Bombs and Guns Kill 14 Arabs in Palestine Conflicts
In Palestine fighting, bombs and guns killed 14 Arabs and three Jews, injuring at least 81. Slaughter occurred in Jerusalem and Jaffa, with Beersheba also reporting deaths. Total regional toll reached 215 after 14 days of fighting. 331 since UN partition. Police feared as mobs gathered and a bomb incident sparked fire in Jaffa. The Jewish underground Irgun warned of further attacks if British restrictions persist.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Beersheeba
Middle East
United Nations
Associated Press
James Pringle
Jaffa Road
Lewis again splits miners from AFL in 1947 defection
John L. Lewis disaffiliates the United Mine Workers from the American Federation of Labor for a second time, signaling a possible independent run in the 1948 presidential election. Green of the AFL expressed regret as Lewis cites a political strategy amid strained AFL ties.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Executive Council
William Green
New York
Green
Labor
Three Chicago Gunmen Go On Mad Dog Spree Slay 3 Men
Three gunmen described as mad dog killers went on a shooting rampage in Chicago, killing three men and wounding two before one was slain by police and another captured. They abducted four men from Nick Kuesis garage, killed John Kuesis, his brother, and Nick Kuesis, and Frank Baker, and dumped bodies in McCook and Hodgkins.
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Chicago
Suupuutus
South Side
Nick Kuesis
Nick
John
Kuesis
Tom Daley
West Side
Daley
Andrew Barry
John Kuesis
Brookfield
Frank Baker
Col Maitland Named Head of Wisconsin Air Commission
Col Lester J. Mall of Milwaukee is appointed director of the Wisconsin Air Commission created by the 1945 legislature. The panel has been overseen by T. K. Jordan, state planning board aeronautical engineer, with duties to be assumed in February after the 1947 legislature authorized the change.
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Col. Maitland
Wisconsin Air Commission
Madison, Wis
Lester J. Mall
Milwaukee
T. K. Jordan
State Planning Board
17 Die In Crash Of French Trains
A switching error caused a head on collision between a freight and passenger train near Riom outside Clermont-Ferrand France. Seventeen people were killed and twenty were injured, some critically.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
Crti
Riom
Local Weather for Lac Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy with occasional snow flurries tonight. Moderate to cloudy Saturday. Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a high near 27 degrees.
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Lac Crosse
French Army Plane Crashes Near Rambouillet Killing Six
Six crew members died when a French army aircraft crashed and burned near Rambouillet, the summer residence of the French presidents. The incident occurred yesterday in Versailles region.
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Versailles
France
Rambouillet
Council Acts To Charge Firms For Snow Removal
The common council voted to bill businesses and others who push snow into streets for city removal. The board of public works said ownership or tenancy lies with the owner and urged notices to violators. A snow loader costing $6,000 would speed up clearing and may pay for itself within a year.
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Council
Common Council
Board of Public Works
W. T. Roth
Increase Taxi Rates Marsh Bill Referred by Council
Tax fare increases were set at 25 cents for the first passenger and 10 cents for each additional rider at the regular council meeting. The measure was referred to committees along with a marsh fill proposal for land east of Copeland avenue and west of the Burlington tracks seeking $100,000 from the city. The meeting adjourned with plans for a state aeronautics hearing and multiple infrastructure items on the docket.
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Common Council
Hale, Skemp and Nietsch
Max Bemel
Copeland Avenue
Burlington Tracks
Standard Oil
Monitor Street
Bemel
la Crosse
State Aeronautics Commission
Board of Public Works
Fire Fighters Union
Inter-State Fair Association
23Rd Street
State Road
la Crosse Street
Second
Third Streets
Mi-Co Meter Company
Rose Street
19Th
Jackson Streets
West Avenue
Cass Streets
Seventh and King Streets
22Nd and
Johnson Streets
23Rd and Johnson Streets
10Th Street
South Avenue
Council
Deputy Sheriff Gets Parking Ticket In Court House Lot
Deputy Sheriff Mark Hewitt unknowingly parked in a space reserved for law enforcement in front of the courthouse. A police officer issued him a parking violation ticket while he watched from his car window.
