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UNRRA

American  
[uhn-ruh] / ˈʌn rə /
Or U.N.R.R.A.
  1. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.


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He insisted successfully that he and some of his committeemen have a share in the planning of UNRRA, which was an executive agreement on a tentative first step into the postwar.

From Time Magazine Archive

For two days they had scurried across Red River Valley, looking for wheat for UNRRA.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Buenos Aires promptly reported that Argentina's exportable surpluses of wheat were already committed by sale or donation; that was the reason Argentina had declined to join UNRRA.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plain-shoutin' little man was Fiorello LaGuardia, ex-mayor of New York, now head of UNRRA, who had swooped into North Dakota, wearing a pearl-grey sombrero.

From Time Magazine Archive

Canning for Relief The Victory Collection of Canned Food for overseas relief, which is on behalf of UNRRA, encourages local groups and organizations to conduct collections of canned food.

From Time Magazine Archive

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