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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1947
Page
1
Seven die in new clashes as Jewish and Arab communities in Palestine suffer attacks and reprisals. Reports describe casualties including Jews and Arabs, with mobs burning property in Tel Aviv Jaffa and Ramle. Police guard divisions tighten as violence escalates amid wider fear of a holy war.
The first Arab Jewish violence in Germany since the UN decision to partition was reported near Ulm on the Bavaria Württemberg border. Refugees involved. 33 arrests as authorities and American troops intervene to prevent a major clash between rival factions.
Dr Butter, longtime Columbia University president emeritus, died in New York at St Luke's hospital after bronchial pneumonia. He led Columbia for 44 years and retired in 1945. Funeral plans include services at the campus chapel with interment in Cedar Lawn. General Eisenhower and university trustees were notified.
The freighter American Lastwh sailed from New York carrying the first cargo of food to France under a relief program. Laden with thousands of pounds of provisions, the ship departed to deliver aid organized by Condovie Chancel and the United States Lines, marking a humanitarian effort amid wartime shortages.
Washington December 7 House approval by a comfortable majority of winter aid to Europe is expected tomorrow or Tuesday just in time for Congress to settle itself and hear President Truman's Marshall plan message. The House has voted 397 000 000 for Europe with plans for a four year program including Italy France and Austria. Developments awaited in both House and Senate as partisan moves surface to restore full winter aid or delay long range funding.
United States faces a shortage of troops for a proposed U.N. policing force in Palestine. Officials note air support may be easier, while ground troops could require stripping the domestic Army to a skeleton. By spring, occupation duties in Germany or Japan limit overseas deployments, leaving only interior-based units to contribute.
The United States faces backlash at a U N conference on trade as Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic oppose a sugar treaty. Washington upholds a sugar quota law protecting American growers while Cuba laments reduced wartime production and seeks broader access. The Cuban Congress delays ratifying the tariff accord amid calls for fairer treatment.
Washington dec 7 a potent group of Republican senators backed a plan to require government stockpiles of 125 000 000 to 250 000 000 bushels of wheat to curb prices and serve as an anti inflation measure. The idea aims to influence grain and meat prices without broad rationing.
Army Navy board urges reexamining all retired disability personnel and linking compensation to actual disability percentage. Proposes periodic reviews for 91 retired on disability and seeks comments from defense and treasury chiefs as lawmakers probe tax free pensions.
Washington dispatch reports government spokesmen suggest action on Maj. Gen. Bennett B Meyers related to war fraud and tax evasion could be delayed indefinitely. Grand jury likely to consider perjury charges tied to wartime plant ownership while other charges stalled due to complex financial transactions and incomplete data from the Treasury.
Paris reports warn of a Soviet backed squeeze play as three Western powers near a Berlin foreign ministers meeting. John Foster Dulles returns from France with de Gaulle talks and hints at French willingness to merge zones if treaty talks fail. Bevin counters Molotov style pressure while visa decisions risk explosive German access.
House committees plan a broad inquiry into U S fuel outlook focusing on shortages of fuel oil and gasoline, with emphasis on Navy and Air Force needs and interstate fuel resources. Chairman Wolverton said the probe will cover available resources and measures to address gaps, as White House talks surface potential voluntary conservation lines.
Paris faces a 48 hour disruption as CGT led workers plan a strike of buses and subways starting tomorrow to demand a 25 percent wage increase and general wage scales. Police report nearly 1000 arrests nationwide in anti strike sabotage probe as authorities brace for transport chaos.
Thousands of Partisans wearing red marched through Rome in a protest against Prime Minister de Gasperi's government. The 1400 delegates to a National Congress of Resistance and underground wartime veterans joined a tombs procession, with crowds cheering and many giving the Communist salute. Police counted about 10,000 marchers. others suggested more. The event signaled opposition to the Christian Democratic cabinet as de Gasperi sought to broaden the ruling coalition by courting left parties.
Athens reports the Greek Parliament enacted harsh labor laws outlawing strikes with penalties from six months to death. The regime claims the leftist rebellion is crushed as employers pay workers during suspensions in wages or goods. Defendants face court martial under the new statute amid ongoing northern clashes between government forces and guerrillas.
Two bystanders were shot in the 1000 block of Washington Street late last night after an argument outside the Hollywood Deer Garden. Jesse Walker and W. M. Short were wounded. Walker’s condition was uncertain. Ally Hamdan was arrested on charges related to the shooting. Witnesses described a disorderly argument inside the establishment before the gunfire.
On the sixth anniversary of Pearl Harbor lawmakers urged universal peacetime military training to deter a third world war. Congressional leaders, amid bomb scare jitters, pressed for a nationwide program as the American Legion launches a coast to coast drive. Secretary Marshall in London and President Truman in Florida stayed in touch as debate over preparedness dominated the news.
London dispatch reports John Foster Dulles carried a Paris proposal from General de Gaulle for an Anglo American French military defense alliance. The plan ties French involvement to unification of Western Germany zones with Allied control, aiming to position France as a major defensive base for the Western world.
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