Word: smears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whose Washington Times-Herald is sometimes referred to as "The Hen House," last week wound up one of her mussiest barnyard fights. In a front-page box she announced that she had got rid of Columnists Pearson & Allen (Washington Merry-Go-Round) because they had made "poisonous attempts" to "smear" General MacArthur...
Fortnight ago she published a box quoting allegedly derogatory remarks (but omitting numerous praises of MacArthur) which have appeared in Merry-Go-Round in recent years, accusing Pearson & Allen of "false and sneering innuendo ... to smear the reputation of a great man. . . ." The Merry-Go-Round will probably soon appear in Eugene Meyer's Washington Post...
This belief seems to have been confirmed by a more recent article, a lying smear of organized labor. These are the most recent and the most striking examples of the Satevepost's irresponsible, ultra-reactionary editorial policy. They clinch our belief that the Post, beneath its mask of patriotism, is doing its bit for Hitler...
...Tribune, had sought for him, had squeaked through to victory in 1940 while the electorate's eyes were focused on the more important Roosevelt-Willkie campaign. In 17½ months in the Senate his only achievement had been membership on the hapless isolationist committee which had tried to smear the movie industry as "warmongers...
...that a war manufacturer has to go through to get separate priorities for dozens of separate materials and purposes. On huge, bright pink Purp blanks, a manufacturer can list all his material needs for all purposes for the coming quarter, get priorities clearance on the whole smear at once. If his needs change during the quarter, he can fill out similar yellow blanks for "interim assistance." Small firms (gross business under $100,000 a year) can use a simplified form...