Oust Arab Legion Demands Evacuation From Palestine
Jewish leaders urge the Palestine government to order the immediate evacuation of all Trans Jordan Arab Legion troops after a convoy attack near Tel Aviv killed 14 Jews and wounded 15. Grenade attacks and further assaults on Jewish convoys prompt warnings that British forces are provoking Jewish defense groups. Food supplies grow scarce as transport lines fracture amid days of strife totaling 242 deaths.
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JERUSALEM
Palestine
Hagana
Jewish agency
Arab Legion
Holy Land
Kfar Gilead
upper Galilee
Haifa
London Daily Mail cites Jerusalem crime wave totals
The piece cites the London Daily Mail claiming Jerusalem is lawless with bold criminal activity. During January to July 1947 the report lists 192 murders 261 attempted murders 151 manslaughters 3,000 serious assaults 595 robberies 2,735 break ins 24 morality offences and thousands of other crimes totaling 21 084 serious crimes excluding 23 731 traffic offences.
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Palestine
Holy Land
London Daily Mail
Jerusalem
Chicago
Father at 88 third time in two years
DES MOINES Dec 15 Luis Carrizales 88 became a father yesterday for the third time since 1945. Carrizales and his wife Mary 24 are the parents of a daughter Sandra in 1945 and a son Frederick in 1946. The latest child weighs seven pounds 15 ounces. Carrizales says he stays fit by swimming himself 40 times a day. He has seven other children by two previous marriages.
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DES MOINES
Luis Carrizales
Carrizales
Mary
Sandra
Frederick
Hundreds Die In Kashmir Weekend Fighting
Hundreds of casualties reported as Indian troops clash with rebels and invading tribesmen in Kashmir. A claimed 400 Indian troops killed at Uri near the Pakistan border. rebels report 35 attacker deaths. More than 320 raiders killed in UK area. battles near Uri described as fierce hand to hand. Talks begin in Jammu between Indian and Kashmir authorities to seek end to hostilities.
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NEW DELHI
Reuters
Kashmir
Uri
Pakistan
Srinagar
Karachi
India
Indian defence ministry
Jammu
Sir Hari Singh
maherajah
Shekh Abdullah
Sir N. Gopalaswami Aiyangar
Babson deposits $5,000 in 20 banks in magic circle
Babson, economist, says he placed five thousand dollars in each of twenty banks within his so called magic circle of midwestern cities centered near Eureka. The circle spans Nebraska Kansas Missouri Iowa and Oklahoma and is claimed to be safest from a third world war.
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BABSON PARK
Fla
Roger Babson
United States
Babson
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Oklahoma
Eureka
lafest
New Grumman Panther Jet Fighter For Navy
The United States Navy announced a new jet fighter, the Grumman FSF Panther, capable of speeds over 600 miles per hour. It features quick takeoffs and slow landings suited for aircraft carrier use and is the first U.S. warplane built around the British Rolls Royce Nene turbojet engine.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy
Grumman
United States
Funeral for Howey family and two children in crossing tragedy
In Tillsonburg Ontario a single funeral will be held for Mr Elmo Howey wife and three of their five children killed when a Canadian Pacific Railway work train struck their truck. Howey 42 a farmer and horse breeder, and three sons died at the scene. Mrs Howey 39 died later from a heart attack attributed to grief and shock. Kenneth and Mary Lou survive. Uncle Carl Scrimgeour and neighbor John Climig offer to adopt the children. Official guardian to advise on arrangements and on 200 brood mares owned by the Howey family.
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TILLSONBURG
Kenneth
Mary Lou
Mien
Carl Scrimgeour
John Climig
Howey
Death of Stanley Baldwin Ends an Era of British Politics
London dated report notes Stanley Baldwin Earl Baldwin of Bewdley dies in his sleep at Astley Hall Stourport in Severn Worcestershire. He led Britain through the 1926 general strike and the 1936 abdication crisis and ceded office to Neville Chamberlain. His son Viscount Corvedall inherits the earldom as Attlee pays tribute to a steadfast statesman.
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LONDON
Stanley Baldwin
Ear Baldwin
Bewdley
Edwart ViII
Worcestershire
Lord Baldwin
George VI
Garter
Astley Hall
Stourport-in-Severn
Conservative
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Corvedall
house of
com- Monster
Paisley
house of lords
Attlee
Britain
Edward
Ernest Simpson
house of commons
One New Ruble for Ten Old in Soviet Reform
The Soviet government announced currency reform to curb inflation and speculation. Old rubles will be exchanged at ten to one new ruble, rationing on food and industrial goods will end, and unified price controls will cover consumer goods. The decree aims to halt price spirals and inflated costs.
