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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
5
United States military officers are sent to Palestine as observers. The move aims to monitor conditions and report back on developments in the volatile region. The delegation includes several senior officers and reflects broader Western engagement in the area.
Twenty one American officers depart to Palestine as truce observers in a bid to halt fighting between Jews and Arabs. Seven navy, seven army and seven air force officers from Europe will serve under United Nations mediator Count Folke Bernadotte. Russia offered Red Army observers, a proposal tied to the Lake Success talks. Fighting near Tel Aviv continues with air raids and casualties.
Akron Ohio June 8 AP a strike vote will be held June 16 for about 13500 workers at the B F Goodrich Rubber Co plant after negotiations in Philadelphia collapsed over pay increases. The union seeks 30 cents per hour, the last company offer was 8 cents for a one year contract. The union demanded 15 cents or 11 cents with an escalator linked to cost of living.
Genevieve Danelle a Gestapo spy was executed by firing squad in liberated France. She had betrayed hundreds of resistance members and helped torture victims. Accomplice Roger Calame was executed beside her after feigning insanity and claiming to have invented a turbine engine.
In Detroit on June 8 AP patrolman Ross Faustino testified before Judge George Murphy that Charles Overton 50 kept a hen with a book of numbers tickets in its nest. The incident led to Overton being fined 40 dollars for engaging in an illegal occupation.
Britain’s Musicians Union plans a broad ban on about 25 000 members from performing for the BBC after July 31 to push for higher pay for radio work. The ban will exclude BBC staff musicians who work exclusively for the BBC and are already paid for radio work.
A broadcast states truce terms for Jerusalem are rejected. Jews control most of the new city while Arab forces hold the approaches, leaving the city under siege.
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