Mayors of four Jewish towns arrested in Palestine raids
British forces detained Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Natanya and Petah Tiqva leaders in dawn arrests under defense emergency rules amid ongoing Jewish underground violence. The operation followed bombings and suspected hostage actions. several Hagana and Revisionist figures were detained.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan
Natanya
Petah Tiqva
Labor Department
Street of the Prophets
Britain
Palestine
Revisionist
Palestine Government
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Hagana
Igun Zvai Leumi
Stern Gang
Jewish Agency
Ipsun Zvai Leumi
Acre
Attlee proposes broad new powers to boost postwar production
In London on August 5 Prime Minister Attlee introduced surprise legislation to empower the government to mobilize economic resources for agriculture and industry amid Britain’s dollar crisis. Deputy PM Morrison said it would permit full mobilization if needed, while Eden warned Parliament against delaying adjournment.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Anthony Eden
House
Morrison
Little Progress in Bus Negotiations Near End of Strike
Alexandria La Aug 5 Negotiators trying to end the 76 day Southern Trailways bus strike returned to the conference table after a four hour session Monday produced very little progress R K Jefferies executive vice president said company and union officials and representatives of the United States conciliation service continued work yesterday on revisions of a new contract but not much progress was made
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Alexandria
Southern Trailways
R. K. Jefferies
United States
Tech
Egypt asks UN to order British withdrawal from Egypt
Egyptian Premier Nokrashy Pasha appealed to the United Nations security council to free Egypt from British imperial influence by ordering immediate British withdrawal. He condemned 19th century imperialism and said Egypt no longer honors the 1936 Anglo Egyptian treaty as British forces are seen as a threat to Middle East peace. Debate was postponed due to Balkan issues and Britain prepared to respond after review of charges. The council was to reconvene later in the day.
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Alexander Cadogan
New Union Wildcat Well Permit Requested in Union Parish
The L and M Drilling of Kilgore Texas filed Tuesday for a wildcat well permit in section 2 21 1W Union parish on a lease from E N Kilpatrick Farmerville undertaker. The site lies 1 1/2 miles southeast of the Sellars Ewing potential producer P J Tucker No 1 on land owned by W E Compton. Shell company applied for its eleventh Ora field well. Frost Lumber Co A 11 ten acre unit is far west in the Shell group.
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L. and M. Drilling Company
Kilgore
Texas
Union Parish
E. N. Kilpatrick
Farmerville
Sellars-Ewing
P. J. Tucker
W. E. Compton
Shell Company
Ora Field
Frost Lumber Co
A-11
Shell Group
Lumber Plant Loss Estimated At 250000 Dollars
The fire at the Louisiana Central Lumber Company flooring plant on Grammont street caused an estimated loss of 250000 dollars. President C C Sheppard said full insurance was held and the plant will be replaced soon, with rebuild location decisions pending director review. Monroe firemen fought the blaze for about two hours, explosions from loaded oil drums adding to the damage.
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Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Grammont Street
Frank X. Cline, Jr
Monroe Furniture Company
Monroe Grocery Company
Walnut Street
C. C. Sheppard
Clarks
Monroe
Kellogg Lumber Co
Mayo Iles
American Citizen Escapes Hungarian Police Transfer
An American citizen arrested for criticizing Hungarian Communists escaped three police with U S legation help while moving between jails. Stephen Thuransky, 54, a naturalized American from near Columbus Ohio, was seized outside Mario jail. In the melee he knocked down one guard, his wife aided another, and a third knocked him unconscious before an American legation car drove away. The Hungarian Interior Ministry said Thuransky was being taken to a defense department hearing when two unknown men and a woman grabbed him and pushed him into a car with American plates.
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Budapest
U. S
Legation
Stephen Thuransky
Columbus
Ohio
Mario
Thuransky
Selden Chapin
Dutch to Retain Occupied Areas in Indonesia
The Netherlands army and navy said they will maintain law and order in Java Sumatra and Madura after cease fire. Dutch forces will control imports and exports of estate products and continue sea patrols to stop unauthorised movement. The move signals reluctance to withdraw during mediation and follows a rejected Soviet plan for pull back to original positions.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands Army
Indonesia
Sumatra
Madoera
A.S. Pinke
Netherlands Navy
East Indies
Amir Sjarifoeddin
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Pinke
Republic
United States
Nineteen Die in Texas Truck Crash Near Waxahachie
Nineteen people perish in Texas worst 1947 traffic accident near Waxahachie when two trucks collide on a curve at dawn. Six others are injured. Victims include seventeen Black laborers and two unidentified white men. Trucks burned hours after the crash as traffic resumed.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Texas
Here
Dallas
Vicksburg Man Killed in St. Joseph Crash
Thomas Jones of Vicksburg employed by the U S engineer's office was killed instantly when his south bound Chevrolet sedan collided with a truck driven by O O Fonteno of Waterproof on Highway 65 six and a half miles north of St Joseph. Fonteno had lacerations and a fractured knee cap and was taken to Ferriday hospital. An inquest by Dr Joseph Whitaker did not assign blame. Jones leaves a wife and two children. The funeral was held in Vicksburg.
