Egyptians Near Holy City May Join Attacks in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem fighting near the Zion Gate, Egyptian mobile forces reportedly entered Bethlehem and Majdal as Arab and Trans-Jordan legion units clash with Israeli troops amid air attack and artillery. Reports say Israeli planes supported ground troops while parties push toward key gates and coastal towns.
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Zion Gate
Jerusalem
Arab Legions
Cairo
Bethlehem
Majdal
Mediterranean
Beersheba
Arab Legion
Gaza
Mafdal
Trans-Jordan
Israel
Hebron
Palestine Arab
United Nations
Shu'fat
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Avy
New Gate
Old City
Jaffa Gate
Damascus Gate
Legion
Hebrew University
Mount Scopus
Ramat
Beit Nabala
British Down Egyptian Planes Raid Mistake
Egyptian mobile forces entered Bethlehem and Majdal near the Mediterranean coast, aiming at Jerusalem as British airfield Megiddo at Ramit David was attacked by mistake. Five Egyptian planes were lost after the misdirected strike, while targets near Negba, Gaza, and Tel Aviv areas faced bombing.
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Cairo
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Majdal
Mediterranean
Ministry of National Defense
Negba
Gaza
Tel] Aviv
Royal Air Force
Palestine
Ramit David
Megiddo
Harare
Lati
U S Envoy Shot In Truce Attempt
Thomas C. Wasson United States consul general at Jerusalem and a staffer were wounded in the first major incident of the Holy City battle involving Americans. Wasson gravely wounded by a sniper as he sought a cease fire. another staffer Herbert Walker shot near the consulate. guard Thomas Gannon wounded May 14 and now out of danger. Secretary Marshall praised the staff for courageous service amid fighting.
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Washington
Thomas C. Wasson
United States
Jerusalem
Holy City
U. S
Palestine
Wasson
State Department
United Nations Security Council
Hadassah English Mission
Herbert M. Walker
Genera
Walker
Navy
Mountainsburg
Ark
L. C. Walker
Poydras St
Dallas
Texas
Thomas Gannon
United Nations
William C. Burdett, Jr
Secretary of State
Marshall
Medics Push Probe Of Strange Malady In Parsons
Dr. Guy H. Michaels, acting Tucker county health officer, said results may come within days on a mystery illness in Parsons county children that has caused three deaths. Investigators B. J. Olsen and Howard Utz of the National Institute of Health study symptoms like influenza but with throat swelling that can block breathing. Three new cases, ages three months to nine years, were reported in the last 24 hours. no further fatalities yet.
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Parsons
W. Va
Guy H. Michaels
Tucker County
Michaels
B. J. Olsen
Howard Utz
National Institute of Health At
Bethesda Md
Everything Comes To One Who Waits
Firemen respond to a telephone alarm in Philadelphia as a locomotive pushes a blazing boxcar onto a siding. Railroad workers reassure the crew, then the firefighters begin work. No fire found at first but the moving train triggers the blaze escalation.
