Fire Destroys Haifa Harbor Installations
Explosions set fires along a quarter mile of Haifa waterfront with oil installations damaged. Shell Oil losses reach 1,000,000 while overall damage estimated at 4,000,000. British authorities call it the biggest Haifa fire, as 80,000 Jews are placed under technical house arrest amid evacuations.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Shell Oil Company
Irgun
Zval Leums
Fatherland
Ocean
Cyprus
San Felipe
Riots in India Left 42 Dead and 137 Wounded
In Bombay a Hindu Muslim riot killed 40 and wounded 137 as British troops and police patrolled the city. A curfew threat was issued and public gatherings were banned after widespread clashes and arson across Hindu Moslem districts.
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Bombay
Calcutte
Red forces claim victories in Shantung and Shensi fronts
Peiping dispatches say government troops captured coastal Shantung egg and Paoan, a key rail town near Tsinan. Nationalists report control of Feilsien Szeshui Tenghsien triangle in southern Shantung. Government forces advancing from Yenan claim to have taken Paoan 42 miles northwest of Yenan, a former red headquarters.
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Peiping
Egg
Shantung Province
Paoan
Tsinan
Shantung
Feilsien
Szeshui
Tenghsien
Shensi
Yenan
Voters to elect mayor and two councilmen in Pocatello
Local voters head to polls on April 1 from 9 am to 7 pm to choose a mayor and two city councilmen. Polling places include Ward 1 Church of Christ, Ward 2 Central Christian church, Ward 3 Bannock Motor Co, and Ward 4 high school gym.
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Church of Christ
East Benton
Central Christian Church
East Center
Bannock Motor Co
North Main
High School Symnasium
Garfield
C. D
Dinty) Moore
George R
Miners Begin Mourning Period After Centralia Mine Disaster
The United States coal industry braces for a six day stoppage as 400000 soft coal miners enter the pits for the last time before the planned work stoppage. Centralia Illinois workers lead mourning actions while fuel supplies potentially tighten nationwide.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
Rattlesnake Roundup Nets Nearly 1500 Pounds in Oklahoma Hills
At the ninth annual Okeene event near the Gypsy hills more than 2000 visitors from 17 states watched as suppliers catch and ship rattlesnakes for venom used in medical research and antivenom. Organizers pay 50 cents a pound. most snakes go to laboratories and zoos. One bite reported, minor.
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George Dushabek
Oklahoma
Gyp Hills
Dushabek
Okeeene
Twin Falls Considers 24 Slot Machine Licenses Tonight
Twin Falls city council will review 24 license applications for 75 slot machines at Twin Malls. License fee of 550 per machine allocates 125 to state and 125 to county. if approved, machines go legal in Twin Palls Tuesday.
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Twin Falls
Twin Malls
War Powers To Expire At Midnight
President Truman faces midnight as the broad control over rationing and scarce materials ends. Congress aims to extend key measures for sugar, price controls, and limited allocations for tin, antimony, freight cars, tractors, quinine bark, and drug streptomycin until specified dates. Rubber uranium housing and exports remain under postwar rules, while most war power programs expire. Rent controls may continue past June 30 as Congress weighs options.
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Agriculture Department
OPA
Manila
Civil Production Administration
Congress
Body of Homer Collyer Removed After Long Isolation
Police continue search of the Fifth Avenue brownstone as Homer Collyer 65 is removed to Cypress Hills cemetery abbey for funeral services. The public administrator begins clearing debris from the house to preserve estate value as Langley Collyer, 61, remains missing.
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New York
Homer Collyer
Upper Fifth Avenue
Cypress Hills Cemetery Abbey
Homer
Langley
Traffic fatalities fall in early 1947 with Norfolk lead
The national Safety Council reports 4,510 traffic deaths in January and February, down 17 percent from the same period in 1946 and 19 percent from 1941. Norfolk, Virginia, with about 231,900 population, reports the best record, followed by Salt Lake City and Wichita.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Norfolk
Salt Lake City
Wichita
Kana
Illinois Area Joins in Burial Rites
Centralia and four nearby towns proclaimed a day of mourning for 111 victims of the No 5 mine disaster. Schools and offices closed as burial services and memorials were held, with state and federal investigations planned. United Mine Workers prepared six days of mourning ordered by John L. Lewis.
