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...streets of Berlin, hope grew thinner, as did the long-familiar, reassuring roar of the airlift planes. The three Western commandants asked their Military Governments to make Berlin a long-term loan of $136 million. Before flying to Washington last week, where he is seeking new recruits for the fast-dwindling U.S. occupation staff, High Commissioner John McCloy promised Mayor Reuter that he would try to get direct Marshall Aid for Berlin. The U.S. expected the city's defense to continue costing money...
...Thinner Meat. Britons were freed of some other Spartan restrictions. Wilson eased gasoline rations to allow 810 miles of "pleasure-motoring" during the summer (the former quota was 540 miles). As soon as circumstances permitted, Wilson promised a "bonfire of controls...
...week also brought a blow for Britons. Argentina, which supplies nearly a third of Britain's meat, had cut deliveries. This meant that Britain's meat ration, already thinner than a slice of boardinghouse beefsteak, would be cut by another...
...were usually officers and noncoms and enlisted men were found generally among the thinner group...
...England men tend to be more muscular than Texans, while Protestants are thinner than Catholics. The Army disclosed those findings yesterday after studying a report submitted last summer by Earnest A. Hooton, professor of Anthropology...