New Hebrew State Formed In Palestine With Army But No Name Or Flag
In Sarona near Tel Aviv, a provisional Hebrew state announces independence on May 16 with an army of about 50,000, no official name, or flag. David Ben-Gurion chairs the provisional government seeking United Nations recognition from Lake Success. The cabinet plans a secret-name decision, a flag, stamps, and a unified government structure with a 37 member council and a 23 member cabinet. The capital will be ready within a week.
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Palestine
Adolf Hitters
David Ben-Gurior
United Nations
Lake Success
Sarona
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Wuerttemburg
Germany
Temple Society
Friends of the Temple
Hoffmannites
Christopher Hoffmann
People of God
Templars
Middle East
Hitler
Council of the World Zionist Organizations
New Judea
Zion
Eretz Israel
Haganah
Jewish ‘ National Treasury
Council OF 37
Jerusalem
Itt
U. S
Roosevelt Highway Opens This Month in California
The relocated Roosevelt Highway between Latiga Canyon and Malibu Creek along the Los Angeles County shoreline will open to traffic this month. The flood roadway has been revised into a four lane divided highway to replace the slide prone old road, at an estimated cost of 1.8 million dollars. The southern section is planned for May 28.
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Roosevel
Sacramento
U. S. 102
Latiga Canyon
Malibu Creek
Los Angeles County
Statement of Public Works
Oday
Ood
U S Replacements Landed at Trieste
Trieste May 6. The Army Transport C. C. Ballou docked here yesterday with replacements for U S forces in the free territory of Trieste. Army authorities declined to give figures on new arrivals or on the number of soldiers who will return to the United States on the ship.
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Trieste
U.S
C. C. Ballou
U. S
Free Territory of
United States
Union Official Gets Jail Term
Los Angeles reported that Joseph T. De Silva, secretary of the A F L Retail Clerks Union, received a five day county jail sentence and a $500 fine for contempt of court. He was found guilty for failing to heed a court order related to non Communist affidavits. Another union official and four pickets were cited. their hearings were deferred. De Silva’s attorney said the union will surrender Monday and appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Los Angeles
Joseph T. de Silva
A. F. L. Retail Clerks Union
de Silva
Alexander M. Schulman
Union of
State Supreme Court
Dollar Shortages Curb U. S. Tobacco Exports
Washington May 6 James E Thigpen the top tobacco official said many buyers want more American tobacco than they can pay for due to dollar shortages He recently replaced Charles Gage as director of the tobacco branch at the Agriculture Department and was previously Gages assistant
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Washington
James E. Thigpen
North Carolina
Charles Gage
Sie Department of Agriculture
Gage
Thigpen
Tobacco Exports Boosted by Eco nomic Aid Act Proposals
The Pee Wee Board notes that member banks show declining loans in cities while Teastate loans rise to a new high for tobacco exports. Projections for the year starting July 1 include flue cured exports up to 500,000,000 pounds and dark leaf around 50,000,000 pounds. War-time output and 1946 levels are cited amid global dollar shortages and shifts to food purchases.
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Mashington
May
Pee Wee Board
Europe
Baptist Minister Sues Time Magazine for Libel
Rev J Frank Norris Baptist minister of Fort Worth Texas and Detroit sues Time Inc publishers of Time Magazine for 20000 damages in U S District Court alleging libel in the May 13 1947 issue. The suit concerns a report of a Baptist Church assembly in St Louis on May 6 1947 in which Norris participated.
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Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Texas
Detroit
Time, Inc
Time Magazine
Politica
U. S. District Court
Norris
St. Louis
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