Year of Decision arrives as U S faces new world order
Washington columnist argues 1948 marks a critical shift as Britain fades from empire, while the United States confronts a rising Soviet Russia. He warns of a planned Kremlin strategy to coerce governments, foster third parties, and split liberal coalitions, with Greece as a flashpoint and force as ultimate deterrent.
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Truman Urges Inflation Controls and Strong Air Force
The report links inflation fears to wage and savings erosion, urging price and ration controls to curb the surge. It highlights a sweeping air force expansion need, with a proposed rise of 1.3 billion dollars in 1949 and a goal of 12 10 first line planes plus 2,000 reserves by 1942, warning that atomic threats make air power essential for national security. The piece also notes Middle East tensions as Palestine requests Jerusalem be declared an open city and Jews evacuees under Arab siege. Moshe Shertok contemplates U N police forces to enforce partition.
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Sailors plan African disease safari with UC aid
Navy medical researchers join a UC sponsored Africa expedition to study native diseases such as sleeping sickness bilharzia plague scrub typhus yellow fever and malaria. They will accompany paleontologists and anthropologists to trap and study disease carriers including rodents and large cats, with strict quarantine rules on potential carriers.
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