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...early '30s, when U. S. press services decided to withhold their news from radio, a short, stocky, ex-Worldman named Abe Schechter,* then in NBC's publicity department, was assigned the job of garnering enough items to provide Lowell Thomas with adequate scripts. Armed with only a telephone, Schechter proceeded to scoop the ears off many a paper. Often while reporters huddled in anterooms, Schechter, in the name of Lowell Thomas, was getting newsworthy statements over his wire. Before the press-radio feud was ended, he had correspondents all over the country. Even such eminents as Maryland...
...being headed by generals and admirals who have authority to decide what is and is not classified information for publication, are manned by officers of lower rank who cannot give out any information which might offend some cranky general or admiral. Result: the press sections of the services withhold much information that is already matter of public record (printed, for example, in the Congressional Record to which anyone can subscribe...
Professor Leach warmed up the experts by showing them the value, rare beauty and surprising number of prizes including a 500 pound dumbbell, a spangled hat, four encyclopedias, a happy hen and a raspberry. He reserved the right to withhold the prizes if the board failed to exhibit the necessary knowledge...
WASHINGTON--The Administration is considering proposals to send food and medical supplies into France and Spain but will withhold definite action until all aspects of the problem have been examined by William D. Leahy, new American Ambassador to Vichy, reliable quarters reported tonight...
...Langson, in violation of the agreement, Japanese forces crossed the Chinese frontier and attacked the garrison. Ordered to withhold fire, the 6,000 French Foreign Legionnaires and native troops had permitted themselves to be surrounded by the Japanese, who then attacked from all sides. One thousand were killed or wounded, 2,000, including a brigadier general, were taken prisoner and 3,000 escaped by fleeing unarmed into the jungle. Pro-Japanese guerrilla bands were reported to have recaptured 30 Frenchmen and killed them slowly. "The Japanese herded us together like cattle," reported an escaped Legionnaire. "Some had cover but most...