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Dates: during 1950-1950
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General Jonathan Wainwright's statement to the effect that, were he in command in Korea, he would authorize atrocities by Americans similar to those committed by the Reds [TIME, July 24] should make peace-minded Americans thankful he is retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 14, 1950 | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

...areas which now make up West Germany exported $2.4 billion worth of goods; today West Germany, despite the problems of partition, is exporting about $150 million monthly and the total has been rising by about $10 million each month. Nearly two-thirds of these exports go to Western Europe, but Germany has also signed trade agreements calling for an exchange of $725 million worth of goods with eight South American nations. Germany's biggest recent export boom has been in steel. Though its production is limited by Allied authorities, Germany is trying to meet foreign orders which totaled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Peacetime Axis | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

...Child Who Never Grew, by Pearl Buck. The simple and memorable story of Novelist Pearl Buck's effort to make a life for her mentally retarded child (TIME, July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Aug. 7, 1950 | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

...Formosa Hold? In the six months that it took for the U.S. to make up its mind, the Reds had built up a sizable invasion fleet. The Red dragon began to spit fire; Communist leaders made belligerent statements about how.they would liberate Formosa and crush Chiang. Would Formosa be the dragon's next bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGER ZONES: Man On The Dike | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

...after V-J day, a carpetbagging Nationalist regime did great harm on Formosa. When Chiang's Nationalist government arrived, it carried with it from the mainland many of the weaknesses and the faults it had suffered before, but the realization-always bracing to strong men -of having to make a last-ditch stand had purged the Nationalists. Above all they were removed, if only 100 miles across the Straits of Formosa, from the Reds' corrosive power. Even Chiang Kai-shek's bitter foes concede that his government on Formosa is better than any Nationlist government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGER ZONES: Man On The Dike | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

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