Greek Guerrilla Morale Dips Amid Forced Recruitment Claim
International News Service reports Greek rebels face severe manpower shortages with forced recruitment, especially in Macedonia's Amynteon area where 103 of 186 dead guerrillas were women. Captured officers say officer losses exceed 85 percent, and desertions rise daily, signaling collapse of rebel morale and a push for a UN mediated peace.
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Macedonia
Artemia” Papazissis
Salonika
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Men Wise Shoppers Veteran Grocer Says
Minneapolis grocer James Schilling with 35 years in the business says men are better at buying groceries and enjoy shopping while women tend to hurry through the store. He claims men apply practical choices and value, shaping a grocery buying mindset.
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Minneapolis
James Schilling
Self service boosts male shoppers at groceries says Schilling
Schilling notes men seek variety and use self service to shop more. He cites wives working as a factor and says men now enjoy selecting foods and judging value. He plans an international food show to be produced by the Minneapolis Retail Grocers' Association from September 10 to 18.
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Schilling
Minneapolis
Son Of Ambassador Works With Russians
Roger Kirk, 19 year old son of the U S Ambassador, aims to learn Russian. He studied in the United States but could not speak the language. In Moscow he works in the embassy administrative section, moving, repairing, maintaining, and supplying items with Russian workers, to understand the people better.
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Moscow
Roger Kirk
U. S
Kirk
United States
Im Embassy
Mwatching Young Kirk
Addiction To Drugs Increasing Says Narcotics Officials
Washington report shows rising drug addiction among youth in major cities, with officials urging intensified crackdowns on dealers. Assistant to the U S Commissioner notes a shift from a long downward trend, especially in New York and Chicago, and warns education in schools may backfire. Heroin remains the favored drug with higher purity increasing street value.
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Washington
INS
Nacentics
Bo Ries
L. Harney
U. S
New York
Chicago
Harney
G. W. Cunningham
Livestock Production In Italy Reaches New Highs
Italy reports higher cattle numbers postwar with 7,023,000 head at end of 1948, up from 7,667,000 a decade earlier. Pigs exceed 800,000 above 1948 levels, goats rise to 2,174,000, while sheep match prewar totals. Only horses lag at 720,000 versus 791,000 in 1938 as the Agriculture Ministry targets 8,000,000 cattle by 1950. The plan also envisions boosting pits to 3,700,000 to raise meat output.
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Rome
Italy
Central Statistics Office
Agriculture Ministry
U. S
Mastermind-led traffic van tied to international drug network
Officials described a coordinated operation with a traffic van directed by a mastermind who ran a highly organized scheme with overseas contacts. They alleged New York serves as a major entry hub for drugs that are later distributed to Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and other cities.
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Harney
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washiton
New Mineral Wealth Sought In Alaska Kasaan
A Duluth engineering party surveys the Poorman Mine two miles west of Kasaan Alaska. Poorman was staked in the settlement by James Coleman a blacksmith. The U S Bureau of Mines confirms iron ore around 1 000 000 tons by diamond drilling.
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Alaska
Kasaan
Duluth, Minn
Poorman
Here
James Coleman
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Mavy Keeps Powder Dry In Magazines
In McAlenter Oklo the huge Navy ammunition depot stores war ready powder in underground magazines. Storm cellars like depots cover miles of facilities with 75 million dollars invested. Activated May 20 00s the site employed 8400 at peak, now cut 40 percent with 344000 dollar monthly payroll. Marines guard the base enforcing no smoking and spark free footwear. The insulated cellars keep powder warm in winter and cool in summer, though security camouflage was not the purpose. the aim matches farm wives keeping cans in cool storage.
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Oklo
Callars
Navy
America
Naval
Civitan
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