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...Israelis were impressed, but not intimidated. The British, they said, had no business flying reconnaissance over someone else's war. Furthermore, three of the British planes had been shot down over Palestine, and they had the charred wreckage of one to prove it. The British troop landings at Aquaba, cried an official spokesman, "can have no purpose but to threaten Israel's territory in the southern part of the Negeb...
Last week the Greek government, alarmed at the effect of this propaganda on troop morale, finally decided to crack down on those who provided ammunition for the rebel loudspeakers. To give bite to its bark, a special court-martial in Athens charged handsome Michael Chryssicopoulos (36), scion of one of Greece's wealthiest families, with draft dodging...
Sunrise to Sunset. Chiang had counted on sustained U.S. aid. He had not got it. By last week, in addition to the territory Chiang had lost to the Reds (two-fifths of China), the Nationalists had suffered troop casualties of perhaps 1,800,000 men -a third of them lost as prisoners and turncoats since last July...
...April 5) on its editorial pages; to a University of Kansas sociology professor who wanted to use the Jackie Robinson cover story (TIME, Sept. 22, 1947) for classroom discussion; to the Military Training branch of the New York Port of Embarkation, which wanted to use various stories for its troop information programs...
...fake punt and run play, Eliot's Jim Rossiter ripped 30 yards off the flank. Troop Wilder gained 13 more off tackle and then tossed to Roger Pugh in the end zone for a score. The visitors scored again just before the half ended on a run around right...