Arabs Take Palestine Partition Fight to UN Council
Arab nations Egypt and Lebanon ask for non voting seats on the United Nations Security Council as they push back against the Palestine partition plan. The move aligns with the Arab League’s stance to block a Jewish state, while Syria holds a regular Security Council seat and a Cairo meeting signals imminent action.
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Rioting in Tel Aviv Leaves Three Jews Slain
Conflicts escalate in Tel Aviv as fighting between Jewish and Arab groups intensifies. Three Jews killed, a Jewish policeman wounded, and multiple armored car attacks attributed to Irgun Zvai Leumi reported amid the worst clashes since the UN partition decision. residents fled homes as a taxicab army aided by volunteers repelled Arab attackers.
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Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
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Holy Land
Paul Revere
Fireworks Over Greek Secrecy On Casualty Figures Rise
Washington reports the Greek government resists sharing casualty lists with the U S Senate Appropriations Committee amid Greece anti Communist fighting doubts. Senators cited 125 000 man Greek army versus about 15 000 guerrillas and questioned arms exchanges and UNRRA stockpiles as part of broader aid scrutiny. Senator Young described visiting a Greek airfield where 2 000 B 17 bombers were destroyed by dynamite charges after engines were removed.
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Appropriations Committee
Europe
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Soviet Union
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Russia
Senator Young
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Army Air Corps
Parking Meters Trial Planned for Gate City Downtown
Gate City Town Council approved a nine month trial placing about 180 meters near curbs for 30 degree diagonal parking. Meter revenue split with Koontz Equipment costs 79 dollars each. Council also discussed a water sewer bond referendum and new town taxes on theater tickets and beer bottles.
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Espl.j
Koontz Equipment Corporation
Pittsburgh
BH. B. Elliott
BH. V. St. Martin
W. Coleman
Ber
Biott
Industrials Edge Higher In Mixed Stock Market
Industrial shares showed tentative gains as rails and major producers edged toward recovery in today’s trading. Sante Fe Southern Ry Chrysler Bethlehem Steel U S Rubber J I Case Consolidated Edison North American Kennecott J C Penney Union Carbide and Standard Oil NJ attracted buyers while Bulova Curtiss Wright and Texas Gulf producing benefited. Some losses appeared in Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Westinghouse Anaconda American Telephone Western Union and International Nickel. Bonds were narrow and cotton futures mixed.
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Sante Fe
Southern Railway
Chrysler
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Rubber
J. I. Case
Consolidated Edison
North American
Kennecott
J. C. Penney
Union Carbide
Standard Oil
Bulova Watch
Curtiss-Wright
Texas Guil
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Westinghouse
Anaconda
American Telephone
Western Union
International Nickel
Poston Hears Eight Cases In City Court
Eight cases were heard in City Court on Tuesday by Judge How ard Poston including six parking violations and two drunkenness charges. One drunkenness fine was set at 15 dollars and a 3.50 fine for illegal parking. forfeitures were declared on a drunkenness charge and two parking violations. One illegal parking charge was dismissed and two others were continued until Wednesday for further investigation. Defendants said they lived in new houses with no driveways and nowhere to park except on the street.
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Howard Poston
Poston
Little Plane Goes Roaming Lands Itself After Flight
Tyler Texas veteran airmen chased a light Aeronca trainer that took off without a pilot from Tyler airport, flew about 65 miles, then landed in a Timpson area field. The stolen craft damaged a wing and undercarriage. student pilot W B Myers sprained his back.
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Here
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Myers
Q. J. Palmer
Palmer
Flying Service
Henderson
Timpson
Glimmer Of Hope Seen For German Agreement
Western ministers at the London conference pursued a German reparations accord amid Moscow’s mixed signals. Molotov proposed economic unification tied to but not conditioned on reparations, signaling potential compromise while US and British officials warned against over optimism. Persistent disputes over zone administration, veto rights, and reparations payments framed the talks as fragile, with cautious expectations mounting.
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Hussia
Germany
M. Molotov
U. S
George C. Marshall
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Ako
Dicker
Molatny
Moscow
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Britain
Russia
Control Council
Berlin
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Strikers May Defy Orders To Get On Job
Communist CGT leaders signaled plans to ignore a cabinet ultimatum ordering France’s 2,000,000 strikers back to work by tomorrow. Premier Schuman’s offer includes a cost of living bonus, price and salary studies, and immunity from prosecution for most, with pay withheld for time lost. The strike seeks a higher minimum wage, and authorities warned of force if orders are defied.
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Benoit Frachon
General Confederation of Labor
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Ateps
Hubart Schuman
Daniel Mayer
Frachon
Montpelier
Chambers Held Under Two Murder Warrants
James S. Chambers faces two murder warrants in the slaying of his wife Madge Chambers found Saturday in a decomposed state after a month’s absence. A preliminary hearing was expected soon, with Deputy Sheriff H W Oakes noting he is jailed without bond and has offered no information beyond his attorney.
