Jaffa Falls Under Jewish Rule As Tel Aviv Takes Over
Jerusalem reports that a Jewish civil administration has taken control of Jaffa, once Palestine's major Arab port. Cease fire fractures prompt clashes in Jerusalem suburbs as Haifa remains under Haganah control. Talks secure a permanent truce, with British troop withdrawals set to begin May 14. Fighting persists around Bab El Wad as Arab volunteers push to regain ground.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Israel Rokach
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Haganah
Abu Leben
United Nations
Holy City
Mekor Haim
United Nations Consular Truce Commission
Bab el Wad
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji
Jewish Agency
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Consular
Truce Commission
Pablo de Azcarte Y Florez
Cairo
Palestine Southern Front
Kfar Darom
Eagles Elect New Officers in Kenosha Aerie Meeting
In Kenosha the Aerie of Eagles held its May session and annual officer election. Charles Grasser was chosen president succeeding K T Savage. other officers include Clarence Huck as vice president Leonard Hamelink chaplain John V Stuart treasurer Michael Clemens conductor Frank Chartier inside guard Henry Gentes outside guard and William G Ritter trustee for three years. Past president K P Savage remains on the board and Fred Orth continues as secretary. A class of 22 new members was initiated with Savage presiding. Hamelink led a steering committee report on a membership drive ending May 31. Lunch followed the meeting.
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Kenosha Aerie of Eagles
Charles Grasser
K.T. Savage
Clarence J. Huck
Leonard Hamelink
John V. Stuart
Michael Clemens
Frank Chartier
Henry Gentes
William G. Ritter
Aenue
K. T. Savage
Savage
Michael Rizzo
Eagles
Seventeen year old girl sentenced in fatal double shooting
Seventeen year old Betty Jane Kroger received 20 years in the state penitentiary after a guilty verdict for the fatal shootings of her parents. She testified she witnessed her father fatally shoot her mother and then shot her father in self defense. A signed statement from her arrest March 8 was admitted as evidence. The judge, Gordon Dorris, dismissed a murder charge in the death of her mother.
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Betty Jane Kroger
State Penitentiary
Gordon Dorris
Dorris
10-Year-Old Chilean Girl Gives Birth in Punta Arenas
Reports from Punta Arenas say a 10-year-old girl gave birth at a clinic to a healthy son. Both mother and child are reported in good condition after the birth yesterday.
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Santiago
Chile
Punta Arenas
Strike Hits Chrysler as UAW Ties Action to Bonnie Law
The CIO UAW led a 715,000 strike affecting 16 Chrysler plants in Michigan Indiana and California after wage talks failed. Gov. Sigler sought a complaint under Michigan's Bonnie Law, citing state strike vote requirements, while Briggs Manufacturing laid off 13,000 Detroit workers. Pickets gathered at Highland Park as police prepared for routine enforcement amid ongoing mediation and negotiations.
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Detroit
CIO
Chrysler Corporation
Sigler
Michigan
Bonnie Tripp
United Auto Workers
State Labor Mediation Board
Wayne County
James McNally
McNally
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Briggs
Chrysler
Dodge
Indiana
California
Uaw-Cio
General Motors Corp
Highland Park
Harry S. Toy
Toy
UAW
Norman Matthews
Chrysler Department
Herman L. Weckler
Union Leader Seeks U S Seizure Of North Shore Rail Line
G E Leigh president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers said he would ask the White House to seize the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad to end a six week strike by 1400 rail workers who walked off March 28 after the railroad rejected a presidential board report proposing a 15 cent hourly pay increase.
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Washington
Wu.p
G. E. Leighty
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
White House
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad
Draft Bill Faces Racial Fight as Senate Debates Segregation Provision
The Senate military manpower bill sparked a fierce race issue fight as southern senators urged a segregation clause allowing enlistment only in units of a single race. Senator Russell proposed the amendment. the Armed Services Committee rejected it 7 to 4.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
Armed Services
Byrd
D-Va
Hill
D-Ala
Truman
Congress
St. Patrick’s Day
Government weighs future talks with rail unions
A government official said negotiations might be forced if private talks fail though no talks are planned now. The army seized lines to avert a nationwide strike, with unions seeking 30 percent pay raises and rule changes. Railroads offered changes plus a 15 cent hourly raise, following a presidential fact finding panel.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Justice Department
Counties mobilize for statewide brucellosis control
Kenosha county farmers from seven townships and Twin Lakes join a state program to curb brucellosis in dairy cattle. A hearing at the county courthouse opens the plan with state agriculture officials, outlining township hearings for Brighton Paris Pleasant Prairie Salem Somers Wheatland and Randall and Twin Lakes. Free calf vaccination and optional herd testing are offered under the program.
