Word: gaine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Typhoon Junction. The enemy may gain some respite from now until November, because the Ryukyus are the "typhoon junction" of the western Pacific. Weather will hinder U.S. forces and help some Jap ships to find shelter from U.S. bombs. But weather will not stop the blockade...
...long the present ban against imports will continue, the Chamber said "not even the British Government knows." But it would be "unwise to assume that such restrictive measures will be a permanent feature of Government policy. Important sections of British opinion are fully convinced . . . that no country stands to gain more from a free flow of international trade. Therefore, any postwar restrictive measures should be regarded as temporary expedients to meet an emergency situation...
...possible consequence of Soviet speed and order was that Germans and Austrians might gain a new respect for the U.S.S.R., lose what respect they had for the U.S. and Britain. In Salzburg, near the Austro-German border, TIME Correspondent William Walton last week found a scandalous situation which not only enhanced this possibility but suggested another one-that in the long run Naziism may be the gainer. Cabled Walton...
...welcome a meeting with General Charles de Gaulle. (This week Foreign Minister Bidault announced that such a meeting would take place "soon.") In sum, these moves represented the most ardent U.S. overture made to France since the liberation. Said a formal White House statement: "A strong France represents a gain to the world...
...controls will also go by the board as the labor pool fills up. Within 30 days Manpower Boss Paul V. McNutt tentatively plans to suspend most of his job controls. WPB estimates that within six months 1,500,000 men will be released from war plants, plus a net gain of 500,000 from military releases...