Word: plea
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marshal Pétain, who had been keeping to himself since the Germans banned his radio proclamation of Vichy "democracy" (TIME, Nov. 29), broadcast a feeble plea for internal order last week. From a well-placed Vichy source came a circumstantial account of Pétain's latest mixup with the Nazis...
Robert Elliott Burns (I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang) lost a plea for a Georgia pardon. Now a Newark, N.J. tax consultant, U.S. Fugitive No. 1 had the backing of Georgia's Governor Ellis G. Arnall, but the best the pardon board would offer was: "If and when the escapee surrenders . . . the board . . . will be happy to investigate...
...Half the freight cars and passenger coaches are more than 20 years old, locomotives are limping along without major overhauls, roadbeds are rough and many are dangerous. Yet WPB has consistently cut down the allocation of materials the railroads have set as their minimum needs. Thus the rails' plea for 2.1 million tons of new rail in 1943 was slashed to 1.5. Result: derailments are dangerously frequent. Anticipating the 15% increase in freight ton-miles in 1943, the carriers begged for at least 80,000 new freight cars, finally got less than 28,000. Total expenditures for maintenance this...
Last week Manny did an abrupt about-face, caused the Tory Daily Mail to headline: A LABOR PLEA FOR EMPIRE-Shinwell, Cheered by Tories, Urges an Independent Britain. Manny had spoken in Parliament on Britain's future. He did not want Russia dominant in Europe: "It may . . . produce another war." He did want a strong Empire: "The strength of Great Britain . . . lies in an even better understanding with . . . the Commonwealth." He did not want to abolish capitalism: "It is only on the basis of capitalism accepting modifications in its structure . . . that it is possible for this country to survive...
First witness to come before the Committee with the industry's plea that it be regulated solely by the States was the Insurance Executive Association's president and chief spokesman, Edward L. Williams. Lawyer Williams, whose 25 years of Manhattan practice have not dented his Carolina drawl, was all set to sound off about ''smear campaigns" and "lies."* But shrewd Joe O'Mahoney snapped him off when he had no more than shouted "They is none" in answer to a query about the slush fund. The Senator was more interested in other facts. Some...