Renewed violence across Jerusalem Haifa and Tel Aviv martial law area
Explosions and gunfire wounded British troops police and civilians across Jerusalem Haifa and Tel Aviv as sectarian clashes intensified after shipboard immigrant attempts. Five killed including one British defender and four attackers during night assaults near Citrus house Sarona and Jaffa Tel Aviv zones.
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Tel Aviv
Citrus House
Holy Land
Palestine
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Army
Allenby Road
Jaffa-Tel Aviv
Jaffa
U S Role in Greece Aid Sparks GOP Split
Republican leaders organize a senatorial conference while two House members oppose intervention. Clarence Brown says UN responsibility, Hoffman warns against abroad fighting. Lewis Douglas defends Britain’s interests as he assumes ambassadorship and plans to sail. Secretary Forrestal cancels Caribbean trip amid Greek crisis discussions.
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Greece
Taft
Ohio
GOP
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Assaisins
Clarence J. Brown
Middle East
United Nations
United States
Rep. Hoffman
Michigan
Lewis W. Douglas
Britain
Uuman
Caribbean
Forrestal
Weather Bureau Planes Scan Storm Paths From B 29 Flights
Army Air Forces weather reconnaissance flights by the 59th Squadron extend from Castle Field in California to Anchorage Alaska, gathering hourly meteorological data over the Pacific and informing the Weather Bureau for forecasts 36 to 48 hours ahead. The missions, using B-29s, map sea level to high altitude conditions, with psychrometer readings and constant radio relays to stations nationwide.
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Army Air Forces
Gulf of Alaska
West Coast
United States Weather Bureau
59Th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
AAF
North Pacific
Karl T. Rauk
Castle Field
Merced
Cal
Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Air Transport Command
California
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Tokyo
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Vancouver
British Columbia
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Arctic
Col. W. S. Irvine
Hawaii
Cairo
Aleutian
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Palm Beach
Fla
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Azores
Atlantic
Southwest Pacific
American ships meet high safety standards in welfare checks
The committee stated American vessels are substantially safer than foreign ships even after waivers. It noted most U S lines in South American service comply with safety statutes, while Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary do not meet the high American standards.
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Grace Line
United States
Highland Group Seeks NLRB Election At Highland Cotton Mill
Highland Group petitions the National Labor Relations Board for an election at the Highland Cotton mill. Nearly half of 420 workers attended a meeting at AFL hall on East Washington street. AFL organizer Grady Morton said enough names were affixed to advance the petition. Dorsey Mosely could not attend. Frank Cuddiley spoke for the state federation of labor.
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Highland
CIO
AFL Labor Hall
East Washington Street
Grady Morton
AFL
North
South Carolina
Morton
NLRB
Dorsey Mosely
AFL International
Columbia
S. C
Frank Cuddiley
State Federation of Labor
UAW CIO Leaders Propose Social Security and Wage Fund
At a two day UAW CIO conference with General Motors plants delegates pushed for an employer financed social security plan an old age pension and a wage equalization fund as part of the wage program. They also called for a revised vacation pay schedule scaling from 24 hours to 144 hours based on seniority and urged GM to join an industry wide labor management committee to study a guaranteed annual wage in the auto sector.
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General Motors
International Union
Uaw-Cio
Ministers arrive as Bevin begins Moscow talks
Britain’s Ernest Bevin arrives at the British embassy in Moscow and urges a sound peace to prevent future aggression. Western ministers Marshall Bidault Molotov arrive for the big Moscow conference with views on German demilitarization, reparations, and eastern frontiers shaping the talks.
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Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Moscow
Napoleon
Ghengis Khan
Steppes
A. Y. Vishnncky
United States
George C. Marshall
Berlin
France
Georges Bidault
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Marshall
Molotov
Ives
Russia
Germany
Poland
Republicans Seek Unity Amid 1948 Presidential Speculation
The article discusses Taft and Vandenberg poised for possible clashes over policy but aiming to avoid infighting. It notes private bipartisan agreement on not delaying reciprocal trade reform past 1948, plus Taft and Vandenberg preparing for unified action on rent controls and OPA.
Lawmakers Prepare to Study Permanent Improvements Plan
The joint committee will review the permanent improvements appropriation bill advocating 44.5 million across education health and charity institutions while institutions seek an extra 10 million in projects. A 3.79 million expansion for the university medical school and a 5.29 million total with 1.5 million federal funds would add a 400 bed hospital.
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Advisory Budget Commission
University Medical School
Medical Care Commission
House
Senate Committee On Manufacturing, Labor and Commerce
House Committee On
Dan Tompkins
Jackson
Senate Finance Committee
George Penny
Guilford
L. M.chaffin
Harnett
George Shuford
Buncombe
House Finance Committee
Mecklenburg County
Senate hearing on union violence and labor racketeering
Witness Robert Schatte warned he is in danger after testifying about a Hollywood dispute between AFL unions over movie set work. Representative Hinshaw and six engineers societies urged bills to relieve professionals from union joining compulsion. Chairman Hartley pressed for possible congressional inquiry into labor racketeering and goon influence, while Schatte described threats and violence and called for federal enforcement of arbitration and collective bargaining contracts.
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Hinshaw
Calif
Engineers’ Societies
Schatte
Hollywood
AFL
Hartley
R-Nj
Carpenters
Congress
Plant breeders aim tougher potato skins for harvest abuse
Plant breeders may develop potatoes with tougher skins to withstand damage from digging by potato combines, improving yield and reducing waste.
Junior Order To Meet Tuesday 7 30
A meeting of the Junior Order United American Mechanics Mechanicsville council 347 will be held jointly with the Daughter of Peace council 9 at Mechanicsville hall Tuesday evening at 7 30. Special entertainment and coffee and doughnuts will be served. All juniors are requested to bring their wives.
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United American Mechanics
Mechanicsville Council
Mechanicsville Hall
Growth of school lunch program reaches thousands of schools
In 1946 the school lunch program expanded to more than 45 thousand schools and child care centers serving about 6.7 million children nationwide.
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United States
U S Farmers Asked to Plant More Sugar Beets in 1947
United States farmers are urged to plant about 15 percent more sugar beets than in the previous year to help boost production and meet wartime needs. The appeal comes as agricultural officials push for higher yields and better crop planning nationwide.
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Niger
U. S
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