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July 29, 1947

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FRANCE USING UP FOREIGN CREDITS

By Harold Callenderspecial To the New York Times

smallest crop since 1815 feared; import needs put at 2 1/2-3 million tons

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Forrestal to Seek Experts To Aid Him in Defense Job; FORRESTAL CALLS AIDES FIRST NEED NATIONAL DEFENSE HEAD HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense, said today that unification of the armed forces was "the most decisive step taken since the foundation of the Republic," and viewed the task of making it work as a long and evolutionary process.

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Fires Still Smoldering; NITRATE SHIP BLAST AT BREST KILLS 8

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PARIS, July 28 (UP) -- Flimsy wooden buildings along the Brest waterfront, built on the ruins of structures leveled by Allied bombs during the war, burst into flames from the blast and still were smoldering late tonight.

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House GOP Demands Voice In Shaping Foreign Policy; Halleck Says Chamber Holding the Purse Should Be Full-Fledged Partner in Field -- No More 'Blind' Assent HOUSE GOP WANTS FOREIGN POLICY SAY

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

demands US voice in foreign policy, radio s; Repub party role in statement seen

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Notable Births

1947Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (died 2006)^[†]

Dick Harmon was a golf instructor.