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July 26, 1947

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Headlines from July 26, 1947

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Dutch Plan 'Regular' Regime In Indies, Drive on Capital; DUTCH AIM TO OUST INDONESIAN REGIME DUTCH TROOPS OPERATING AGAINST THE INDONESIAN FORCES IN JAVA DUTCH CONTINUE INDONESIAN CLEAN-UP AND PRESS DRIVES ON CAPITAL

By the Associated Press

Dutch rept completion of 1st phase of mil operations; van Mook repts plan for pol consolidation with organization of new Indonesian Govt; Repub gives no sign of abandoning fight; Batavia sources say 7 separate states may rise from former Repub territories; Dutch rept advancing through 6 west Java towns; throw 2 columns against Jogjakarta; Repub repts fighting way into Medan; map; F Goedhart says Dutch mil action was opposed by Comm Gen; scores van Mook

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GREEK GUERRILLAS FLEE AFTER ATTACK; 1,200 Seize Grevena Heights in Bitter Fighting, but Later Are Driven Back 20 Miles GREEK GUERRILLAS FLEE AFTER BATTLE GREEK INSURGENTS ARE REPULSED

By Dana Adams Schmidtspecial To the New York Times

large guerrilla force attacks Grevena; driven back; other activity reptd; map; EAM protests alleged Rightist atrocities; warrant issued for arrest of D Partsalides; Porphyrogenis held

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War Strength by Christmas Goal of New Air Department; AIR FORCE TO DRIVE FOR WAR STRENGTH

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

Reorganization of air forces under proposed independent air force dept discussed

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PRESIDENT ENDS 175 WAR POWERS; Signs Congress Resolution That Also Limits Gl Benefits--New Enlistees Are Ineligible PRESIDENT ENDS 175 WAR POWERS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

new enlistees to be ineligible for GI benefits

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1947Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.^[†]

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.

Headlines from July 26, 1947

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Dutch Plan 'Regular' Regime In Indies, Drive on Capital; DUTCH AIM TO OUST INDONESIAN REGIME DUTCH TROOPS OPERATING AGAINST THE INDONESIAN FORCES IN JAVA DUTCH CONTINUE INDONESIAN CLEAN-UP AND PRESS DRIVES ON CAPITAL

GREEK GUERRILLAS FLEE AFTER ATTACK; 1,200 Seize Grevena Heights in Bitter Fighting, but Later Are Driven Back 20 Miles GREEK GUERRILLAS FLEE AFTER BATTLE GREEK INSURGENTS ARE REPULSED

War Strength by Christmas Goal of New Air Department; AIR FORCE TO DRIVE FOR WAR STRENGTH

PRESIDENT ENDS 175 WAR POWERS; Signs Congress Resolution That Also Limits Gl Benefits--New Enlistees Are Ineligible PRESIDENT ENDS 175 WAR POWERS

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