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...gate and claimed to have a sick man who needed attention. When the gate opened, they rushed into the grounds, surrounded Dr. Wallace's house, awakened him and searched his quarters. They "found" a pistol under his mattress. Dr. Wallace said he had never had a gun; his servant swore that it had not been in the room before the Communists came. But the Reds took him away to prison in his pajamas, tried to get him to sign a confession. They called a "denunciation meeting," but not one Chinese came forward to condemn him. The Reds then arrested...
...dubbed him "one of these rare birds, the millionaire Socialist ... a successful businessman, a past master of monopoly, who has made an immense fortune by 'private greed,' and who, without in any way relinquishing it, has become a convinced Socialist and adherent. His arrogant behavior as a servant and tool of the government will certainly be the subject of continuous attention...
King Farouk, so the story went more than a year ago, saw a lovely girl shopping with her beau in Cairo for an engagement ring. Egypt's fat monarch, who had divorced Queen Farida, decided then & there that Narriman Sadek, the 16-year-old daughter of a civil servant, must be his next wife. Narriman's beau, Zaki Hachem, 27, Harvard-trained and a U.N. official, was swept out of his sweetheart's life. "A bad dream," he muttered. "I did not think such things could happen in the 20th Century." Then he lapsed into silence...
Marseille police reporters soon had a story fleshed out. The man's name was Dontcho Christov, once a top civil servant in King Boris' government of Bulgaria. Christov had stayed on in Sofia after the Communists took over. But when things had got too hot for him he had climbed into his old Ford and taken off. A message to Paris announcing his coming had been delayed. When it finally arrived, officers of the Services de Documentation et de Contre-Espionnage had wired the local Sūreté to take care...
...explaining the role of the Overseers, the Bradford group mentions that "public authority" has made them the representatives of society. The board, in judging actions, must consider the University "as a servant of society in the broad sense," the report concludes...