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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Shot at?" Pretty young (27) Mrs. Betty Tobin, a U.N. secretary, pondered the question. She was one of the advance party of the Palestine Commission. "No," she concluded, "it wouldn't scare me. I was in London during the blitz, and you get kind of hardened to it."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Blasted Dawn | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

Official representatives of all veterans groups in the nation, with the exception of the American Legion, will take part in the sessions, asking enactment of the act which would set up a National Housing Commission to develop coordinated housing policies and programs for the government.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC Group Joins Federal Housing Lobby in Capital | 2/28/1948 | See Source »

Speakers at the University rally will be Major Aubrey S. Eban, liaison officer to the UN Palestine Commission coming direct from yesterday's Security Council session, and David Hunter of the Christian Education Department of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holy Land Rally Billed for Tonight | 2/25/1948 | See Source »

13. The President's Air Policy Commission made all but one of the following suggestions:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time News Quiz: The Time News Quiz, Feb. 23, 1948 | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

By the time World War II came along, Partridge, already a respected amateur weather prophet, turned pro. The Coast Guard offered him a special commission as a meteorologist and he became, at 64, one of the oldest lieutenants (jg) in the service. In 1946, when WOR went to the Weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prophet | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

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