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...guilty enough, but the crime he should have been tried for, as the chaplain saw it, was love. Stationed in the Ukraine, the lonely corporal had become passionately fond of a young Russian widow, Liuba, innocently tipped her off on the moves his outfit made. Condemned to a penal company, he had given his guards the slip, been recaptured and sentenced to death...
...just as easy to dream for $700,000 as for $1,500,000." Production Boss Jack Warner picked topical stories out of the headlines, produced such smash hits as Public Enemy and Little Caesar. He tackled many ticklish social issues which other studios avoided, such as bad penal systems (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang), lynching (They Won't Forget), labor conditions (Black Fury). With Disraeli, the Warners started a cycle of film biographies; with 42nd Street, set the style for modern musicals...
...violates the basic freedoms guaranteed by the first and fourteenth amendments, and due process under the fifth amendment. It violates the Maryland constitution and Declaration of Rights, it is an unlawful bill of attainder, and is too general for a penal statute." However, the Maryland Court of Appeals, in a four to one decision, overruled Sherbow's issuance of an injunction against the law. The court did not rule on the constitutional aspects, but made its decision on the grounds that the complainants were not materially affected...
Liberal folklore regarded Chinese Communists as humanitarians who would rather re-educate criminals than punish them. Reports of purges inside China under the new Red penal code have brushed away most vestiges of this belief. Shih Liang, Red China's woman Minister of Justice, in recent instructions to her courts finally laid it to rest...
Second Period--Scoring: none, Penal- ties: McNamara (N) (handling puck), 5:00; Marshall (H) (cross-checking), 8:09; O'Brien (H) (board-checking), 8:49; Burke (H) (interference), 10:13; Burke (H) (charging), 14:12; McNamara (N) (checking in center zone), 16:42; LeFort (N) (charging), 18:46. Saves: Corning, 3; Picard...