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Philadelphia
Fellows
Pennsylvania Railroad
UN Turns Down U S-Russ Bid Lake Success
The United Nations Security Council failed to accept the U S Russian demand for strong action in Palestine, voting 8 to 0 for a cease fire demand with a 36 hour deadline. Syria, Russia, and Soviet Ukraine abstained on the force question, while Britain led in backing restraint and a truce timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Palestine
United States
Russia
Ukraine
France
Colombia
Britain
Syria
China
Canada
Belgium
Argentina
Truce Commission
Jerusalem
U.N
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Council For Britain
United Nations
Austin
Council
United Kingdom
Security Council
Alfonso Lopez
Quiet Holy Sepulchre Amid Arab Jewish War
In Jerusalem May 22 the Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains peaceful as Arab Jewish fighting rages nearby. Wax tapers glow over Calvary while Orthodox priests describe entombment. war scars are limited to the Jewish quarter and Armenian quarter, with other sacred sites spared amid the December start and recent Trans-Jordan legion advances.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem
Jesus
Christendom
New Gate
Jaffa Gate
Calvary
Dome
Rock
Pene
Mohammed
Old City
Trans-Jordan Legion
Haganah-Irgun
Bankers Elect D. Robley Wood As Group V Chair
D Robley Wood of the First National bank of Bluefield was elected chairman of Group V of the West Virginia Bankers association at the annual meeting in Bluefield. A. C. Mullins was elected vice chairman and A L Tyree secretary, with C C Bond continuing as treasurer. New directors include P C Edwards E H Downs E D Alderson W J Billig E E Bailey Jack McClaugherty R A Yarbrough and others. The event featured a banquet with remarks by P C Edwards and Hayes Picklesimer on anti inflation loans and music by the James Elmer Brown Ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Robley Wood
First National Bank of
Bluefield
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Bluefield Country Club
P. C. Edwards
Bank of Saeger
A. C. Mullins
McDowell County National Bank
Welch
A. L. Tyree
Flat Top National Bank of
C. C. Bond
Commercial Bank of
E. H. Downs
McDowell County
National Bank
E. D. Alderson
Flat Top National Bank
W. J. Billig
Castle
E. E. Bailey
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
R. A. Yarbrough
First National Bank of Bluefield
J. E. Wagner, Jr
Commercial Bank of Bluefield
Hayes Picklesimer
Kanawha Valley Bank of Charleston
Picklesimer
James Elmer Brown
Henry Fortune
Marion Smith
Catherine Acuff
Conrad Brevick
UMW Is Target Of Miners Suit
Two Harlan county coal miners E J Williams Evarts and Richard Collins Wallins filed with the National Labor Relations Board in Cincinnati accusing the United Mine Workers of unfair labor practices under Taft Hartley. They say they were threatened and manhandled after refusing to pay a $50 fine for three days worked during the soft coal walkout that began March 15. Williams says a man identified as Charlie Bryant intercepted him and warned others he refused to pay the fine. They were driven from their jobs and are now unemployed due to union threats. The petitions do not specify the redress sought.
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Harlan
Harlan County
National Labor Relations Board
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
E. J. Williams
Evarts
Richard Collins
Wallins
the Woods
Harlan- Wallins Coal Corporation
Collins
Williams
Charlie Bryant
Man crawls 12 hours after plane crash near Huntington
Huntington Mass May 22 A veteran administration psychiatrist crawled through rain soaked woods for nearly two hours and telephoned police after resting in a house. The private plane crash killed a companion, Dr Erwin L Ray of Williamsburg, who was due at the Northampton VA hospital from Lyons New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Mass
Veteran Administration
Erwin L. Ray
Williamsburg
Northhampton Veterans Administration Hospital
Lyons
N. J
Senate GOPs Agree To Drop Training Plan
Washington report says 12 of 13 Senate Armed Services members back revising the selective service bill to remove one year of compulsory training for 131,000 18 year olds. The plan would allow volunteering for a year of service followed by four years in national guard or reserve units. 19 through 25 year olds would be drafted for two years.
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Washington
Senate ‘Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
House
Martin
Mass
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Byrd
D-Va
Wilson
Iowa
Rules Committee
Feaders
Plan
Russell
D-Ga
Ball
R-Minn
Prisoners Donate Skin To Save Girl Life
Six prisoners from Moundsville State Penitentiary donated skin for grafting to 11 year old Lillie Androm of Wheeling after a January home fire. The grafts were performed at North Wheeling Hospital and doctors described her condition as good. Sennett Hanna, a life prisoner, volunteered first and spoke of relief at the potential recovery.
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Wheeling
W. Va
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
North Wheeling Hospital
Lillie Androm
Sennett Hanna
Charleston
Orel Skeen
Scouts' Grand Howl Hails Margaret Truman
In New York at Madison Square Garden 15,000 scouts from the greatest New York council demonstrated for Margaret Truman. The floor was filled by 700 boys led by 10-year-old James H. Torrens who initiated the grand howl while the President's daughter smiled and called it a fine howl.
