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...Horror-stricken, the bishop of Limoges read from his pulpit a solemn indictment of the murderers...
...Toronto, the Veterans Association National Council proclaimed that the words "pensioners" and "pensions" must be stricken from the Canada Pension Act because they carry with them "the connotation of a hireling . . . one who is in receipt of an income as an act of grace." One of the Council's member organizations: the Canadian Pensioners Association...
...conscience-stricken refugee hinted that her husband might be dead. She replied that Mr. Weidel had recently asked for visas at various consulates. Then she went on searching. But in the end she lost faith, accepted the "protection" of a man with a visa, sailed for the U.S.-on a ship that was torpedoed. The young refugee decided to wait in hiding for Europe's liberation...
Blood flowed again last week on Lunga beach. "I was just standin' there," a stricken soldier moaned to his seconds, "when all of a sudden...
Despite some slow moments, "Going My Way" is certainly the best picture to have hit Boston in many months, and is, in a modest way, something of a revolution in movie-making. The story itself is of the simplest. To the poverty-stricken parish of Father Fitzgibbons comes Father O'Malley, ex-ballplayer (St. Louis Browns), ex-songwriter, who whips up a few hit tunes, pays off the mortgage, solves most of the local problems, including juvenile delinquency and generaly makes himself useful...