Refugee reports Russia increases uranium output at Jachymov mine
Exiled Czechoslovak official Dr Jan Papanek says Russians opened 20 new holes in the Jachymov area on the Czechoslovak border and transport ore to Germany under Russian control. He notes tunnels and indoctrinated youth, with mass arrests following the 1948 Communist coup.
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Czechoslovakia
Germany
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Prague
Four youths held in 17 burglaries in Texas and Oklahoma
Four youths aged 16 to 19 are being questioned by the FBI after a crime spree that burglarized 17 locations across North Central Texas and Oklahoma. They hit five filling stations and a grocery in Fort Worth in two days and planned further night raids across towns including Cleburne Coleman Stephenville Gainesville Argyle and Marietta Oklahoma.
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Stephenville
Gainesville
Argyle
Denton County
Marietta
Okla
Israeli Independence Day Celebrations Mark Yom Azmaut
Tel Aviv marked Yom Azmaut with solemn processions in synagogues and the Sinai scrolls. The national day followed Israel’s proclamation of freedom and included a ram’s horn shofar blast, dancing, torchlight processions, and fireworks. Ben Gurion addressed 3,000 schoolchildren during a government garden party and a large military parade.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Holy Land
David Ben Gurion
Gun Still Leads In War This Machine Gun Killer
The machine gun is described as the greatest killer of war devices and its daily use increased during World War II, emphasizing its lethal impact on modern warfare.
Jury Convicts Dallas Man in Slaying Trial
Dallas jury convicts 31 year old Zarati of murder in the October 25 1947 slaying of Jesus G Alderete in District Judge Earl Ropert's court. He receives a five year suspended sentence after claiming self defense.
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Earl Ropert
Special Criminal District Court
Zarati
Jesus G. Alderete
Germans Reject Trade Demands
The Bizonal German Economic Council, the economic parliament of the British and American zones, rejected a Communist motion to resume trade with the Soviet Zone and Eastern Europe. The motion asked for military government permission for imports and exports and a broad program to restart trade, six Communist members dissented.
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Frankfurt
Germany
German Economic Council
Ambassador Douglas Returns to London with Eye Injury
United States Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas smiles at the Embassy in London while wearing a surgical dressing over his left eye. He was injured a month earlier when a trout fly snagged his eye during a fishing trip near Southampton, England.
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Lewis W. Douglas
London
Southampton
England
5 319 War Dead Arrive in New York
The Army Transport Haiti Victory docked in New York with 5,319 war dead, part of 150,000 Americans returned home since the war end. Memorial services will precede trains carrying the bodies to their final destinations. Of the total, 99,466 were brought back from Europe.
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Haiti Victory
Brooklyn
Army
Europe
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