From Austerity to Bountiful Iowa
Loyal Meek reports on Mr and Mrs David Brien who moved from Northern Ireland to Cedar Rapids Iowa after World War II. The couple describe austere life in Northern Ireland with strict rationing and limited fuel and heat. Brien reflects on U S assistance, Marshall Plan terms, and the wish to find work and greener fields while adjusting to life with friends in Iowa.
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Iowa
David Brien
Northern Ireland
Cedar Rapids
Brien
Charles Hayes
Nineteenth Avenue
Hayes
Donald
Charles
Charles, Landed With the 133Rd
Europe
Londonderry
Davidl Brien
Royal Air Force
Briens
Clinton Farrington
Police Department
United States
Ballinamallard
County Fermanagh
Laugh Erne
Sion Mills
County Tyrone
Espionage Ring Tied to Palestine Refugees Probe
European spy activities linked to a mysterious ring allegedly arranging Jewish refugee transport to Palestine. Western governments suspect Soviet financing and up to 200 to 300 Soviet agents in Palestine, with planes moved from France to Czechoslovakia and onward. France Britain and the United States coordinate to break up the ring and block channels to Palestine.
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International
Israel
Palestine
France
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Europe
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