Hand-to-Hand Fighting Shakes Jerusalem Front Lines
Jerusalem remains a battleground as Israeli forces regain initiative in the old city and link with 1,300 Hagana and Irgun fighters. Arab legionaries press from the east and south while heavy air raids on Tel Aviv kill 41 and wound 60. Syrian forces claim capture of Samakh with 172 Jews killed.
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Tel Aviv
U.P
Jerusalem
Israel
Abdullah
Old City
Zion Gate
Holy City
Arab Legion
Mount Zion
Zion
Old Walled City
Haganah
Irgun
Bab el Wad
Hartuv
Sarafand
Ramlieh
Wilhelma
Lydda
Desert
Gaza
Damascus
Samakh
Sea of Galilee
Marshall Sees Soviet Sincerity Tested by Cooperation
Secretary of State Marshall said future Soviet cooperation will test Premier Stalin’s sincerity in seeking understanding. He noted possible talks with Molotov in Washington but avoided pledges, and said progress depends on actions in United Nations and other bodies.
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Marshall
Washington
Stalin
Molotov
United Nations
W. B. Smith
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Russia
Smith
United States
Berlin
Austria
Korea
Council of Foreign Ministers
State Department
U. S
Racial Issue Unsettled in Draft Bill Stand
Washington reports Republicans failed to agree on race in the draft bill with Senator Russell opposing mixed units. Lodge drafts a compromise substituting for Russell and Maybank proposals letting draftees request service with their race. House rules committee continues hearings on a separate draft bill registering men 18 to 30 with a two year draft for 19 to 25.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
Armed Services
GOP
Army, Navy
Air Force
Senator Lodge
Mass
Maybank
S. C
Capitol
House Rules Committee
Armed Services Committee
North Shore Strikers Reject Plan to Resume Service
North Shore's Strikers reject a proposed test resumption of service for a limited period. Bernard J. Fallon says management is willing to resume with a 150 cents per hour raise if the Illinois Commerce Commission approves higher fares. About 500 workers rejected the plan citing lack of retroactive pay and working-condition gains.
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Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway
Bernard J. Fallon
North Shore Line
Fallon
Groat
Shore Line
Illinois Commerce Commission
Fallen
North Shore
Delegates Named for State GOP Session in Kenosha
Kenosha County Republicans held a full meeting at Hosiery Hall naming delegates and alternates to the state convention in Milwaukee on June 14. Jake Van Bendegem presided outlining campaigns and county organization plans while confirming a monthly meeting schedule through October.
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Kenosha County Republican Organization
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Sixtieth Street
Jake van Bendegem
Kenosha County
Republicans
van Bendegem
Milwaukee Auditorium
Jake VanBendegem
Frances Ritacca
C. H. Walter
Jessel S. Whyte
Frederick S. Pfennig
Fred Hartley
Roger Gerling
Conrad Shearer
Sam Sturman
Matt Siebert
Senate committee backs stronger UN in bid to curb veto
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approves a proposal to strengthen the United Nations to test Russia's peace talks. It calls for maximum American efforts to curb the big power veto and supports collective security pacts on self-help lines, with possible world police role and armament regulation safeguards.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Security Council
Body of CBS Reporter George Polk Flown to Athens
The body of CBS correspondent George Polk, found dead in Salonika Bay May 16 after planning to interview Communist leader Markos Valiades, was flown to Athens today in a Greek royal air force plane for burial there.
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Salonika
Greece
George Polk
CBS
Salonika Bay
Markos Valiades
Athens
Royal Air Force
Britain Keeps Aid To Arabs Amid Palestine Crisis
Britain said it will continue financial aid and military equipment to Trans Jordan and other Arab states unless the United Nations determines they acted illegally in Palestine. A Foreign Office spokesman noted no reason to abandon treaty obligations with Middle Eastern Arab states over recent Holy Land actions.
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London
Britain
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Palestine
Foreign Office
Holy Land
Florence Dolph Slides Down Bannister on 101st Birthday
In Scranton Pennsylvania Miss Florence Dolph aged 101 celebrated by sliding down the bannister to breakfast calling the bannister her horse Pet. Each holiday and anniversary she takes a ride on Pet before breakfast.
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Scranton
Florence Dolph
Dolph
Taft criticizes anti Red bill provisions in radio remarks
Senator Taft warned a Mundt Nixon anti Communist bill could drive Communists underground if made too punitive. He supported registration of groups but opposed outlawing Communist thought without violent seizure of government. Nixon and Mundt defend. Marcantonio predicts Senate defeat.
