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...since the worst years of the Japanese war had China faced a prospect so bitter. The Communist autumn offensive had overwhelmed the Nationalists in Manchuria; the vital North China corridor was under heavy attack. For the second time in a generation, a great Nationalist retreat was under way. Isolated outposts would now be evacuated and lines shortened to save men and materiel for a long war of attrition...
...week's end Ben-Gurion was beaming. For the first time since May, Israel had a wide, firm land corridor to her settlements in the Negeb. Israeli forces were also hammering closer & closer to Gaza, chief Arab supply base on the coast. Politician Ben-Gurion also hoped that U.N. delegates in Paris, now discussing Palestine, would agree with Israel that the best solution was an old formula: possession is nine points...
Every other plane flies at 6,000 feet on the south corridor inbound to Berlin. The planes ahead and behind it are at 5,000 feet with four minutes' flying time between them and the planes on the higher level...
...From the strictly economic viewpoint, the operation has been likened to carrying coal in a gold scuttle. But the U.S. Air Force last week took a step that was unmistakably businesslike. At the airbase at Great Falls, Mont., it opened a replacement training school for airlift pilots. A "little corridor" will be laid out on the surrounding plains, matching the 20-mile-wide lanes into Berlin. Traffic controls and communications will duplicate those in Germany. Training will include night and all-weather flying...
...bath, and doors that open at a touch were already standard equipment on several other "name" trains. Its new dining car seated fewer passengers than the old two-car arrangement, and placed diners with their backs to the scenery. The new roomettes still forced occupants to protrude into the corridor when pulling down...