Word: spokesmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first 3,000, the British charged that fully half were disguised in New Zealand battle dress. BBC warned: "Every German soldier must know that whoever, in violation of the rules of international law, fights in an enemy uniform, must expect to be shot at once when taken prisoner." German spokesmen at once denied the charge, saying that the men were wearing khaki uniforms, similar to those of the German African Corps, for use in warm climates...
Finally, at week's end, Berlin called the incident officially closed. No explanations were given, but the Nazis denied arresting Hess's wife and son, his geopolitical mentor, Professor Karl Haushofer, Plane Designer Willy Messerschmitt. But Nazi spokesmen were probably not exaggerating when they said, "The English . . . will have more headaches over this matter than...
...reservoir of deferred purchasing power to case the post-war let down. Far better than a W.P.A. for the ex-servicemen or a bonus paid like the last one at a time when it was economically unwise, this proposal (soon to be openly pushed by-Administration spokesmen) is from all angles desirable. It gives the economy as sound a start in the post-war world as is possible, and at the same time gives the youth in arms a no less than fair deal in the future...
With American aid China hopes to eventually win out; modern weapons, especially new airplanes, will turn the tide of battle. Japanese military spokesmen, Kuo continued, openly admit that they will be unable to subdue China, but hope to keep what they have already obtained...
Japanese Protestants insist that their church is far from being on the defensive. Their best-known leader and one of their spokesmen at Riverside, trachoma-cured Toyohiko Kagawa, last year headed an aggressive Nation-wide Evangelistic Movement which statistically did much better than its American counterpart, the National Christian Mission (TIME, April 14). In 247 meetings it. drew 86,485 people (one person for every three Japanese Protestants, compared to the Mission's one for every 18 in the U.S. Protestant constituency) and made 1,868 converts (adding nearly 1% to Japan's Protestant church rolls, compared...