Rose Isaacs Fosters Homes for Women in Palestine
New York dispatch profiles Rose Isaacs founder of the Women's League for Palestine which has built three homes for single women and plans a fourth. The group trains 20 000 young women to help rebuild the Jewish homeland by spring 1948 and supports Zionist work through the World Zionist Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Rose Isaacs
Palestine
Women’s League For Palestine
Rose
Rose Isancs
Russia
Women’s League
Zionist Youth Chub
David Isaacs
America
World Zionist
Congress
Rome Goes All Out for Film Stars
Italian press spaces Hollywood visitors amid strikes and unrest. Tyrone Power's Rome arrival spurred crowds. Linda Christian’s image spurred traffic. Rita Hayworth dubbed la Troppo Bella while Orson Welles appears in Italian press profiles during CAgglio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
America
Hollywood
Tyrone Power
James
Gervasio Federici
T¢moa' At
Tyrone
Rita Hayworth
Itals
Cansino
Orson Welles
Cagliostro
Death rate from tuberculosis falls in New York area
Statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company say the death rate from tuberculosis in the United States has dropped about two thirds in 20 years and may vanish in two more decades. They add the mortality reduction since 1921 has saved about 100000 lives, including in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Innour Country
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Posts for elder statesmen Bill to make former presidents senators at large
The article reports a bill to grant former U S presidents nonvoting Senate seats as senators at large. Advocates say ex leaders could provide ongoing counsel while not voting, while opponents argue for keeping presidents out of politics. Notes past examples including John Q Adams and Andrew Johnson. Concludes with a teaser that the story continues on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plbon
United States Senate
United States
Senate
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Tito follows Pan-Slav path as Yugoslav aims expand
Tito seeks a Pan Slavic bloc spanning the Balkans with Magyars Romanians and Albanians shaping a wider unity while Yugoslavs press toward Czechoslovakia and Poland. At Camp Pendleton Marines abandon the chow line shifting to family style meals to reduce waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Tito
Balkan
Turope
Asia
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Leatherneck
Marine Corps
C. O. Haynes
Camp Penditon
Tere
Cold War May Define 1948 European Role in World Peace
European diplomats foresee 1948 as decisive in the Cold War with East West struggle shaping mankind’s destiny. The year hinges on American leadership to restore Western Europe via the Marshall Plan and to preserve the western way of life against Soviet expansion as observers warn of a momentous test for postwar policy. Concluded on Page 4, Column 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
United States
America
Western
Tucson Kids Talk Spanish in Elementary Classrooms
Tucson educators push a bilingual program aiming for future graduates fluent in Spanish and English. Starting in first grade, pupils learn to speak and read Spanish. by junior high, they are nearly bilingual. Superintendent Jonathan L. Booth notes no English time is sacrificed and cites southwestern-wide efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Jonathan L. Booth
Booth
Texas
New Mexico
California
Florida
Lucson
Cueson
Vast Changes In Half Century
New York celebrates its 50th anniversary as a five borough metropolis in 1948. Grover Whalen, chairman, warns against complacency and announces a municipal mobilization demonstration planned for June. About 50 000 city employees will march for 42 hours up Fifth Avenue in uniforms and modern dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Grover Whalen
Fifth Ave
Legion Bars Ex Nazis
Paris dispatch reports the French Foreign Legion includes an estimated 3000 German soldiers among its ranks. The total legion size is about 15000 with a 300 monthly recruiting pace, while the 25 percent foreign share rule limits German enlistments. Strong screening aims to exclude former Nazi personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Armand-Prevost
Paris
French Foreign Legion
France
Farflung
Picker Sets Gracious Apple Harvest Record Claim
Paul Coble of Wenatchee reportedly picked 461 boxes of Delicious apples in ten hours and sought world record status. Employer A Sylvester backed the total, noting careful handling and well fed fruit. At 125 apples per box, the pace neared 5,750 apples per hour, though movement and ladder time aren’t counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Paul
Coble
Sylvester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Dean
Balkans
Holy Land
Colwmn
Via Sistina
Linda Christian
U.S
Milan
Brella
la Repubbiica
Linda
Linda Christian the
Herbert Hoover
U. S. Senate Chamber
Herbert Hollander
Washington
White House
Truman
John Q.tancy Adams
Massachusetts
Tito
Danube
Carpathian Mountains
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugo
Aarohal Ato
Kingsbury Smith
Huronean General Manager
International News Service
Legion
Sidi Bel Abbes
Foreign Legion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!