Word: protestant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mexico and Great Britain, both good friends of the U.S., have not spoken to each other since Britain broke off diplomatic relations in protest against Mexico's expropriation of oil properties in 1938. Last week Sir Richard Clifford Tute, onetime Chief Justice of the Bahamas, arrived in Veracruz from London on a quiet diplomatic mission...
Three Fascists escaped in a boat from Peveril Internment Camp near Peel. Paddling their way toward Ireland, they were captured, dunked into Douglas jail, refused permission to return to camp. Their friends at Peveril immediately started a riot in protest. Two hundred odd internees pelted guards with bottles, jugs, brickbats and other loose articles. The riot went on for six hours. Twice an armistice was called for parleying. Each time no terms were reached and the bombardment was resumed...
Because the British public feels that the interned Fascists have an easy time away from air raids, with plenty of food, bathing beaches and cinemas, there was a stir of protest in London. The British Communist Party used the incident to claim that the Fascists rioted because they have friends in the Government, pointed a finger at War Secretary Captain David Margesson and Minister for Aircraft Production John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon...
...appointed Lily Pons honorary Mayor. (The town was named in honor of the opera singer nine years ago.) "I'm never going to get behind that phony mustache again," declared Julius ("Groucho") Marx. "The mustache is out for good." The New York Times published an editorial in protest...
...main causes of misunderstanding, according the numerous students at the protest meeting last night is the seeming lack of interest and the scarcity of advice and information from high quarters. Few men can be located who understand the plan and know its regulations...