20 AUGUST 1948, page 3

No Cigarettes

Smoking is on the increase all over the world. In Britain, after what economists would no doubt call a period of suspended in- elasticity, the demands of smokers are once more......

The Spy Sensations

The transference of the centre of interest in the American espionage investigations from Washington to New York has considerably inten- sified the excitement into which the......

From Words To Action In Belgrade

Day by day Yugoslav statements about relations with Russia become more at variance with Yugoslav actions.' In a speech delivered last Friday Marshal Tito protested once more......

0 .e .e .c. Under Strain

There is a grave danger that the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation in Paris may be temporarily overwhelmed by the difficulties of allocating American aid, freeing......

Nurses' Grievances

The protest march and demand by student nurses in London for £5 a week last Sunday was an unofficial attempt to gain a hearing at precisely the moment when a hearing is made......