Jewish Underground Attacks Arabs Near Haifa
Jewish commandoes attacked Tireh village near Haifa with grenades and automatic weapons, killing 12 Arabs and wounding six. Toll across the Middle East rose to 303 in 13 days with hundreds more wounded and millions in damage. British troops moved into Jerusalem as Arabs crowded mosques near the walled Jewish quarters. casualties included 108 Arabs and 12 Jews in combats.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Jerusalem
Tireh
Haifa
Haly Land
Squids
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stemn
Hebron
Aden
Syria
Middle East
Palestine
Jerusalem Old City
Wounder
Ramile
Gaza
Princess Mary Avenue
Ramle
Airlines carry more people and miles with higher fatalities
The Civil Aviation Board reports 1947 airline travel rising with more passengers and miles but fatalities more than doubling previous years. Five accidents killed 199 people and 17 crew members on scheduled domestic flights. 1946 had 15 passengers and 22 crew in nine crashes. Total 1947 fatalities reach 274 across all accident types. See year’s air page.
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James J. Strebig
AP Aviation
Eee Ie
Civilities Board
YRAR
Mine Blast Toll Rises After Lehigh Coal Fracinary Blast
A gas explosion at Lehigh Coal Franklin Colliery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, killed five men instantly and two more in hospital, bringing the day’s death toll to seven. Rescue teams recovered six bodies, including 66 year old Michael Guidantis, as authorities launched inquiries into the eighth anthracite mine disaster in Luzerne County this year. Edmund Orjeski remained critical, with seven other miners named among the dead. The U.S. Mine Department began an official investigation.
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Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh Coat Company
Franklin
Luzerne County
Michael Guidantis
John Casper
Stephen Sillup
Frank Chudlip
Ignatz Skzynecki
Roger Jones
Casper Pulak
Edmund Orjeski
U. S. Mine Department
Two Killed In Highway Wreck Near Wheeling
On State Route 2 north of Follaws bee near Wheeling two men died when their car collided with a Wheeling Steel Corporation truck. John Ellsworth Malone, 21, of Chester and James Andrew Laughly, 28, of East Liverpool were identified as the deceased. Jake Malone, 23, brother of one victim, was reported in critical condition at a Steubenville hospital.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Follawsbee
Brooke County
John Ellsworth Malone
Chester
James Andrew Laughly
East Liverpool
Jake Malone
Steubenville
Pole Fears Rebirth Of German Aggression
Polish Ambassador Josef Winiewicz warned in Portland that a rebirth of the aggressive German spirit could spark a new war. He cited underground movements in Germany and urged friendly US Soviet British cooperation to avoid conflict, noting Poland watches great power relations with anxiety.
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Portland
Ore
Josef Winiewicz
United States
Russia
Britain
Poland
Germany
Winiewicz
Coal to supplement liquids fuels, a new coal age seen
James Boyd, director of the U S Bureau of Mines, told the Mining Institute of America that synthetic fuels from coal may usher in a new coal age. He said oil's ability to meet liquid fuel demand is slipping and predicts coal will regain dominance in near future energy markets. The bureau plans two large scale coal to liquid fuel plants in Louisiana Missouri next year hydrogenating coal for high octane gasoline and producing motor gasoline and diesel oil.
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Mines Bureau
Pittsburgh
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
America
Mining Institute of America
Boyd
Bureau
Lousiana
Pittsbrugh
Revercom Favors Deepening River Layne Ford Hears Carter Coal Case
Morgantown and Charleston reports show Senator Revercomb advocating a nine to twelve foot channel on the upper Monongahela to boost coal shipments. He cites inadequate current locks and river capacity, urging modernization from Fairmont to Pittsburgh to align with increased production. Attorneys for Carter Coal and workers discussed early settlements, but no agreement was reached.
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Charleston
Carter Coal, Company
Layne H. Ford
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Leo Loeb
Unemployment Compensation Department
Hev
Morgantown
Monongahela
Fairmont
Revercomb
R.-W.va
Pittsburgh
Rome Strikes Turn Violent as Police Clash With Mobs
In Rome the general strike enters a tense second day as premier Gasparri deploys Jehovah armed police to clear crowds outside the foreign ministry in Piazza Colonna. Jeep patrols and transports replace regular service while AP photographers J Walter Green and Frank Noel were briefly struck by clubs.
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Frank Brutto
Rome
Piazza Colonna
Thy
Alcide D
Pers
Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Interior
Try Compromise Foreign Ad Bills
Washington reports the stop gap foreign aid program enters bickering as senators and representatives seek a Monday compromise. Both bills aim to aid France Italy and Austria with fuel and food this winter while differences over totals and China funding linger. The Senate backed 597 million for Europe while the House trimmed to 59060 million and proposed 60 million for China. Senator H Alexander Smith suggested committee led to an uneasy path toward agreement.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Senate
China
House
Europe
France
Italy
Austria
Truman
H. Alexander Smith
R.mj
Foreign Relations Committee
Unahim
Murphy Wheel ing police officer acquitted on extortion charge
A Wheeling jury acquitted city police sergeant John Murphy of an attempt to extort money from a taxicab operator. The verdict came after Murphy denied the charge and focused on his future status with the force as city officials review suspensions of officer Hal Brues.
