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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prevent voluntary self-censorship from making such a thing happen again (TIME, Feb. 17), able George Catlett Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, had already laid his plans. Last week he completed a thoroughgoing overhaul of his press section, gave it a rank and standing it had never had before. As its new head he appointed one of his crack officers: natty, cosmopolitan Major General Robert Charlwood Richardson. Taken from command of the First Cavalry Division, West Pointer Richardson was sorry to leave his beloved horses, but he knew that the new job was more important. And with a Major General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lesson from Britain | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

...library will also be the College's first completely air-conditioned building, and is to be provided with double sashes on all the windows to prevent fogging. The air-conditioning equipment will be located in the basement of Widener in order to save storage space in the edifice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW LIBRARY WILL OPEN ON SCHEDULE | 2/19/1941 | See Source »

Last week the U. S. was obviously floundering in its first attempts to decide what is a military secret and how to prevent its publication without making the press a kept creature of the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Censorship in the Offing | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

...occasion, some newsmen think, officers try to prevent publication of news not in order to protect military secrets but to cover up military mistakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Censorship in the Offing | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

...plot centers around the attempts of Puritan Cotton Mather '78 to become president of Harvard. All his efforts are foiled, however, and a group of students and professors, by clever stratagem, prevent his election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Witch-Hunter Cotton Mather In Crimson Network Comedy | 2/13/1941 | See Source »

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