Haifa Haifa Clash Kills Dozens In Haifa Armed Attack
Report from Jerusalem says Jewish Haganah forces attacked Haifa from Jezrel valley with 400 fighters. Casualties reported range up to 60 in some counts with Arabs and Jews wounded or killed. Attacks targeted Arab transport and buildings including an Arab Youth Organization site. The wider Jerusalem siege continued with thousands inside the old city walls amid rising tension as British departure looms.
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Jerusalem
Haganah
Haifa
Hagarah
Jezrel
Hagenah
Suleiman
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stern Gang
Park D Department Employees Get Pay Increases
Salary increases for park department staff were approved by the city park commission. New monthly salaries from Jan 1 include Superintendent John Madhock rising to 200 dollars, Charles Hancock to 190, J Patnvec to 150, and park board clerk Agnes Wichlacz to 20. Hourly rates increased to 1.00 for George Wikrent and James Maloney, and 95 cents for J Nemith.
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Park Department
City Park Commission
John Madhock
Charles Hancock
J. Patnvec
Park Board
Agnes Wichlacz
George Wikrent
James Maloney
J. Nemith
County Board Will Elect Officers at January Meeting
The Lorain County Board of Education will elect its officers and adopt its 1948 appropriations at the annual organization meeting at 8 p m Saturday. The session and the January meeting will be held at the county school offices 420 West Third street.
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Lorain County Board of Education
West Third Street
Cleveland Northeastern Ohio forecast turns colder this weekend
Partly cloudy and colder this afternoon and tonight with a few snow flurries this evening. Saturday shows fair skies and continued cold. Low tonight around 5 degrees, high Saturday about 15 degrees.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ford Bonus Built Trucks for ’48 Debut at Open House
Brand new Ford Bonus Built Trucks for 1948 showcased at an open house event. Advertisement lists location at 90 Broad Street and references J R Dall as the contact.
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Ford
J R. Dall’s
Broad Street
J. R. Dall's
Chinese Mob Burns British Consulate in Hong Kong
A mob of about 3000 students attacked and burned the British consulate in Hong Kong in protest against British eviction of Chinese in Kowloon. The fire spread to nearby properties, including Texaco and Swire operations, as police escorted the British consul general to safety and one consulate member was reported missing.
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Canton
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Hiram Bucher
Ronald A Hall
Bucher
Sev
Eral
Texaco
Buier- Reid and Swire
Treasury Chief Denounces GOP Tax Cut Plan
Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder denounced the Republican income tax reduction plan as a threat to the nation’s financial stability and indicated President Truman would veto it. He warned the bill would cause a $2.1 billion deficit in the next fiscal year and urged adoption of the president's proposed tax plan.
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Washington
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Truman
Snyder
House
Wars and Means Committee
Repubicans
Congress
Two U. S. Officers Freed By Russians
American military authorities said two U S Army officers attached to the Budapest legation were arrested by Russian soldiers in Hungary and held incommunicado at a Russian command post for several hours. They were brought to Vienna and freed in the early hours yesterday.
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Vienna
Thay
Budapest
Hungary
Ohio Braces for More Severe Cold Blast
Ohio towns report subzero and near freezing readings as a new cold front looms from the south. Weather Bureau predicts wind shifts, colder temperatures, and possible snow flurries Friday into Saturday, with record lows expected statewide.
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Onia
Weather Bureau
Five Killed In Chicago Blast
A gas explosion at a four story furniture warehouse near Chicago’s loop killed five people and injured several others. Rescue crews saved a 60 year old shipping clerk, Joseph Brown, who was trapped for more than 12 hours and is in critical condition. The blast hurled furniture into the street and damaged surrounding buildings. The dead include Isidore Frovus, Benjamin Chemers, Harry Garland, Ben Ber Rowitz, and Henry Homme.
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Chicago
Joseph Brown
Loop District
Isidore Frovus
Benjamin Chemers
Harry Garland
Ben Ber- Rowitz
Henry Homme
Gertrude Friedman
Furniture Company
Leonard Jacobson
Two New Officers Begin Work in Elyria Police Dept
Elyria welcomes Joseph P. Kristoff and Robert J. Lonsway as the newest police officers. Chief E. J. Stankard assigns Kristoff to the 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift and Lonsway to the 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. shift. Both were certified after passing civil service exams, bringing the department to full strength of 30 officers.
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Elyria
Joseph P. Kristoff
Robert J. Lonsway
E. J. Stankard
Kristoff
Lonsway
Eid Service Commission
Remodeling Job Being Picketed in Lorain County
Pickets stand outside 132 Bread Street as Yates Brothers remodel the Max Horwitz tailor shop without union labor. AFL agent Irving Higgins says Taft Hartley interpretations delayed action, now cleared for picketing.
