Word: ende
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this end Mr. Müller's problem was no problem at all. Pan American's New York City traffic manager said that his line was definitely booking passage out of New York to the airport at Santa Maria. He suggested an immediate round-trip booking for Mr. Müller's wife and child...
...took place the day before, when some 4,000 Berliners solemnly gathered around Tempelhof. The huge square in front of the airport was renamed "Platz der Luitbrücke" (Airbridge Square). Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter told the crowd that they were in a fight which would not end until "all our people are free." He remembered how, when General Lucius Clay first told him that the U.S. would supply Berlin by air, he had remarked to the general's aide: "It's wonderful to hear Clay's determination, but I don't believe...
This week, on the day the rail strike was to end, the Western commandants would get together with the Russians to try to work out a solid agreement on trade and traffic between the West zones and Berlin. Meanwhile, the steady day & night roar of the planes-which had brought terror to Berlin during the war and defiant hope during the peace-would continue as before. The U.S. announced that Operation Vittles would be carried on indefinitely; it was too important a weapon to be dismantled...
Rice acreage is bigger than ever, but yields are down because fertilizer, which used to cost $40 a ton, now costs $140. By year's end, because of the influx of refugees and army demands, the island, once self-sustaining, may be short of food. Government monopolies (inherited from the Japanese) and fixed prices for island products make it next to impossible for anyone but the government to export. Imported consumer goods are priced beyond reach of the average Formosan. "The Chinese are squeezing us," complain the islanders. "They put everything into their pockets. They act like people...
...rotten underside of the fight racket, with Robert Ryan on the receiving end (TIME, April...