Word: pressing
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...with the NDAC. It was getting dark when Secretary Steve Early went out into the anteroom, told the few newsmen that whatever was to be said would have to come later from the Boss himself. Then came an unexpected summons to one of the rare (three or four) nonscheduled press conferences the President has held in the past four years. Grabbing pencils & paper, they made for the office, were soon scribbling notes on the best White House story in weeks...
...last September President Kallio's health was ebbing fast. The hasty German press already had him dead from a heart attack. The heart attack was real, but hardy Kyösti Kallio did not die. Instead, two months later, unable to work as hard as Finns think a man must, he resigned...
...Batavia, tiny Envoy Kobayashi and his 23 aides were greeted by a guard of honor who, it happened, were: 1) the force assigned to rounding up all Japanese in case of hostilities; 2) the tallest men in the Indies. (On his return to Japan, Mr. Kobayashi told the press: "I was amazed at the tallness of the people. I do not even compare in height with a child.") Members of the Japanese mission smilingly pointed at the bristling shore fortifications, barbed wire and blockhouses. Oh yes, said the Dutch, with perfectly straight faces, in such unsettled times as these...
...burst of oratory Defendant Diez's counsel ripped at the evidence, swore it had been twisted, that exonerating portions had been skipped over. Other Diez sympathizers blamed the whole charge on Nazi-inspired anti-Semitism working through a controlled press. They pointed out that Diez himself had demanded the trial to put a stop to malicious gossiping...
Arrangements were announced in Washington whereby 60 freighters will be built to British order with all speed in new U. S. yards. Nineteen German freighters seized by the Dutch in Netherlands Indies ports were reported turned over to Britain. And at a press conference in London, Minister of Shipping Ronald Cross dropped a frank hint that contained dynamite...