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Lorain County
Tafts-Hartier
Lorain
Breed Street
Irving Higgins
AFL
Laborers Union
Levein County
Bunlding Treces
Higgins
Death And Misery In Some Areas Weather Hits Middle West
A bitter cold wave drove winds to 60 mph across the Midwest and into the East. Bemida, Mian recorded 23 degrees below zero as Alexandria and International Falls, Minn. hit 22 below. Oil shortages left hundreds without fuel. deaths were blamed on overheated stoves and freezing. Municipal buildings in International Falls opened to fuelless families. The cold snap is expected to reach the Atlantic coast and southern states this weekend.
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Bemida
Mian
Alexandria
International Falls
Minn
East
Middlewest
Athnesota
Dakotas
Don Hodgen
Washington, D. C
New York
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Ytem
Mercury
Chicago Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Seven Cars Of Fast Train Jump Tracks
Seven cars of the Atlantic Coast Line Southland passenger train derailed eight miles north of Cross City Florida injuring several passengers. The diesel train left the rails on a straight section around 7 30 a m in a marshy coastal area. The engineer escaped injury and drove to town for ambulances before an emergency train returned with rescue crews.
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Cross City
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
Southland
Chicago
Tampa
Here
Florida
Acls
Strike Threat In The Ruhr Fizzles Out
Berlin reports say 50,000 German steel dock and rail workers began a 24 hour Ruhr strike but the 4 million man general strike threat fizzled. Skeleton crews stay on job, food barges unloaded, with strikes ending by 6 am Saturday.
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Berlin
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Duisburg
Muehlheim
Oberhausen
J. A. Barracough
Kiwanis Name Armitage Sixth Division Lieutenant Governor
More than 200 Kiwanis members from 14 northern Ohio cities gathered at the Elks ballroom for the first annual installation party of the new Sixth Division of Kiwanis Clubs of the Ohio District. Jim Armitage, Elyria Kiwanis charter member, was installed as lieutenant governor with H. W. Driver officiating.
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Ohio
Elsha
Elyria Club
Nelson Fitch
R. A. Wertz
H. W. Driver
South Euclid
Kiwanis
Driver
Lorain County
Cleveland
Ckre
Americans urged to cut fuel use to dodge shortages
Government spokesmen warn of fuel oil and gas shortages through 1930 31 with a 15 percent consumption cut needed to avoid cold homes industrial stoppages and farm shortages Secretary Krug says reduced use is essential to prevent crop and farm production declines and to keep up with rising global demand
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Washington
J. A. Krug
Westerder
Petroleum Shertfh
Brugg
Ship Adrian Drifts List 36 Degrees in Atlantic
Elizabeth City N C radio contact indicated the tanker Adrian with a 36 degree list was hours overdue. Coast Guard reported no messages since last night and said 40 crewmen were aboard as ballast and cargo were shifted to right the vessel. Esso Raleigh remained nearby while Mendota sped from Wilmington to assist.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Adrian
Victory
Coast Guard
Esso-Raleigh
Mendota
Wilmington
Capt Patchett Sailed Lakes 46 Years Dies at 67
Captain A T Patchett of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company died Thursday night at 9 10 after a short illness He sailed the Lakes for 46 years including command of the John Hurst from Ecorse Michigan City Harbor He was 67 born in Vermilion and resided on Quarry Road South Amherst He belonged to Ely Lodge 424 Masons Madeline O E S Vermilion and the Masonic Lodge in Wekeman Survived by his sister Mrs Belle Brocksieker and nephew Almon Vermilion Funeral arrangements are at Emmerich Funeral Home with services Monday at 2 PM at the South Amherst church Burial at Maple Grove cemetery Axtel
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Amherst
A. T. Patchett
Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Vermilion
Quarry Road
South Amherst
Ecorse
Mid. Harbor
John Hurst
Ely Lodge 424 Masons
Madeline O
Dale Riggs
Mapie Grove
Axtel
Chronicle-Telegram Lost Ads and Soup Sale
Odd ad dialogue on truth and sea monsters leads into Lost Ads contact numbers. Material then shifts to a lost item service and a local Campbell soup promotion with 12 cans for 1.00 at Elyria Frozen Foods and a general reduction sale.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Campbell's
Phillip
Elyria Frozen Foods
Fuller Rd
Adva
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Zanesville
Davion
Toledo
Mansfield
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Akron
Youngstown
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
East Ohio Gas Co
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Minr
On Light and Heat Co
Painesville
Chardon
Wooster
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Delaware
Athens
Malta
Caldwell
Marietta
Upper Sandusky
Rivoli
Robt. Cummings
Susan Hayward
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
House Senate Housing Committee
Isadore Girsberg
Jackson Heights
Transcontinental Lumber Co
Deetz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
Install Armitage
Kiwanis Division
Capitol
Bulldog Drummond
Patchett
Lakes
Koepp
West Avenue
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