Hagana says seven Arabs killed for brigandage near Tel Aviv
Hagana states it executed seven Arabs tied to attacks on Jewish settlements. A gunfight near an orange grove house left multiple bodies, with four Arabs found shot in the yard and the house demolished. Clashes around Tel Aviv Jaffa area raise death toll to at least 28 since Sunday.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Hagana
Jewish Underground Defense Organization
Orange Grove
Jaffa
Plains of Sharon
Fan Hawaii
Yarkon
Hatikva
Saba
Roosevelt and Hughes under fire in Senate clash
Seething commentary attacks Elliott Roosevelt and Howard Hughes as Senators Brewster and Ferguson face criticism for allowing the pair to put the Senate on the defensive. The piece recalls Theodore Roosevelt and past clashes over honors and public drinking lore, mixing satire with political history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Brewster
Ferguson
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Theodore
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
War Department
T. R
Cuba
Eleanor the Great
G. H. Newett
Joe Cannon
Teddy
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Lushwell the
Dipso
Elliot
Lushwi
Elliott
Lushwell Minor
Cairo
Teheran
Stalin
Churchill
Bell Jr. sworn in as West Monroe official
IC C Bell Jr won a runoff on July 29 for West Monroe City Council seat defeating C G Wall Jr He took the oath at West Monroe City Hall witnessed by City Clerk 4 L Wood Many officials and residents attended Bell is son of the late C C Bell Sr longtime city mayor and co owner of C C Bell Manufacturing Co The vacancy followed the death of D C Golson on May 8 last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. Bell, Jr
West Monroe
C. G. Wall, Jr
L. Wood
Bell
Mr. Bell
C. C.all, Sr
Ayer
C. C. Bell Manufacturng Company
D. C. Golson
Death by own action pledge kept by battalion members
Reno reports an eight man group of former prisoners vow to die by their own hand if unable to find peace. Corneilius Vanderbilt Jr says six have already carried out their pledge and that Melvin Roberts died in a self inflicted case deemed an honorable war casualty due to experiences in a Japanese internment camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Onese
Corneilius Anderbilt, Jr
Aleady
Happ’ness
Vanagbilt
Melvin Roberts
Roberts
Three Diplomats End Conference in Paris
Three ranking American diplomats wrapped up a Paris meeting on Europe’s Marshall plan needs. William Clayton, undersecretary, heads to Geneva for an economic conference, while U S ambassador to Britain Douglas sails to London. Clayton and Douglas had met for the past three days with ambassador Jefferson Caffery in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Arrs
William Clayton
Geneva
Endance
Douglas
U. S
Toritain
London
Clayton
Iferson Caffery
France
Northeast Junior College resumes bus service on Highway 165
Northeast Junior College restarts bus routes on U S highway 165 with stops at Tullos Urania Olla Standard Jelly Clarks Grayson Columbia Riverton Bosco Fondale and other towns. Additional routes from Jones Oak Grove and Wisner to Monroe plus a Rayville Bastrop Bastrop fare cuts are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Junior College
U. S
Monroe
Bonita
Callion
Met Rouge
Bastrop
Perryville
Oak Grove
Delhi
Forest
Pioneer
Darnell
Epps
Dunn
Holly Ridge
Rayville
Start
Wisner
Gilbert
Chase
Winnsboro
Baskin
Mangham
Archibald
Alto
L. L. Price
Department of Agriculture
Texarkana Strike Deadline Passes Amid Idle Buses
In Texarkana Arkansas the 48 hour ultimatum to Texarkana Bus to end a 13 day strike expired at 8 a m CST with buses idle. City officials say they may wait four days before attempting franchise cancellation or purchase of company properties if service is not restored. Union drivers began walking out August 3 seeking a 1.00 hourly wage from 73 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Texarkana Bus Company
Tex
B. R. McCarley
Ned Stewart
A. F. of L
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and
India joins free nations as independence celebrations unfold
New Delhi reports India and Pakistan take office as dominions. Nehru vows peaceful resolution of Hindu Muslim strife while Mountbatten transfers authority. Gandhi leads a peace mission amid reverent crowds in Calcutta. Lahore endures rioting with hundreds dead, fires and looting as Punjab governs itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Jawaharlal Nehru
Punjab
Lord Mountbatten
Dominion
M. A. Jinnah
Karachi
Mohandas K. Gandi
Bellinghatta
Calcutta
Gandhi
Lahore
Sir Evan Jenkins
USES foresees 60 million jobs falling short later this year
U S employment service officials project non agricultural employment around 50 million with about 3 million fewer workers by year end though current jobless total stands at 2.6 million. They caution a price drop could alter this outlook as veterans return to school and harvest season reduces labor demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Employment Service
USES
Office of War Mobilization
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
Three 15-Year-Old Girls Die In Lightning Boat Tragedy
In Syracuse New York on August 15 three 15-year-old girls Patrica Hogle Dorothy Zolias and Segrid Anderson all of nearby Jordan and Delores Quimby of Jordan were killed when a small motorboat was struck by lightning while they swam on Seneca Lake and river. Quimby was briefly knocked unconscious but later recovered and reached shore for help. The boat stayed afloat as rescuers arrived.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Patrica Hogle
Dorothy Zolias
Jordan
Segrid Anderson
