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December 15, 1945

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DR. WALLACE'S MAGIC FORMULA

John Bainbridge

PROFILE of DeWitt Wallace, founder & editor of The Reader's Digest. Breakdown of circulation; American, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish,…

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a reporter at large

THE CROWN VERSUS JOHN AMERY

REPORTER AT LARGE about John Amery, tried for high treason The chief prosecuting counsel was Attorney General Sir Hartley Shawcross. Personal history of …

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