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...Association," nothing good was said about the Federal Council. Noting that the Council claims to represent 23,000,000 Protestants, the Association declared that left some 24,000,000 others without representation, suggested the conservative Association was just the thing for them, suggested also a common end: to thwart "rampant liberalism and humanism . . . that strips from Christianity many of its essentials...
Qualified Freedom. So far as airmen are concerned, only one thing can thwart such dreams. It is not the problem of economy of operation, which has been handsomely met already. It is not freight or passenger capacity or comfort. The barrier, if there is one, is in the mind and heart of the world...
...Culbertson, Kneller is not a professional lecturer or publicity agent, although he has written one or two articles which may soon be published. He stated that he saw some flaws to the plan, but refused to enlarge upon his statement, saying that the flaws were not great enough to thwart it, and his criticisms were only present philosophical convictions...
...from which Hangmen's characters take their dives. These include a shrewd Gestapo inspector (Alexander Granach) who makes it very tough for Prague's patriotic citizens to hide Heydrich's killer, one Dr. Svoboda (Brian Donlevy); a venerable professor (Walter Brennan) who gives his life to thwart the dastardly inspector; the professor's pretty daughter (Anna Lee) who gives her reputation-to throw the inspector off the scent, she lets herself be discovered in Dr. Svoboda's bedroom by her fiancé (Dennis O'Keefe); and a local quisling (Gene Lockhart) whose double framing...