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Wheeling
John Murphy
C. Hal Brues
Murphy
Army Plane Crash Kills 20 More Men in Memphis
An Army C-47 crashed near Memphis last night killing at least 20, with possibly 21, after slashing through wooded areas and a field near the airport. The Aberdeen based craft had last stopped in El Paso on its West Coast return. a board will investigate. Witnesses described a brilliant flash and a rapidly burning wreckage, with several bodies found at the scene. Names were withheld pending notify relatives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
Donald K. Fargo
468Th Air Forces Base
Army
Fargo
Aberdeen
el Paso
Texas
G. W. White
A. B. Taylor
Man in Army blue denims seeks withdrawal of funds
A mentally ill man wandered from the Ronok Veterans hospital and entered Fit Top National Bank in Bluefield asking to withdraw about three quarters of a million dollars. He was identified by officers and taken to custody after the bank teller alerted police.
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Bluefield
Fit Top National Bank
Ronok Veterans Hospital
Wallace Does Not Ease Dems Peace Of Mind
By Jack Bell Washington December 12 17 The Democratic leadership gave up hope that Henry Wallace could be persuaded not to bolt and run on a third party endangering President Truman in 1948 Wallace said he would vote for Taft if forced to choose between Truman Taft and the Democratic National Committee chair retorted that Wallace’s privilege allows his choice while placing him beyond the Democratic fold at Buffalo N Y and beyond reconciliation by the party
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Jack Bell
Washington
Henry Wallace
Trumian
McGrath
R.L
Dey
Wallace
Buffalo
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Democratic Organization
Roosevelt
Niners Welfare Fund Meeting Held In New York
Eara Van Horn, trustee representative for the coal miners welfare fund, led a closed conference in New York with operator reps to discuss fund issues under the Taft Hartley act. Van Horn declined comment on participants or nature of talks but said a statement may follow.
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New York
Eara van Horn
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Harry M. Moses
Decoy Call Scrambles Harlen Ky Shooting Probe
Authorities in Harlan Kentucky investigated a decoy call made yesterday just before an automatic shotgun fired. The incident prompted police to search for a suspect as they reviewed fledgling details and questioned witnesses in the Harlen area.
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Harlan, Ky
Schwellenbach Opens Floor On Price Rollback Proposals
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Schwellenbach and the administration faced Republican demands to reveal anti inflation plans. He outlined price controls limited to essential commodities affecting the cost of living, while a separate notice invites Brownlow Park residents to see Adele Jergens in Tonight's Strand program and listings of films at the Dixie Theatre.
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Sue
Washington
Belnent Cateln
John K. Greenlee
Truman
Congress
Tabor Schwellenbach
Ee Boys
Mands
Schwellenbach
The
Gratton Sentinel
W. A. Myers Brownlow Park
Adele Jergens
Strand Theatre
Redwood Valley
Dixie Theatre
Most State Highways In Good Condition
State road crews reported that most highways were clear while some sections remained icy. Sleet and dense fog earlier today caused travel hazards on Sewell Mountain and U S Route 60 east of Rainelle in Fayette County, with conditions improving elsewhere.
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Charleston
Logan
Elkins
Rainelle
Road Commission
Commission
Information Bureau
Sewell Mountain
Fayette County
Pauley testifies on gran dealings before Senate panel
Edwin W. Pauley told the Senate appropriations committee that neither President Truman nor Agriculture Secretary Anderson knew he was trading commodities futures when they criticized speculators. He said his hedge against inflation cost him about 100000 and that more buyers are needed. Bridges announced investigations into inside information misuse across government agencies. Former Gov. Harold Stassen, seeking the Republican nomination, was mentioned as PAULEY page 4.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Truman
Agriculture Anderson
Pauley
Army
Royall
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
R.-N.h
Senate
Tee
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Nubbins Back In Hospital Again Today
Forest Hoffman nicknamed Nubbins, six, of Cheyenne Wyoming, returned to a Denver hospital for treatment after a second operation in September. Doctors planned a thorough exam to determine why his condition worsened, following a prior life saving surgery three years ago for kidney and bladder disorders.
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Denver
Colo
Forest
Nubbins
Soviet Congestion Hinted In Meeting
London dispatch reports Soviet sources indicating Foreign Minister Molotov may offer to defer Russia's 10 billion reparations against Germany if the conference immediate establishes all German economic and administrative agencies. Russia seeks central authority. US backs limited decentralization. A major Molotov statement was expected today or tomorrow, with no guarantee the move would wreck German economy or burden American taxpayers.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Germany
Reich
Molotov
U. S
United States
France
Great Britain
Marshall
St Lawrence Seaway Debate Moves Amid Industry Clash
Charleston December hearing features speaker from opposing group condemning the waterway plan as a fraud. Carroll Huntress of the Republican Coal and Coke Company argues proponents push new rationales that are all fallacious during a joint session of mining and metallurgical engineers.
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Charleston
Lawrence
Carroll B. Huntress
Republican Coal and Coke Company
Huntress
Huntress spoke at @ Rincheon
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Central Appalachian
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
St. Lawrence
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Harmony
Ronald Lutz
Rymale
International
Layne Ford
Carter
NAH
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Mountain State Sports Center
Dems
Schwellenbach Sage
Nubbing
Marshall Hoffman
St, Lawrence Seaway
Ladies of Lutheran Church
Marinello
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