Division Seen Of Holy Land
United Nations experts predicted that the Palestine inquiry commission would back partition or a trustee supervised Arab Jewish state as it opens a summer search. The body will meet to elect a chairman and decide field visits and whether to assess displaced persons camps. It will consider Palestine independence and report to the General Assembly.
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John A. Parris JR
Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Holy Land
U.N
Palestine
Europe
United Nations General Assembly
The
Assembly
Master Masons Set Special Meeting Monday Evening
All Master Masons were asked Saturday to attend a special meeting to be held Monday evening at the Masonic temple beginning at 7 30 o'clock.
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Masonic Temple
Death takes kin of King Harewood Earl dies in England
In Leeds England May 24 the Earl of Harewood a millionaire brother in law to King George VI died at his ancestral home from cardiac complications and asthma. The 64 year old sportsman known as Lucky Lascelles married Princess Mary in 1922 and is survived by his widow and two sons George Henry Hubert Lascelles and Gerald David. Royal mourning will be observed by the family though no court mourning is decreed. His fortune was estimated around 12 million dollars by age 40.
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Leeds
England
Earl of Harewood
George~vi
Lucky Lascelles
Britain
Princess Royal
George V
George Henry Hubert Lascelles
Gerald David
Earl
Briain
International commission to meet in New York in September
Representatives from Australia Czechoslovakia Guatemala Iran the Netherlands Peru Canada Yugoslavia Uruguay and India form a commission set to meet in New York in September. The group includes delegates from ten nations and a mix of regional backgrounds.
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New York
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Guatemala
Iran
The
Netherlands
Peru
Canada
Eereee
Yugoslavia
Uruguay
Idia
New Italian Government Begins as De Gasperi Moves to Form Coalition
Alcide De Gasperi, aged 66, starts forming a new Italian government after being designated to resolve the crisis triggered by his resignation as premier. He meets party leaders seeking a broader coalition beyond the three-parley alliance with communists and socialists that collapsed twice in four months.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Enrico de Nicola
Christian Democrat
Christian Democrats
Palestine area compared to Maryland size
The Palestine area closely matches the size of Maryland. In 1946 the population was estimated at 1,800,000.
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Palestine
Maryland
For Sale 1941 Chevrolet Coupe One Owner Cash or Terms
Classified notice lists a 1941 Chevrolet coupe in excellent condition from one owner with cash or terms. Also another 1941 Chevrolet five passenger coupe in good condition with no trade-ins and two phone numbers. A white purse was lost at Somerville Road school Friday night with a reward offered.
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Bill Baldwin
Somerville Road School
March Economic Brief from Decatur Bureau of Business
Postal receipts were only slightly above February and below last year. March retail sales rose 17.1 percent year over year with lumber and building materials dealers up 154.4 percent. Building permits totaled 89 200, down from February and well below last March. Real estate mortgages in March reached 329 464, down 29.3 percent from February. Employment data show placements at 373 and applications at 296, with 22.9 percent fewer applications than March last year. Bureau of Business University of Alabama.
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Steet
Rene
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Ewneenee
Everes Veneers
Sinmmnidiaaicnienseis
Decatur
Alabama
Bureau
Bureau of Business
Research University of Alabama
H. H. Chapman
Prisoner Escapes Dentist Chair in Dover
A 36 year old prisoner on a five year Kent County jail sentence escaped after being treated at a Dover dentist office. Carl Tyndall, moved from Wilson South Carolina three years ago, triggered a state wide alert as he fled from the chair after dental extractions.
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Dover
Del
Kent County
Delaware
Carl Tyndall
Wilson
S. C
Tyndall
Charles A. Henry Jr
Bell cites figures on presidency pension bill support
Rep. Bell of Missouri presented Library of Congress data to a House Judiciary subcommittee showing the presidency as a more dangerous job and urged passage of his bill to grant pensions to former Presidents.
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Bill Washington
Bell
D-Mo
Library of Congress
House Judiciary
White House
Couple Held on Murder Charges After Arsenic Case in Linden
A Linden woman Adele Digman Anderson and her husband Gilbert Anderson were held without bond for murder after a toxicology report said arsenic poisoning caused the death of her first husband Lowery Digman. The pair, arrested in Birmingham, married March 26, and exhumation followed May 21 with an autopsy by Nelson Grubbs.
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Linden
Ala
Circuit
T.H. Boggs
Adele Digman Anderson
Gilbert Anderson
Birmingham
Marengo County
Boggs
Nelson Grubbs
Tax prosecutions rise as Snyder reports gains
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said prosecutions for income tax fraud are increasing. In the first nine months of the current fiscal year 117 people pleaded guilty or were convicted, up from 47 in the same period a year earlier, signaling progress in the drive against tax evasion.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
The
Treasury
Local Residents Host Dinner Guests and Fire Loss Sympathy
Community notes dinner guests include Mr and Mrs Lester Wooten Cotaco and Mr eae D ey Sr. Sympathy extended to Mrs Mattie Thomas after her home burned early Sunday. Owen Chunn postmaster was in Huntsville, Dewey Day Jr and Woodrow Wilson visited Decatur. Mrs Kate Garrison of Lacey's Sertaris visiting family. Peggy Joyce Wise patient at Hamil clinic. Ada Fite hosting Wil liam Atkinson family visits.
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eae _D. — ey. Sr
Lester Wooten
Cotaco
Mattie Thomas
Owen Chunn
Huntsville
Dewey Day Jr
Woodrow Wilson
Decatur
Kate Garrison
Lacey
Sertaris
Marvin Garrison
Cooper Thomas
Somerville
Albert Thomas
Gordon Grantland
Peggy Joyce Wise
Hamil Clinic
Decatur visitors share weekend social in community
Decatur residents were guests in the nearby community Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Laura Johnson and her daughter Ann were Saturday night visitors of Mrs. Luther McAnally and family of Cataco.
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Decatur
Laura Johnson
Daugh
Ter
Ann
Luther McAnally
Cataco
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Marquette
Smith Motors, Inc
Chrysler
Plymouth
GMC
March
George Bria
Price Motor CO
Hudson
Second Ave
P. Johnson Seahorse Outboard Motor and
Kennedy Motor & Recapping Co
First Ave
America
Wiley Motor Co
W. Mathes St
Giles
Elliott
Morgan County
WAL Hermosa
Ollie Louise Turney
Buford Fite
Madison
Memphis
Tennessee
Ada Fite
William Atkinson
Alman
Courtland
Boyd McAnally
Near Hartselle
S. H. Laymon
Knox McRae
Jewelry Company
Johnston ST
Green & Stein’s
New Decatur
Green & Stein
Bank St
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