Word: treasonably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pronouncing sentence, Federal District Judge William C. Mathes declared grimly: "His life, if spared, would not be worth living. The only worthwhile use for the life of a traitor is to serve as an example to those of weak moral fiber who might hereafter be tempted to commit treason against the U.S." Unless a higher court reverses the verdict or the President intervenes, he will die in the San Quentin gas chamber...
...good government does not necessarily depend on good party politics. As a candidate for governor of California in 1946 he won an unprecedented renomination on both Democratic and Republican tickets, promptly appointed men of both parties to state office. To some party regulars, such action was close to party treason. To Warren, it meant a rise in his popularity...
...Lawrence the 1,445-ton French frigate, L'Aventure, had been idling for days awaiting an important passenger: Count Jacques Juge de Bernonville, 50. A wartime collaborator, he had been sentenced to death in France for "violence, treason, arson and looting." As soon as Canada handed him over, L'Aventure would rush him home. But L'Aventure would not sail right away. De Bernonville was in the middle of a political row between Quebec nationalists and the federal government...
...State Department was getting around to the business of kicking a "highly improper" foreigner out of the country (see col. 1), the Department of Justice finally decided to do something about two U.S. traitors abroad. Last week "Axis Sally" and "Tokyo Rose," were started home to face trial for treason...
Last week, the special brand of Communist oblivion reserved for those no longer useful caught up with Tildy. His son-in-law, pudgy Victor Chornoky, recent minister to Egypt, was arrested on charges of treason and espionage. Tiny (5 ft. 4 in.), timorous Tildy, an ex-baron, an ex-Calvinist minister, said: "I can no longer expect the confidence of the Hungarian people, because of his [ Chornoky's] great crimes." Tildy resigned...