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...sacred character of Advent, which is a time of becoming preparation for the coming of our divine Savior; 2) the days immediately preceding Christmas are invariably days of fast and abstinence . . .; 3) at many of these parties there is excessive use of intoxicating drinks. These sinful excesses cause untold harm in various ways to the participants and their families. They corrupt the morals and lower the morale of the community and the nation...
Presumably intended to fall into the Mencken tradition was Editor Huie's own lead article, "Untold Facts in the Forrestal Case." Based on word-of-mouth reports about the contents of Forrestal's private papers, it belabored the backbiters and columnists responsible, as Writer Huie put it, for the "destruction" of the late Defense Secretary. Huie, whose book, The Case Against the Admirals, was an air-power fanatic's assault against Forrestal's program for a balanced defense force, now lauded Forrestal as the only Administration leader who had fully realized the threat of Russia...
...tranquility of peace or in the violence of war we may be able to work more efficiently for the common good. But in view of the hopes which the peoples of the world have placed in this nation, they now look only to us. For it seems evident to untold thousands, even from among the most distant tribes, that they have in us a bulwark for the safety and welfare of the world...
...While developing the plate, he reported: "Suddenly I was so filled with fear that I almost fainted. For there grew plainly visible on the plate the face and body of a man whose head was covered with blood, whose wrists carried stigmata, whose expression was one of untold majesty...
...trembled before the blows of the press and the demands of the public, all intent on discovering the plot behind Wheeler. When Scotland Yard's best inspector reported that Wheeler was little more than a curious small boy, the inspector was told to look again. Wheeler himself suffered untold indignities: examinations, denunciations, investigations, and once even a bath...