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...unrelated Tom Curley took civil service exams for two constituents. It was common practice in those days for a ward boss to take such an exam in lieu of one of his following who couldn't read of write. But a clerk recognized the two Curleys and forthwith, the two were judged guilty in a spectacular trial and sent to serve 90 days in the Suffolk County (Charles Street) Jail...
...guerrillas would be wiped out before year's end (TIME, Aug. 22). Last week his prophecy was proved right. From a secret radio station in Communist Rumania, Greece's Communist guerrilla leaders announced that they had had enough. Military operations, said the radio, would cease forthwith, "to avoid total destruction of Greece...
...high commissioners forthwith did their best to repair the damage; they conceded the force of Adenauer's firm but tactful outlining of the German reaction. It was agreed that Adenauer should announce the 23.8? mark rate, with no conditions attached; then the coal problem would be handed over to a German-Allied committee...
...devaluation of the British pound also hit the Italian lira. The Italian cabinet had decided not to devalue the lira, which had already been drastically devalued two years ago, but to let it find its own level on a more or less free market. Forthwith the lira fell from 630 to more than 700 to the dollar. The Communists thereupon challenged Premier Alcide de Gasperi's government to parliamentary debate...
...time sweeping away the musty remnants of military government. He ordered removal of all signs on U.S. homes proclaiming: "No Entrance for German Civilians"; he lifted a ban on Americans eating in German restaurants; he ordered all officials who come in contact with Germans to learn to speak German forthwith...