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LONDON
Moscow radio
Saskatchewan Liberal leader attacks communism beaming at Saskatchewan
Montreal December 15 Walter Tucker RC leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal party assailed Socialism and Communism citing the CCF government in Saskatchewan. He condemned the fur marketing board timber and fire boards railing at government sales practices and cited fishermen receiving seven to eight cents a pound versus Alberta’s fifteen to eighteen. He accused the Saskatchewan government of Communist propaganda in schools and of financing a book set on atomic energy by a known Communist.
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MONTREAL
Walter Tucker
Saskatchewan Liberal party
CCF
Saskatchewan
Reform Club
fur marketing board
wito
Alberta
Tucker
King Michael to Seek Permission for RomanticsMarriage
Geneva dispatch reports King Michael of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma as guests of honor at a dinner hosted by exiled King Leopold VII of Belgium. The private secretary said the king would ask the Romanian Communist government for permission to wed Princess Anne.
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GENEVA
Michael
Romania
Anne
Bourbon-Parma
Leopold VII
Belgium
Michaels
Jacques Vergotti
Santa Clauses Should Beware in Moultrie
In Moultrie Georgia on December 15 a department store Santa Claus was sat with a boy who punched him after the child said he had not received the promised train last year. The incident ended as a humorous reminder of child expectations during holiday season.
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MOULTRIE
Santa Claus
Pirates Loot Van Huetz Passengers in Hong Kong Raid
About 25 pirates boarded the Dutch passenger ship Van Huetz four hours from Hong Kong and looted cash and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. The raiders held the captain and officers hostage for around 15 hours, escaped in junks, and later dispersed after a rendezvous with confederates near Bins Bay. Third Officer Nederkoorn estimated the theft at about 1,000,000 Straits dollars.
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HONG KONG
A. H. Elston
Swatow
here
Elston
Bins Bay
ganpoint
Chi Leng Point
Nederkoorn
Submarine Alliance Surfaces After Weeks Submerged
London dispatch reports the submarine Alliance, displacing 1248 tons, remained submerged for several weeks then surfaced under its own power with seven officers and 60 crew in good health. Admiralty said the vessel returned to Portsmouth after testing prolonged dives in tropical waters off Sierra Leone. An admiralty spokesman confirmed the extended submersion but offered no details. CHOKES TO DEATH IN New Jersey home a pregnant woman, Mary Fernandez, 34, died after a metal tube inserted in her throat during childhood to aid breathing became clogged.
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LONDON
admiralty
submarine Alliance
Portsmouth
Sierra Leone
Africa
HILLSIDE
Mary Fernandez
U S to test radioactive poison warfare at Eniwetok Atoll
Washington reports the United States will field test radioactive poison warfare at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Details are highly secret, with no precise progress or schedules given. Isolated winds and open seas are cited as factors for potential dispersion of radioactive material.
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U.S
Eniwetok Atoll
WASHINGTON
United States atomic weapon proving ground
Paci
Whiwetok atoll
Marshall island
atomicnergy commission
Observers See Keener East West Rivalry Over Germany
ONCON Dec 15 The Big Four Foreign Ministers failed to unify Germany and restore Austrian independence. Marshall blamed Soviet Russia for the collapse saying the Soviet Union alone refused to agree. Western observers see growing East West rivalry as Britain US and France move to unite western Germany. Molotov proposed a two thirds Russian share of Austrian production, but the plan was dropped. The meeting began Nov 2 and lasted 45 minutes longer than usual. no future date set.
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ONCON
A.P
Germany
Marshall
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Malotov
Molstoy
Molotov
council of foreign ministers
Peoples Congress of Germany
Berlin
3 Year Silence Divorce Shocks Palo Alto Couple
SAN JOSE Calif Dec 1 Mrs Cora Burke 32 of Palo Alto testified her husband Arthur has not spoken since November 1944 though living in the same house. The estrangement led to illness and bed rest before Burke moved to another room and never spoke again. She was granted a divorce.
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SAN JOSE
Calif
Cora Burke
Palo Alto
Arthur
Ling
Burke
Hopes Rise On Food Pact
London reports a Canadian plan to extend food supply contracts may reach Ottawa tomorrow or Wednesday. British officials say initial impressions suggest an agreement could follow, with Sir Percival Leisching’s messages examined by ministers including Sir Stafford Cripps and Strachey. A weekend accord is possible, potentially easing the United Kingdoms sea supply shortage.
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LONDON
Ottawa
Percival Leisching
Stafford Cripps
Strachey
Percival Lefsching
United Kingdom
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