Year Since V J Day Busiest In Aviation
The year after V J Day marked aviation’s busiest 12 months with record air traffic growth. Aircraft types proliferated, private planes rose to over 60 000, and airmen numbers surged dramatically. Postwar orders exceeded 1 009 billion dollars, reshaping civil and military aviation. New jet and propeller engines emerged.
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Wassington
John Bull
United Nations
Iran
Persia
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Britain
America
British Iran Rift Endangers Peace in Postwar Era
The piece outlines rising tensions over British and American actions in Iran, highlighting a potential unilateral move by Britain to protect oil interests without UN backing. It traces postwar troop withdrawals, Soviet oil concessions in Northern Iran, and Basra deployments as part of a fragile balance threatening regional stability.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
United Nations
Iran
Cheran
Basra
British Troop Movements in Iran Stir World Tensions
The British Foreign Office warned of possible unilateral action if law and order collapse in Iran. Bases in Basra are described as a precautionary measure, with UN consultation potentially skipped. New York Security Council circles frame any attack on British nationals as self defense under the UN charter, raising legal debates about the charter’s meaning. The piece critiques reliance on the UN as a substitute for force.
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Basra
Iran
United Nations
Security Council
New York
Britain
Fealy Reports Italian Manna Exports To U.S.
Large quantities of manna have been exported from Italy to the United States recently. It is abundant in Southern Italy and Sicily and is used medically.
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FEALY
Rome
Italy
United States
Sicily
Hymns at Grave Provided in Will
Laveré Pa GPA church figures in key religious note. The will of late Dr Joseph Baker, pastor of St Matthews Lutheran York Pa, provides a $200 trust for annual hymn singing at his graveside in Matpetah Cemetery. He quotes a devotion line about death and faith.
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Baker
Railroad Bill Vetoed by President Truman
Washington reported President Truman vetoed the Wheeler Reed railroad reorganization bill before midnight to avoid a pocket veto. The measure would have set standards for bankrupt railroads and their obligations but was deemed ineffective and failing to curb excessive interest rates harming reorganizing lines.
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Washington
Pruman
Wheeler-Reed
White House
Truman
State to Hold New Traffic Surveys in Four Cities
The state Public Works Department will conduct highway traffic surveys on Aug. 22 in Yonkers Johnstown Gloversville and Cortland. Police will halt motorists while state employees hand out traffic information forms to be mailed back to public works officials. Similar surveys have been made in other upstate cities.
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Albany
State Public Works Department
Yonkers
Johnstown
Gloversjille
Cortland
Upstate
Crystal Radios Freed From OPA List Across Items
Washington reports removal of price ceilings on crystal radios still in manufacture and other items including lawn furniture cast metal bottles metal beach umbrellas and various novelty photo film products. The action reflects updated OPA controls and policy shifts affecting consumer goods.
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Washington
OPA
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