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Washington
House
Taft
Senate
GOP
Ohio
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Mundt
R-S.d
Marc
Cites Steel Shortages Hit Auto Market
M. E. Coyle, executive vice president of General Motors Corp., says steel shortages will persist, foreseeing continued black market activity for new cars and high prices for used cars for some time.
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Philadelphia
M. E. Coyle
General Motors Corp
Six Youths Face Trial in Nash Thefts
Six youths were to stand before Municipal Judge Edward J. Ruetz at 2 15 p m today on charges connected with theft and sale of property from the Nash Motors plant. Two others, Walker S Sturger and Robert E Streich, were arraigned yesterday before County Judge W W Davis on charges of knowingly buying stolen property and released on 200 bond each. The defendants include Theodore Mielke Edward E Greenwood Albert Streich Donald Badgerow Charles A Houlette and James M Christensen charged with grand larceny selling or receiving stolen property with various addresses listed.
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Nash Motors
Edward J. Ruetz
W. W. Davis
Walker S. Sturger
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Robert E. Streich
Fourteenth Avenue
Ruetz
Theodore Mielke
Fortieth Avenue
Edward E. Greenwood
Thirtieth Avenue
Albert Streich
Donald Badgerow
Thirty-second Avenue
Charles A. Houlette
Thirty-first Avenue
James M. Christensen
$20 Bill Stunt Backfires for Bus Passenger
Newark report describes a bus driver who faced a passenger who always paid with a $20 bill and demanded change. One morning the driver prepared and handed the man a sack of 399 nickels as change, after which the passenger disappeared.
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Newark
N. J
Newsman Einar Hanson Dies at Spring Valley Weekly
Einar Carl Hanson 48 a Kenosha Evening News linotype operator for 22 years died of carbon monoxide poisoning possibly with a heart attack in a Spring Valley Wisconsin garage. He had just taken over as editor and publisher of the Spring Valley Sun and was found by former editor Don Lowater. Hanson was born December 11 1899 and worked in newspapers across Minnesota and Wisconsin before moving to Kenosha News. He is survived by his widow Myrtle and daughter Ruth. The body will return to Kenosha for funeral services.
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Einar Carl Hanson
Kenosha Evening News
Spring Valley
Wis
Sun
Hanson
Don Lowater
Kenoshan
Pierce County
Roland Hoyer
North Branch
Madeira
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Fond du Lac
Chippewa Falls
Kenosha News
Spring Valley Weekly
Lowater
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Southport Lodge
A. M
Kenosha
Cardiff Giant Ends Its Travels After 79 Years
The Cardiff giant, a famous 1869 hoax, ends its long journey with permanent display at Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown. The 10 foot 4.5 inch gypsum statue, once hailed as a petrified human, was created by George Hull to mock biblical giants. Hull later admitted the ruse.
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Cardiff
Cooperstown
N. Y
Farmers’ Museum
The
State Historical Association
New York
Binghamton
George Hull
Disputes Seating Of Southern Operators Head
Negotiations on a new soft coal wage contract collapsed today with southern mine owners accusing John L. Lewis of unfair labor practices. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers association pressed for a court order to force bargaining, while the union balked at seating association president Joseph E. Moody. The dispute stalled talks and halted all contract negotiations.
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Washington
Southern
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Producers’ Group
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert M. Denham
Moody
Association
Denham
Hungarian Minister Resigns Over Attacks on U S
Hungarian Minister Rustem Vambery quit in protest against hostile actions by the Budapest government. He cited press and radio vitriol against the Voice of America and insufficient staff to handle economic matters, plus ill health. Budapest accepted the resignation and named Andrew Sik as chargé d affaires.
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Washington
U.P
Rustem Vambery
United States
Vamberg
Budapest
Voice of America
State Department
Varbery
Andrew Sik
Hungary
Soldier Sentenced for Insulting Soviet Officers
Pfc. Robert Osolinski of Perth Amboy New Jersey was sentenced to six months in jail and a $300 fine by a U S Army court martial in Frankfurt Germany for profanely insulting two Soviet officers. Cpl John R Murphy of Indianapolis Indiana was acquitted after evidence showed he did not insult and tried to calm his friend.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Robert Osolinski
Perth Amboy
N. J
John R. Murphy
Indianapolis
Ind
Osolinski
U.S. Army
Murphy
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Waukegan
Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
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Waldo
Milwaukee Road
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Evening News
Ward Cropley
Herman Schultz
LeMars
Einar C. Hanson
Hull
Chicago
Fort Dodge
the Historical Society
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines
Baltimore
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
UMW
Shoreham
Charles O'Neill
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