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Mark Hewitt
Hewitt
Sheriff's Department
Court House
Senate group studies Pauley in probe of commodity trading
The Senate appropriations committee plans an early decision on broadening a probe into commodity market speculation by government officials. Edwin W. Pauley, special assistant to the Army secretary, testified there was no impropriety in his trades and agreed to provide a full record of his dealings. The panel will hear from five department heads on inside information use and awaits reports from Commerce and National Defense.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Pauley
Bridges
R-Nh
State
Treasury
Agriculture
Royall
Department of the Army
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Commodity Exchange Authority
Ferguson
R-Mich
J. M. Mehl
Congress
Judiciary
I Army Royall
Rome Strike Ends With Both Sides Claim Victory
In Rome the 48 hour Communist led general strike ended with both sides claiming victory. The Rome chamber of labor said relief funds satisfy its demands while Il Popolo aligned with Premier De Gasperi declared strike a failure. Police guarded streets as thousands returned to work. no fatalities reported.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Labor
Il Popolo
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Gram
Chamber
Mario Scelba
de Gasperi
di Vittorio
Tragic sled accident claims Waukon girl Mary McCarthy
Eight year old Mary McCarthy died from head injuries after a downhill sled ride crashed into a gravel truck driven by Clarence Peterson of Waukon. Her sister Arlene, ten, survived with bruises. The incident occurred near Hanover township around 3 30 p m, with no fault attributed to the truck driver. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Waukon
Mary McCarthy
Maurice McCarthy
Mary
Arlene
Hanover Township
Clarence Peterson
No Weather Change Ahead in La Crosse Region
Meteorologist A. D. Sanial says weekend weather will be stable with no spectacular changes. Friday night temperatures stayed between 21 and 23 degrees in La Crosse due to a warm front in the Dakotas reflecting in the Coulee Region. The cool 21 degree low occurred in the early morning. By 11 a.m. Saturday La Crosse read 23 degrees above.
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A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Dakotas
Coulee
Wisconsin conservation commission opposes Big Quinnessee Falls dam
The Wisconsin conservation commission voted unanimously to object to the Wisconsin Michigan Power plan for a hydro dam at Big Quinnessee Falls on the Menomonie River near Niagara. The action preserves authority with the public service commission and county.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Big Quinnessee Falls
Menomonie River
Niagara
Wisconsin-Michigan Power Company
Public Service Commission
Conservation Commission
Chippewa River
Rusk
Chippewa
Peterwell Dam
Wisconsin River
Wisconsin Rapids
Northern States Power Company
W. F. Grimmer
Necedah Game Refuge
Necedah
Grimmer
Meeting Breaks Up After Molotov Blast
London reports show a two day recess for foreign ministers after a violent argument. The mood is described as hopelessly deadlocked over reparations with ministers planning a course of action. Molotov’s harsh speech sparked doubts about any progress on Germany. Marshal studies whether to end talks or finish the agenda, depending on Molotov's Monday stance.
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London
Conference
U. S
Marshall Studies
Molotov Lunches With Sec. Marshall in London
Soviet Russia's V. M. Molotov had lunch today with Secretary of State George C. Marshall at the home of U.S. Ambassador Lewis Douglas. An authoritative source said the meeting was purely social and avoided Foreign Ministers Conference topics. The luncheon followed Friday's session in which Molotov lambasted the West and Marshall issued a severe reply.
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London
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Marshall
Lewis Doug
Molotov
River search for clues in Weckler disappearance continues
Madison reports a planned drag of the lower Wisconsin River to locate clues in eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler's disappearance. A coordinated committee will oversee operations at bridges across Dane and Sauk counties with state agencies and UW life saving staff present.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Georgia Jean Weckler
Fort Atkinson
E. A. Fischer
Dane County
J. Riley Stone
Sauk County
Public Service Commission
The
Conservationment
University of Wisconsin
Blue River
Carl L. Carlson
Buford Sennett
Richland Center
Robert Winslow
Owen
Winslow
Weckler
Sennett
Toll in Franklin Colliery disaster rises to eight
The death toll from the Franklin colliery disaster climbs to eight with the demise of Edmund Orjeski, 42, of Mountain Top, Pa., at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Two other critically burned miners had already died in the same hospital.
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Wilkes-Barne
Franklin
Edmund Orjeski
Mountain Top
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
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