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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Main targets of the Tribune article, written by ace reporter Frank Hughes, were the members of the Commission on Freedom of the Press, a private group established in 1946 to study American Journalism.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harper's Refutes Chicago Tribune | 4/28/1949 | See Source »

Last week, with the air of a man who had stood for such nonsense long enough, President Miguel Alemán announced that his government would spend $88 million in the next two years to overhaul Mexico's railways. His plan (prepared by a special commission appointed last February...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Clear the Track | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Dr. Charles S. Cameron, medical and scientific director of the American Cancer Society, which supports Huggins' work ($74,485 last year, $89,600 this year), enthusiastically said that the test had "great value" and could be made in any clinical laboratory. Dr. Shields Warren, director of the Atomic Energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Continuing War | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

One of the shortest railroads in the U.S. is the little Ohio & Morenci, which hauls freight 20.2 mi. from Berkey, Ohio to Morenci, Mich. About six months ago, the Ohio & Morenci petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to go out of business: there just wasn't enough traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uncommon Carrier | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Novelist Tom Lea's father was mayor of El Paso, Tex., and he grew up among ranchers. Lea, however, became no cattle-raising Texan; he became an artist. As such, on commission for LIFE, he landed on Peleliu in September 1944, with an assault wave of U.S. marines and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scan with Your Life | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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