing Virgin | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...dear, quiet please. Today is the most happy day of our life, just as Stalingrad was the unhappiest when we thought there was nothing to do for our country but die. But now, my dear, we have the most crazy of our life. You must pardon I don't speak the right English, but we are very happy so we drink a toast. Long live Roosevelt!" A comrade whispered Harry Truman's name; the speaker looked at him blankly and went on: "Long live Roosevelt! Long live Stalin! Long live our two great armies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Hello, Tovansh! | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

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