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...Rangoon, the government announced that Dr. Gordon (Burma Surgeon) Seagrave will be allowed to practice medicine again at the Namkham mission hospital which he founded. Said the doctor: "I am grateful to the government and people of Burma for their trust. Every life I save will be dedicated to U Kyaw Myint, the Burmese lawyer who defended me against treason charges...
FEBRUARY-Don't Move. In Rangoon, Burma, Fisherman Gaung Shai, after being stranded for 15 months on a desert isle in the Indian Ocean, reported that when a boat finally came to his rescue, its crew bemoaned the state of the world, advised him to stay stranded...
Daniel E. Moore, anthropology sociology, University of Rangoon, Burma...
Daniel M. Moore, anthropology, a sociology, University of Rangoon, Burma...
...have often reported to you on the work of TIME correspondents from Rangoon to Boston. This week I would like to show you on the accompanying map how they are spotted in the world's news centers. Twenty-seven news bureaus, all but three of them (Singapore, Beirut, Panama) permanent offices, are the bases from which 69 TIME correspondents range out to cover the most important stories. These correspondents supply the bulk of the material for any issue. Branching from this staff, sometimes reporting to it but more often reporting directly to the editors, is a network...