U S About-Face On Palestine Stirs Up Storm
The United States pivots on Palestine, proposing UN trusteeship to halt partition. Arabs call it a victory for them, while Jews fear loss of independence and prepare for potential republic moves. London, Washington, and Jerusalem react as Britain plans withdrawal by August.
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Hebrew Republic
Warren R. Austin
Holy Land
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Austin
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Security Council
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UN Palestine Commission
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Jerusalem
Christ
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League of Nations
Mandate
House of Commons
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Lebanon
Palestine Arab Higher Committee
Jewish Agency For Palestine
United States
Truman
Senate group presses for defense details on draft plan
Senate armed services members pressed the Truman administration for clarity on how close the nation is to war before reviving the draft. The plan reportedly envisions 3,000,000 men aged 18 to 25 for selective service with a World War III draft board system and an initial call of 660,000, plus exemptions for married men veterans and certain essential workers.
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Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Senate Committee
Forrestal
Willowbrook Sanatorium Highlighted by WATA Crusader
Willowbrook sanatorium appears in the Crusader magazine’s March 1948 issue with the headline A good sanatorium is a good hospital. It shows Dr. Paul E. Pifer performing a blood pressure check on John Thomas, assisted by R.N. Anita Spera, and notes Willowbrook’s thorough general examinations after admission to detect secondary conditions early.
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Willowbrook Sanatorium
Crusader Magazine
Paul E. Pifer
John Thomas
Pifer
Anita Spera
R.N
Crusader
National Publicity Council For Health and Welfare Services
WATA
Oscar Lotz
Harold Holand
Marshall Warns of Troop Shortage at Alumni Banquet
Secretary of State George C. Marshall told UC alumni in San Francisco that all combat troops could be kept in reserve at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. He spoke extemporaneously in his third public appearance of a busy day in the San Francisco area after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws at Berkeley.
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U.S
George C. Marshall
University of California
Brooklyn
Ebbets Field
Marshall
San Francisco Bay Area
Berkeley
Harold E Long Memorial Fund Formed At Nash Plant
Harold E Long Memorial Fund created after his death in a train crash at the Nash Motors plant. Employees contributed voluntarily for floral tributes totaling about 3000 dollars. P G Little, the new general works manager, appointed a committee to select a lasting memorial usable by Kenosha residents.
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Nash Motors
P. G. Little
Mr. Long
Little
Kenosha
Harold Long
Moster
Expect New Jewish Proclamation Soon
In Jerusalem informed Jewish sources expect a proclamation today announcing a separate Jewish state in Palestine. The Jewish agency executive met in urgent session at Tel Aviv as responsible quarters anticipate the declaration.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Palestine
Jewish Agency
Tel Aviv
Chicago Man Found Dead from Gas at Twin Lakes Cottage
Nicholas Waterloo, 61, an estimator for the Chicago Board of Education, was found dead from asphyxiation in his Twin Lakes summer cottage. Coroner James A. Crossin ruled the death accidental after investigators found a leaking gas stove with the pilot light extinguished. Waterloo is survived by his wife Anna and two sons Lloyd and Ralph of Chicago.
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Chicago Board of Education
Twin Lakes
James A. Crossin
Crossin
James Marshall
Frank Odar
Waterloo Cottage
Poole
Waterloo
Amborn
Anna
Lloyd
Ralph
Chicago
Plane Crash Near Laurel Ridge Kills Five In Greensburg
A twin engine plane crashed near Laurel Ridge mountain killing five people. State police found two men and three women in a forest three thousand feet from the Pennsylvania turnpike. One victim carried ID suggesting he was George Armitage of Providence Rhode Island, the likely pilot.
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Greensburg
U.P
Laurel Ridge Mountain
George Armitage
Redding Street
Providence
R. I
No Easter Egg Roll Planned at White House Lawn
The White House announced there will be no Easter egg rolling on the White House lawn this year due to ongoing food shortages.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Western Powers Propose Return of Trieste to Italy
Tornado toll climbs as deadly storms sweep nine states from Texas to New York. More than 50 killed, over 300 injured, hundreds homeless, with property damage running into millions.
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Chicago
Texas
New York
Lewis Agrees To Meet With Owners Monday
John L. Lewis accepts a government invitation to meet coal operators Monday to discuss the ongoing coal strike. He notes the likely lack of progress, proposes a representative committee from the United Mine Workers, and warns operators lack power to resolve pension funding disputes. The strike has halted steel plants and spread nationwide, with Red Cross mobilizing aid as death and damage rise from a wide storm system and tornadoes across Illinois Missouri Indiana and Ohio.
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O'Neill
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New York
Canada
Public Leaders Back Kenosha Oratorical Contest
City Manager A X t ell County Board Chairman Peter Harris and Judge Edward Ruetz praise the American Legion high school oratorical contest in Kenosha. They urge citizens to attend the state finals at Kenosha High School Monday night, citing constitutional awareness and youth development.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Peter Harris
Edward J. Ruetz
Post 21
Wisconsin
Axtell
Ruetz
Harris
American Legion Post 21
New Clashes in Costa Rica In Pacific Coast Banana Region
Government forces clash with revolutionaries led by Jose Figueres near Palmar Sur and Puerto Cortes on the Pacific coast. Nicaraguan troops were flown into Palmar Sur yesterday as fighting to control a large banana growing area near the Panama border continues.
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Costa Rica
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Puerto Cortes
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Jose Figueres
Panama
Taft Won't Oppose Selective Service Plan
Springfield O U P Senator Robert A. Taft said he would not oppose selective service legislation if President Truman provided proof that drastic action was necessary.
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Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Henry A. Wallace
Springfield
U.P
Truman
Floods Cause Huge Damage in Michigan
Floods sweep lower Michigan towns causing one death and forcing hundreds from homes. A barn collapse near Flat Rock claims five year old Raymond Miller as rescue crews battle wreckage and rising waters. The disaster inflicts thousands of dollars in damage across affected areas.
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Detroit
Michigan
Raymond Miller
Flat Rock
Monroe
Old Lake Ship Unearthed Stirs Viking or Indian Theories
A city street crew uncovered a large beached lake ship remains along Lake Michigan at Alford park while excavating for street work. Observers note intricate doweled timber, sparking debate over age and origin, with memories of a 1916 Kenosha find fueling speculation of ancient vessels in the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes
City Street Department
Alford Park
Lake Michigan
Frank Grasser
Grasser
Lawrence Jacobs
Peter Jacobs
Dr. N. C. Pennoyer
Jacobs
Kenosha
Water Department
Western powers push Trieste return to Italian sovereignty
The United States United Kingdom and France propose returning the free territory of Trieste to Italy. They argue Yugoslav control has grown and propose Security Council approval of new arrangements to restore Italian sovereignty over the 430 square mile region with about 330 000 residents including Italians and Slavs.
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France
Trieste
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Security Council
Free
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Free Territory of
Free Territory
Spring Arrives In Wisconsin Amid Warmer Forecast
Warm weather marks the official start of spring in Wisconsin after a frigid winter. Forecaster Howard Thompson predicts highs of 50 in the north and 60 in the south with cooler conditions and scattered showers expected later. Milwaukee area reports heavy rain, flooded basements, and ice jams. 20 families along the Milwaukee river are isolated.
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Howard Thompson
Thompson
Park Falls
Superior
Green Bay
Milwaukee County
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