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ST. Joseph
Thomas Jones
Vicksburg
U. S
O. O. Fontena
Waterproof
Highway 65
Fonteno
Ferriday Hospital
Joseph Whitaker
Jones
Confessed Attack on Five-Year-Old in Narristown
In Norristown Pennsylvania 66 year old ex steelworker John Henry Fay signed a second confession to the sex slaying of five year old Carol Ann Thompson after repudiating an earlier statement. The district attorney said Fay led police to the well where the battered body was found. Fay said he feared the electric chair and claimed he might do it again.
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Norristown
Carol Ann Thompson
Frederick B. Smillie
Smillie
John Henry Fay
Fay
Ford and UAW Avert Nationwide Strike At Ford
The C O UAW and Ford Motor Co reached an eleventh hour pact to avert a nationwide strike that would have shut 107 000 production workers. The agreement grants the union a one year protection from damage suits under Taft Hartley while a joint study group reviews liability and seeks a mutually satisfactory understanding of union and company privileges. Henry Ford II stated the compromise reflects a fair solution to a thorny problem.
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Detroit
Dug
C. O. United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Henry Ford, II
Negroes Vote in Mississippi Primary Amid New Law
In Jackson Mississippi voters, including about 1100 eligible Negroes and veterans bringing totals near 2900, participate in a Democratic primary to nominate governors and officials. Early reports say few challenges, no intimidation, and mixed acceptance of party principles designed to safeguard white dominance.
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Jackson
Miss
South
Percy Greene
Jackson Advocate
National Progressive Voters League
T. B. Wilson
Progressive Voters League
Wilson
Roosevelt challenges Meyer to prove moral record in Hughes exposé
Elliott Roosevelt testifies before the Senate war investigating committee, demanding to know if John W. Meyer procured party girls for him and disputing a $50 hotel girls charge. The inquiry probes $40 million in Hughes wartime contracts and Meyer's $169,000 in questionable expenses.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Senate
John W. Meyer
Meyer
Howard Hughes Aircraft Company
White House
Statler Hotel
Hughes
Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Colonel Eidson
Harry Eidson
Army Air Corps
Ferguson
Republican
Michigan
Firs
Philippines Counterpart Sought To Combat Communism
Washington reports the House un American Activities Committee will aid the Philippines to confront Communist influence. Villareal, head of the Philippines anti Hukbalahap inquiry, asked for guidance in investigating subversive activity and communism in the islands. The committee plans to assist if state bodies request help.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Philippine Islands
Robert E. Stripling
Cornelio T. Villareal
Judiciary Committee
Island Republic
House of Representatives
Villareal
Philippines
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
un-American Activities Committee
State moves to try sex slayer in Chicago murder
Joseph Bortnyak 27 was indicted for murder by strangulation in the slaying of three year old Charles Bradley. State's Attorney Tuohy said he would seek the death penalty after the child was abducted from his bed and killed last week. Bortnyak had been released two weeks earlier after a year for indecent liberties with a five year old girl.
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Chicago
Charles Bradley
Joseph Bortnyak
William J. Tuohy
Bortnyak
Glenn Bradley
Bradley
Gollums statements in Overell case questioned
Santa Ana Calif Aug 5 sheriff Jim Musick testified that Bud Gollums memory failed on March 14 regarding class attendance at Los Angeles City College and a handwriting expert tied him to a dynamite receipt. Prosecutors argue Overell and Gollums accounts differ about the yacht killings of Mr and Mrs Overell.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Jim Musick
University of Southern California
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Orange County
Walter FE. Overell
Gollum
Musick
Eugene Williams
Louise
Bud
Odom Returns After Flight Jam Forces Return
William Odom, after a projected around-the-world solo speed flight, turned back near Halifax due to jammed ailerons. He landed at Chicago’s airport after 9 hours 24 minutes, planning another attempt to beat Wiley Post’s 186 hour record in Winnie Mae.
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Chicago
William
Bill) Odom
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Wiley Post
New Highway Contracts Awarded Across Louisiana
Baton Rouge announces 32 contracts for highway construction in Louisiana totaling over 2.5 million dollars in July. The state highway department reports year to date commitments near 10 million dollars and forecasts August activity will be stronger with several large projects and September lettings already planned.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Highway Department
P. A. Frye
Frye
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Elliott
Commons
Egypt
United Nations Council
UNION
Louisiana Central Lumber Co
la. Central Co
Netherlands
Mississippi
Statler
Committee On UN
Overell
Odom
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