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...Walter Heil. When he read that San Francisco would be the scene of the treaty conference, he cabled the Tokyo National Museum. The Tokyo museum cleared it with the Japanese government, after a cabinet go-ahead gathered the best of the nation's paintings, sculptures, ceramics, textiles, masks, armor and lacquers from museums, temples and private collections...
...Incidentals: fabulous collections of armor, Georgian silver, paintings, sculptures, tapestries, antique furniture (all periods...
...home," he said. "I won't be driven out of it." In a way, he even seemed to enjoy the chillingly dramatic part he was playing. The attempts on his life went on. Another shotgun blast was fired at him from the woods, but his car's armor saved him. Last March, the engine of his airplane blew up as he started...
...were rugged and maneuverable, though still second-rate planes by German and U.S. standards. The best ones were derived from Western models. But in tactical air, the defense-conscious Russians took a back seat to no one. One of the best ground attack planes of World War II, the armor-plated Stormovik, came off the drawing board of another Russian, Sergei Iliushin. German Panzer divisions called it "the black death." In one ten-day period, the Stormoviks knocked out over 400 Nazi tanks. The Russians also learned to build planes in a hurry. By 1945, Russia's factories were...
...Fresh Chinese troops have arrived in the line. ¶ A new North Korean army, twice as powerful as the one which attacked in June 1950 is ready for a new offensive. ¶ Enemy armor is rolling south; heavy artillery has been wheeled to the front...