Word: threats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week. In an important election, it was a powerful undertow. In Greece, voters balloted nominally for or against return of the monarchy in the person of King George II, long an exile in Britain. Actually, they were voting for or against the spread of Communism in Greece, against the threat of Russian domination in the guise of Yugoslav, Albanian and Bulgarian menace in the north...
Peace Bait & War Threat. Whispered predictions of what will happen if the SED loses include: further dismantling and removal of German industries to Russia, reduced food rations, even worse economic conditions and heavier reparations, and still stricter control by the Soviet occupation authorities. The crassest of whispered slogans is: "If you want peace, vote for the SED. If you want war vote...
Trouble on the Rails. But trouble still loomed ahead. The steel industry, now booming along at about 90% of capacity, had only two weeks' supply of scrap on hand, might have to shut some mills soon. The biggest threat was a shortage of the railroad cars on which most of U.S. business rolls. Example: in Auburn, N.Y., International Harvester Co. was producing enough farm machinery to fill 45 freight cars a day, but only two empty cars a day were backing onto its sidings. The tremendous job of moving the bumper crops made the shortage worse. Millions of bushels...
...Threat. Many Bolivian regimes (Villarroel's was an exception) have been in the pay of the tin barons. Until Bolivia's economy is broadened or until cheaper Malayan production knocks high-cost Bolivian tin for a loop, tin rule will be a threat...
...down from 143 at the end of May. Chrysler had to shut down this week to let parts supplies and materials catch up, a move that will cut the week's total production by at least 20,000 units. And somewhere in the murky water was the added threat, first visible last fortnight, of new wage demands by the C.I.O.'s United Automobile Workers. First on U.A.W's list: Chrysler...