Word: backe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rome, the Pope spoke to the resident Cardinals. His mind went back, too, to a conversation three years ago with a big man in Washington, a fond talk of peace on earth when there was still peace on earth. He thanked Franklin Roosevelt for his "gratifying Christmas message," and for sending such an outstanding man to be "the first Ambassador of the provisional Embassy at the Vatican." Damning "evil" Russia, praising "worthwhile" Finland, he asked the world to ponder, on the night when the angels sang, that man has too many instruments of death, too few of mercy and justice...
...After Higgins & Co. were acquitted, an eighth defendant pleaded guilty to the same charges. Hauled back to account for themselves before Supreme Court Justice Albert Conway, four jurors were fined $250 apiece, jailed for 30 days. Their offense: announcing that they were for acquittal before all the testimony...
...think Moral Rearmament is a great, tremendous influence for good, and it ought to be encouraged. I'm very strong for it. But I'm not a convert." Uplifted by a pile of commendatory messages and cablegrams from as far off as Ireland, Mr. Woodring then went back to his business of rearming the U. S. Army. The Secretary...