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New York
Margaret Truman
Madison Square Garden
Lewis Proclaims Pension Is OK
Washington May 22 AP John L Lewis public today a pension expert report finding the present 10 cent a ton coal royalty could fund 60 year old miners at 100 dollars monthly while leaving a 210 million dollar fund after ten years The Latimer study prepared for United Mine Workers contrasted with Towers Perrin report for operators urging funds and restrictions The dispute over pension plans shaped by Latimer Bridges and Lewis stalled negotiations and prompted court action by Ezra Van Horn while the industry urged welfare law limits.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Murray W. Latimer
U. S. Railroad Retirement Board
United Mine Workers Union
Philadelphia
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
Fortacoming
Phiadelphia
Towers, Perrin, Foster and Crosby
Southern Coal Producers Association
Latimer
Miners Pension Fund
Joseph W. Martin
Bridges-Lewis
Bridges
United Mine Workers
van Horn
Federal District Court
National Coal
Dewey Victory Slows Stassen in Oregon Primary
In Oregon Governor Thomas E. Dewey leads Haro Old Stassen in the GOP primary, narrowing Stassen’s path to the nomination. Dewey claims victory but plays down early triumph while Stassen announces campaigns in Illinois Missouri Massachusetts and the South. Taft predicts the largest first ballot total.
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Washington
Thomas £. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Stassen
Oregon
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Massachusetts
South
Minneapolis
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Senta Fgbert A. Taft
Martin
Taft
New York
Minnesota
Midwest
Last Street Cars In State Removed
The last West Virginia electric street railway lines were discontinued today. The Public Service Commission authorized the Cooperative Transit Company of Wheeling to discontinue street car service on two lines in Wheeling, the final lines in the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Co-Operative Transit Company of
Wheeling
Ihe
Chrysler Accused of Strikebreaking by UAW Leaders
Detroit May 22. The CIO United Auto Workers accused Chrysler Corp of planning to use foremen and office workers as strikebreakers next week to take inventory, a task normally done by UAW members. Norman Matthews warned any disorder on picket lines would rest with the company and notified law enforcement.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Chrysler Corp
Norman Matthews
UDAW
Chrysler
UAW
Matthews
Woman Flier Claims New Speed Record of 446 Miles Per Hour
Jacqueline Cochran landed her P-51 in Palm Springs and claimed a world speed record of 446 miles per hour over a 2000 kilometer closed course from Palm Springs to Santa Fe and back. The time was 2 hours 46 minutes 38 seconds with oxygen trouble noted outward. The official speed awaits math corrections. the previous record was 440 mph set May 19, 1946.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jacqueline Cochran
Here
Santa Fe
N. M
Miss Cochran
Arizona
H. Dudley Wright
National Aeronautic Association
Takig
Lished
J. J. Hancock
U. S. Airforce
North American Aviation Company
Indio
Dewey Stops Stassen in Oregon Primary Victory
Governor Thomas E. Dewey halted Harold Stassen in Oregon securing 12 GOP delegates as the Oregon primary counted. Unofficial totals from 1,493 of 1,861 precincts put Dewey at 76,318 to Stassen 70,703 with Multnomah County contributing a large share of the lead. Dewey celebrated amid congratulations from California Governor Earl Warren as Stassen conceded.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold Stassen
Oregon
Minnesota
New York
Stassen
Minneapolis
Dewey
Seattle
Sacramento
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Upstate
Stashen
New Yorker
John Hall
House
Earl Snell
Senate
Sete
Hall
Douglas McKay
Salem
Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Tass Accuses U S of Blocking Russo American Talks
Moscow reports Tass, the Soviet news agency, blames the United States for stalled Russo American relations. The 13 page statement mirrors Stalin era points, asserts US responsibility, and claims Moscow faces blocked settlements on all listed disputes with Washington.
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Moscow
United States
Tass
Josef Stalin
Henry A. Wallace
United States State Department
Russia
U. S
State Department
Roosevelt
Britain
Yalta
Tehran
Truman
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
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Group V
McDowell County Bank
Bankers
UMW
Solons
Grand Howl
Philly
Multnomah
America
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