Word: pleas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Arraignment, a plea of guilty, and sentencing by Judge Paul G. Kirk followed almost as speedily as the rapid disposal of the U. S. Government's 119 theft and forgery counts against Parkhurst. The accused again waived defense and jury trial, this time against the three indictments of the country grand jury...
...member of the House judiciary subcommittee which began hearings on bills to outlaw the claims with a plea from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for fast action...
Frank also released a plea recently issued by Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, which follows...
...Paris railway station, who had sabotaged railroads under Hardy: "I don't know whether he denounced anyone. When they torture you, you give away anything, after a time. But Hardy is a hero, anyway." At the end of the trial Hardy, tired and unsmiling throughout, made a final plea: "Never have I given away one of my comrades. . . . My name is Hardy, the last in my family. I don't want that name dishonored...
...plea seemed all the stranger since Cuba, from which the U.S. gets most of its sugar, is expected to raise one million more tons of sugar this year than last. On the basis of this and other expected increases, the Department of Agriculture last week said that rations this year may be raised 40% for individuals (from 25 lbs. a year to 35 lbs.) and 33 1/3 % for industries, giving industrial users 80% of their prewar supply. The State Department, more interested in sharing its candy than the Agriculture Department, has urged that the increased supply be split with other...