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Madge Chambers
H. W. Oakes
Carter County
Chambers
Harley Verran
Floyd Miller
Roan Mountain
Oakes Ateted
Aid Groups Battle Any Bill Slash Aid Groups Pressure Senate Move
Washington reports show backers of an emergency foreign aid bill pressing the House to resist deep cuts in a 45097,000,000 package now trimmed by the Foreign Affairs Committee to about 530,000,000 for Italy, Austria, and France with China added to aid. Republicans and Democrats push for further reduction, backing Rep Jonkaman's amendment to reduce totals to 5300,000,000 as the session opened earlier to push the measure to President Truman.
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Sheen
Mouse ‘Foreign Affairs’ Committee
China
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Austria
France
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Jonkaman
Jonkyaan
Wallace third party bid could tilt 1948 race
Washington AP reports Wallace may bolt the Democratic Party and mount a peace ticket with American Labor Party backing in New York. Brewster cites unnamed sources predicting a Wallace candidacy after January 1, with potential impact in New York California Michigan and other states.
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Wallace Went
Byrnes
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Tan
Kavoritos
California
Michigan
Tobacco Market In Rogersville Sees High Day Prices
Rogersville tobacco sales Monday posted a high daily average of 49.51 dollars per hundredweight, with total leaf over the breaks amounting to several thousand pounds and a market value around 164 thousand dollars. Greeneville led the region with 691 thousand pounds sold and an average price near 52.40. Other Texas markets like Carthage and Hartsville reported averages around 50 dollars, reflecting strong early-season demand across Tennessee markets.
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Associated Press
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Sozaue
Morristown
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Sige
Police Hold Man After Shooting In Gate City
In Gate City Virginia deputies charged Roy Sandidge thirty six with intent to kill after a shooting in the Pendleton Building basement pool room Kenneth Roberts of Clinchport said Sandidge questioned him about his name then fired a pistol Roberts blocked the shot and the gun was found hidden behind a grass house belonging to a suspect who said the dispute dated back years to Kingsport A preliminary hearing was set for December twenty second Roberts wished he had a gun and was unarmed
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Woony — Caser
O. B. Qualls
Roy Sandidge
Pendleton
Kenneth Roberts
Clinchport
Greer
Sandidge
Roberts
Scott County
Qualls
Bill Drake
Bis
Kingsport
Trial Justice Court
CIO Lays Aside Ridge Strike Plan At Oak Ridge Plant
Local 288 of the Gas Coke and Chemical Workers extended the contract and will continue work at the 286 uranium plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee as wage talks with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation continue for about 2,800 employees. The move ends a midnight strike threat and follows a federal mediation appeal stressing the plant's national welfare importance.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Boon
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Tennessee
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Contiluation Service
Union
Street Scenes in a Winter City Vain Theatrical Walkouts
Vivid street vignette from a city page where a bus passenger lights a cigarette and drops a bag, a theater exit spasm leads to a dramatic gesture, a frosty fairy tale image of Christmas sellers appears, all set against cold mornings and red noses.
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Mitchell Announces Senate Candidacy in Three Way Fight
Judge John A. Mitchell of Cookeville announces his candidacy for the U. S. Senate to join a three man field alongside Senator Tom Stewart. Crump predicts Mitchell will win by lengths and notes Stewart may be a weak third. Mitchell, 52, a World War veteran and Livingston native, has a long Tennessee legal career including district attorney general and judgehips. Married to Matalee Barnes with two children, John Alex and Ethel.
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Senate
Crump
Jartsyills
Tenn
Ne— Jurge
John A. Mitchell
Cookeville
U. S. Senate
Tom Stewart
Winchester
Memphis
Stewart
Crump Saide
RE. D
Ned) Carmack
Judge Mitchell
Livingston
University of Tennessee
Fifth Judicial Circuit
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A. P. Barnes
Conkevile
John Alex
Tennessee Tech
Ethel Barnes Mitchell
Cookeville High School
Soviet Russia Cancels Talks With France and Expels Mission
Moscow declares trade talks with France off and accuses Paris of hostile acts. A note to the French chargé d’affaires cites unilateral revocation of the repatriation agreement and orders the Soviet mission home. Paris had ordered the French repatriation mission to leave Russian territory.
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Russia
France
Moscow
Andrei Gousey
Paris
Camp Beauregard
Parla
Washington County Election Nears Johnson City
Washington County referendum on legalizing whiskey prompts registration drive. A Johnson City official notes several hundred new registrations. city and county books close Tuesday at 9 pm. Rules require certificate dated August and eligibility rules for new movers and residents.
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Washington County
WI County Election Commission
Tennessee
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