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Kenosha County
Twin Lakes
Midwest
Bang
State Department of Agriculture
Bristol
Brighton
Paris
Pleasant Prairie
Salem
Somers
Wheatland
Randall
Department of Agriculture
Suitor's Attitude Provokes Complaint in Manila
A 100-year-old Filipino widow told police she faced amorous advances from a 70-year-old suitor, Mariano Gabriel. She said she resented his attitude and struck him on the head with a board, then sent her daughter to summon authorities.
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Manila
Augustine Ace
Mariano Gabriel
Security Bondmobile Tour to Reach City Monday
The Treasury Security Bondmobile will stop in Kenosha on Monday as part of a national savings bonds drive. Kenosha county Security Loan Chairman R S Kingsley announced the visit, noting the trailer coach will promote payroll and bond monthly plans and feature broadcasting gear and star voice transcriptions. Kenosha’s period April 1 to May 1 saw $217,107 in Series E F G bonds sold, toward a county quota of $1,445,000.
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Treasury Security
Kenosha
Wisconsin
R. S. Kingsley
Kenosha County
Bing Crosby
America
United States Savings Bonds Division
Security Loan
Kingsley
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House of Representatives
Kenoshans
Queen Wilhelmina to Abdicate in September for Juliana
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands announced via radio Hilversum that she will abdicate the throne in September in favor of her daughter Princess Juliana. The 67 year old monarch, ill recently, delayed abdication to permit a national jubilee in late August and to allow Juliana to prepare for the transition.
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Amsterdam
A.P
Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
Juliana
Radio
Rennebohm Proclaims Statehood Day Activities
Gov. Rennebohm asks Wisconsin residents to join Statehood Day events Saturday May 29 marking Wisconsin’s 100th anniversary of admission to the Union. If no local events are held residents should attend ceremonies in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Soviet Union ratifies Russian Finnish treaty
The supreme Soviet of the U S S R ratified the Russian Finnish treaty yesterday Tass news agency reports today on the Soviet action.
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London
Supreme Soviet
U.S.S.R
Tass
Kenosha School Board Adds Teachers Amid Boom
The Kenosha board of education approved hiring four elementary teachers and an instrumental music instructor for 1948 49 due to rising enrollments. Superintendent Conner also authorized a nurse for Kenosha High and outlined leave policies for naval reserve encampments. A five week Orthopedic school runs June 28 to July 16 and August 2 to 20 with two physiotherapists at a cost of 2329 dollars funded by state public instruction and a local foundation.
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F. E. Conner
Beatrice Rogers
Lincoln Junior High
John Gibbs Smith
Frank Siver
Conner
Kenosha High School
Naval Reserve and
National Guard
State Department of Public Instruction
Kenosha County
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Kenosha
Wisconsin Dells
Planes hunt for distressed Navy PBY near Florida Keys
Planes searched between Cuba and the Florida Keys today to locate faint radio distress signals possibly from a downed Navy flying boat. The PBY disappeared early Sunday with twelve men aboard while en route from Puerto Rico to Key West. identities have not been released.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Florida Keys
Puerto Rico
Key West
Bevin Demands Russia Place Cards on Table
London U P British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin accused Communists of blocking world peace and urged Russia to lay its cards on the table before any new peace talks. He warned that unprepared conferences without frank Russian disclosure would fail and risk world disappointment.
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London
U.P
Ernest Bevin
Russia
House of Commons
Bevin
Soviet Union
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Commons
Willie Gallagher
Germany
Marshall urges UN action over Russia and world issues
Secretary of State Marshall said urgent action through the United Nations is needed if Russia seeks to improve world conditions. He ruled out a bilateral U S Russia settlement and stressed the UN as the proper forum for German Austrian and Korea issues while leaving open future diplomatic steps.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
United Nations
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Smith
Moscow
Germany
Austria
United Nations Security Council
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Ambassador Smith
U.S.S.R
Stalin
Truman
GE unveils 25 volt home wiring for bed to kitchen control
General Electric engineers announce a new low voltage wiring system that lets a householder switch kitchen outlets lights and radios from the bedroom. The 25 volt switches operate relays at fixtures and are safer with reduced shock risk. Application extends to farm offices factories and retrofits with low installation cost.
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New York
General Electric Company
T. D. Foster
Foster
Sid
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Luigi Einaudi
Giovanni Gronchi
Chamber of Deputies
Einaudi
Christian Democrats
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