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Word: bettaur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Viennese method of dealing with immoral publications differs somewhat from the Comstockian* method. Last week, one Otto Rostock walked into the office of Herr Hugo Bettaur, publisher of a "villainously immoral magazine." He fired directly at the publisher, who fell, wounded. Rostock announced to the police that he wished to "arouse the moral sentiment of Vienna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dispatch | 3/23/1925 | See Source »

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