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...meantime, the four-year polio epidemic-which last year mounted to more than 25,000 cases, close to 1916's record-seemed to be easing up. The polio toll so far this year (2,235 cases) is less than one-third of the total for the same period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Polio Up & Down | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...Doves. Last week, on the second anniversary of The Bomb, the people of Hiroshima stood with bared heads bowed around a 43-ft. peace tower to hear a specially cast bell toll for Hiroshima's dead. Muffled sobs stopped when giant firecrackers began to slam like .50-caliber machine guns. Tiny parachutes bore peace festival streamers above the crowd. Thereafter, Hiroshima observed its day of disaster with singing, dancing and boating. Boys & girls pulled peace floats through unshaded streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC AGE: In a Hollow Tree | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...Aviv, British soldiers on foot and in armored cars lashed out in an unsoldierly demonstration. They smashed windows, beat Jews, fired Sten guns into a crowded bus. Five Jews were killed, 15 wounded. Next day, at the funeral for the five dead, mourners and police clashed again. The toll: 33 Jews injured. Said one resident of Natanya: "This cancels out the two sergeants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Eye for an Eye for an Eye | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

Chain Reaction. But reports of corn were far from good. Cold weather and floods had taken a heavy toll, leaving an estimated yield of only 2.6 billion bu. The crop was still almost up to the 1936-45 average, but it was down 21% from last year. Good weather, said the report optimistically, might brighten the corn picture considerably. But corn users, not willing to take that chance, started to buy heavily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: Crop of Trouble? | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

Hoary Annex legend and tradition did not vanish from the scene entirely, however. One young thing removed her glasses thoughtfully, and probed the inner woman for a raison d'etre of summer toll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Reenforcements Roll In | 7/1/1947 | See Source »

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