Britain Faces Malaya Crisis As Rubber Tin Dollars Grow
Washington dispatch notes that Malaya shone as Britain's dollar lifeblood with rubber and tin earnings rising into the 1950s. Rubber exports surged from 1949 to 1950 and likely approached a billion dollars in 1951, despite war demands and price pressures. The piece highlights colonial strains, labor tensions, and communist pressure in Malaya while warning that Britain’s economic balance rests on fragile colonial gains and a potential hardening of the colonial system.
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London
Ithe A
Malayan
Gates
Malaya
Britain
Par
China
George R. Strauss
Labor Party
Strauss
Service Personnel Casualties and Updates from Korea and Alaska
Casualties and status updates from U.S. service members in Korea and nearby posts. Pvt. John Lantsberry Jr. reported as wounded with minor injuries, amid ongoing air and ground operations to disrupt enemy rail lines and supply hubs. Other personnel including Pvt. Dale P. Yost and Pfc. William J. Fitch receive new addresses and reassignment details as Navy and Marine units relocate from Camp Roberts to Alaska and Long Beach.
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Kojis
John Lantsberry
Wonsan Harbor
U.S
Co. D
33Rd Armena
B. N
7Th Armd
Camp Roberts
Califtteries
Cherry Point
N.C
Robert J. Strinka
Kenneth R. Narvaez
Strat
Hen Syd
Ap.o
Marine Corps Reserve
Seattle
Wash
Pfc
U. S. Marine Corps
Strinka
Elyria
R. Borne
Keysler
Dale P. Yost
Warvaer
Edinburgh Ave. Air Force Base
Mississippi
Monterey
California
Camp Chaffee
Warda J
Walter L. Yourkvitch, Jr
Balt
Arthur B. Hall
USN
Diego
Calif
Walter Yourkvitch
Sander Ie Pe
Long Beach
West Street
Kenan Wat
U. S. Naval
Ris
Helena
Great Lakes
Hard
Nea Usn
Gribben
Korea
R. J. Fitch
Gulf Toad
Lena
William J. Fitch
Paciour
Tie
Don Homme
Hd. Q. Co
SCU
APO
Richard
New York
N. Y
John Lantsberry Jr
L Air
High- United Feature
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