Preble
Joan Quimby
Seneca Lake
Seneca River
Quimby
Hogle Home
Lurid love letters read as Overell murder trial unfolds
In Santa Ana California on August 15, jurors examined the private letters between Louise Overell and George Bud Gollum as evidence in the yacht blast murder case. The crowd packed the Orange County courthouse while the jury read 10,000 words of erotic correspondence, seeking a motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
Walter F. Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Louise Overell
Bud
Louise
Kenneth Morrison
Overell
Walter E. Overell
Bud” Gollum
Orange County
United States Rejects Soviet Call to Limit Japan Treaty to Four Powers
The United States rejected a Soviet demand to draft Japan's peace treaty by the big four and urged an eleven nation conference. The note delivered to Russian envoy Tsarapkin states the U S will proceed with the expanded talks even if Russia does not attend and invites participation in the near future.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Britain
China
State Department
Semen K. Tsarapkin
Charles B. Bohlen
Russia
Soviet Union
Australia
New Zealand
Netherlands
France
Philippines
India
Canada
Council of Foreign Ministers
Italy
Hitler
Balkan
Molotov
Dollar value since 1939 second inflation survey
An Associated Press report shows a 1939 dollar now buys about 50 cents in ordinary life, with wide regional gaps. The study covers 13 U.S. cities across food clothing and housing, noting bacon costs soared 300 to 400 percent and Chicago faced the largest per pound rise from 18 cents in 1939 to 63 cents in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Minneapolis
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Denver
Columbus
Department of Justice
OPA
Tampico Struck By Major Tropical Storm On Mexican Coast
A hurricane with winds over 100 mph hit Tampico Mex at dawn causing mass destruction. Streets were deserted as 15 foot waves and rising waters battered beaches and oil wells. Communications were cut and full damage still uncertain as center near Soto la Marina.
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Tampico
Mex
Oil City
Mexican
Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Soto la Marina
Train Phone Service Tests On Baltimore and Ohio Route
Washington reporters test a new train telephone system on B&O and Pennsylvania trains linking New York to Washington. The booths are cushioned and air conditioned with shortwave to a local office, allowing calls worldwide. A reporter chats with Ed in Washington while en route near Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York- Washington
Tropical Park
Santa Anita
Philadelphia
Trolley Collision Injures 13 in Philadelphia
Two trolley cars collided injuring 13 passengers in Philadelphia. A Seeing eye dog guided its blind owner to safety as glass shattered and passengers were thrown about. Grace Ochsrelder, 38, described the dog Pal guiding her to the center door and off the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Grace Ochsrelder
Pal
Miss Ochsrelder
Three Killed in Mine Blast Reported at West Frankfort
Three drillers died and two electricians were injured in a late night explosion at the Orient mine of the Chicago Wilmington and Franklin Coal Co. near West Frankfort Illinois. Officials said a local gas explosion likely caused the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Ill
Illinois
Charles H. Clark
Walter Clements, Jr
George L. Filkins
Mike Stinkiewicz
W. A. Blair
Benton
Harold L. Walker
State Superintendent of Mines and Minerals
New Orient
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Co
Centralia
Franklin County
S. Louis
Engineers killed in train wreck in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Railroad suffered two wrecks in Philadelphia within 12 hours. L. P. Duffield, 57, of Woodbury New Jersey, died at the controls when his passenger train derailed near 33rd and Mt Vernon streets after arriving from Cape May. A previous crash killed engineer J D Klingeman of Norristown and injured 26 passengers as a crowded commuter train collided with a backing locomotive near Broad Street Station.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Rarkvoad
L. P. Duffield
Woodbury
N. J
33Rd
Mt. Vernon Streets
Cape May
J. D. Klingeman
Norristown
Presbyterian Hospital
United Commercial Travelers Meet Tonight at Hotel Virginia
The United Commercial Travelers will hold a meeting and luncheon in the Cameo Room of Hotel Virginia tonight at 7 p m. Twenty five members are expected to attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial
Cameo Room
Hotel Virginia
Trahan Rejects Union Campaign Gift Calls It Kiss of Death
J A Trahan former mayor of Texas City refused a $2,000 campaign gift from the Oil Workers International Union and said the move of union leadership was a political smear. The Texas City disaster figure is among eight candidates for the late Rep J J Mansfield’s seat. Union president Knight said he would not comment until more was known.
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Houston
Tex
J. A. Trahan
Texas City
Congress
Oil Workers International Union
Trahan
Rep
J. J. Mansfield
Kansas City
Knight
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Raul Fernandes
Brazil
Philip Clarke Petropolis
Argentina
Paraguay
Justo Prieto
Fernandes
League of Nations
Chile
German Vergara Donoso
Mexico
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Vergara Donoso
Colombia
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Jaime Torres Bodet
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Nicaragua
Mexico City
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