Israel threatens renewed war to drive invading armies from Palestine
In Tel Aviv on August 14 Prime Minister Ben-Gurion said Israel would fight to expel Arab forces from all Palestine if the United Nations fails to compel withdrawal. He warned a sustained truce cannot continue and urged UN action or unilateral Jewish action. Bernadotte reported mixed replies from Egypt, with Arabs approving a cease fire while Jews debated.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
United Nations
David Ben-Gurion
Council of the Labor Party
MAPAI
Ben-Gurion
Folke Bernadotte
U.N
Stockholm
Egypt
Rhodes
Jerusalem
Haifa
Bernadotte
Employment outlook and labor shortages in postwar America
The article discusses large scale recruitment and placement challenges as hundreds of thousands move to expanding industrial centers. It notes the impact of expiring enlistments, 20,245,000 job placements in three years, and 4,161,000 in seven months of 1948. It credits favorable weather and mechanization for record crops despite a smaller labor force.
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Goodwin
Goodin
Dairy county shows plan district events to boost cattle quality
Plans outline six district shows from Sept 14 to Oct 9 across Decatur Gadsden Fayette Dadeville Montgomery Demopolis and Birmingham with entries from multiple counties. Shows emphasize showmanship and judging for 4 H and FFA exhibitors and include trips to the All American Jersey show in Columbus Ohio.
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Parrish
Decatur
Gadsden
Blount
Cherokee
Etowah
Marshall
Calhoun
Fayette
Sumter
Shelby
Birmingham State Show
Cullman
Winston
Tallapoosa
Clay
Chilton
Randolph
Marengo
Hany Ffa
Montgomery
Columbus
Ohio
Birmingham
Dadeville
Dempolis
Folsom Home in Cullman Visited Nothing Stolen
Governor James E Folsom said his Cullman home was broken into earlier in the week but nothing was taken the intruder left the house intact. Officials seek to understand why the burglary occurred and what was found.
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Folsom
Cullman
James E Folsom
Montgomery
Associated Press
Labor Demand Shifts as Farmers Seek Labor Intensive Crops
Farmers may boost labor needs to avoid surpluses by switching to crops that require more work. Fewer foreign workers are used this year with only 22,000 brought in as temporary hands versus 50,000 at the same point in 1947.
Reward Offered For Arrest Of Plant Burglars
Loyd Scott operator of an auto body and paint shop on US 31 S offers a $100 reward for information leading to arrests and conviction of burglars who struck his business Wednesday night. Missing items include drills grinders porto powers and a Smith Weld tool chest. Police are investigating.
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Loyd Scott
US 31
Scott
Porto
Moulton Hero Drives Exploding Oil Truck To Safety
Arnold Riley praised for driving a blazing oil truck about a mile on the Decatur highway before it exploded. Herman Phillips suffers serious burns while attempting to shut valves at Poole Service station now owned by E. J. Harris. Fire damage totals about $2,000 with a 9,000 gallon gas tank also burning and CO2 extinguishers used.
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Herman Phillips
19Th Avenue E
Moulton
Phillips
Poole
E. J. Harris
Arnold Riley
Decatur
Riley
The
Harris
Poole Oil
Irwin- Dyar Clinic
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Decatur Delivery Service
John Beal
Poole Buick Co
Lee Street
New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Luster-Lume
Buena Vista Subdivision
Modern Home Decorators
K. C. Berry CO
Holly Street
Buena Vista
Sterchi
Buttrey’s
Avenue East
Sterchi’s
Sterchi Bros
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Sam Hobbs
11Th Street
Somerville Road
Frank Chenault
Grant Street
Decatur Development Co
John A. Thompson
W. B. Twitty
J. Leslie Doss
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