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AFL United Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Centralia
Krug
Senate
Illinois
Bureau of Mines
Department of Interior
U.S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Association
Western Railways
Chicago
Chicago and Inertanestors Railroad
Lewis
Walter ‘Thurmond
Charleston
W. Va
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Thurmond
Ill
Wamac
Central City
Sandoval
Glen Ridge
Tuesee
St. Mary's
County Ministerial Association
United Mine Workers
Agile Cameraman Catches Baby in Three Story Toss
Henry A. Whitfield, a 36 year old photographer, rescued 17 month old Sheila Petterson dropped from a third floor fire escape during a tenement fire. The baby was unharmed while the mother Mrs. Mattie Petterson, 27, described being terrified by smoke and flames.
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New York
Henry A. Whitfield
Whitfield
Sheila Petterson
Mattie Petterson
Measure Aims to Avert Nationwide Phone Crews Strike
Rep. Hartley introduces legislation to let the attorney general seek an injunction to block a phone workers strike. The bill includes a 30 day conciliation after injunction, as the National Federation of Telephone Workers and 39 unions press wage and concessions demands against the Bell system. The labor committee will consider the measure tomorrow.
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Washington
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell Telephone System
General
Blustery Weather Prolongs Cloudy Outlook For Pocatello
Forecaster warns continued cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with a chilly wind. Pocatello reports rain hail and wind, a thunderstorm Sunday, and cooler temperatures with a low around 32 to 35 and a high near 55 on Tuesday. Surrounding towns show upper 50s to low 60s today.
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Pocatello
Malad
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Victims Die As Camden Fire Claimed Eight
Camden fire killed eight people in a two story home. A 40 year old woman and six of her fourteen children plus a grandson died as rescuers could not reach the residence. Fire Marshal Bernard Gallagher named the dead including Mrs Gladys Johnson and several children. Six other family members escaped.
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Camden
N. J
Bernard Gallagher
Gladys Johnson
Lawrence
Howard
Mary
Pauline
Catherine
Susanna
Frederick
Gallagher
Riot at East Side Detroit Church Ends Quietly
Police stopped a Sunday disturbance at an east side Detroit church where two preachers spoke from the same pulpit amid shouting congregation and organ accompaniment. Lt. Harold Krepps said the scene repeated last Sunday with a rival preacher leading a church faction.
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Detroit
East Side
Harold Krepps
Cleopus Newton
U S Delegate Denounces Soviet Demands at Conference
At Moscow, U S Secretary of State Marshall attacks Soviet Russia for an ultimatum tied to reparations and economic unity. He condemns immovable positions and notes Bevin’s plan to unify Germany by July while maintaining Potsdam terms and Ruhr coal access as contentious points.
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Moscow
U.S
Marshall
Soviet Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
U. S
Soviet Union
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Council
Germany
Ruhr
Bevin
Thig
Lawsuit Challenges Idaho Liquor Licensing
A Boise lawsuit filed today by the Bingham Club of Shelley challenges the constitutionality of Idaho’s liquor by the drink licensing law set to take effect after July 1. The action seeks a declaratory judgment to block enforcement by the state and Bingham County officials and contends the law ignores a 1939 locker club provision and constitutes class legislation.
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Boise
Idaho
Bingham Comm Club, Inc
Shelley, Aga
Bingham County
Ada
Donald Ry Good
Blackfoot
Bingeham
Shireley G. Fedder
Country Club
R. C. Lewis
Boisg
Charles W. Belnap
Roebert M. Kerr
Sugar Ration Bill Goes To President
The senate completed action on the compromise sugar ration bill extending price and allocation controls to Oct 31. The measure moves to the White House after House approval, with a 20 pound minimum sugar ration per person over seven months and a 35 pound yearly rate, shifting authority from OPA to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Congress
House
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
Metals Hit Peak as Copper Lead and Tin Surge
Britain saw sharp rises in metal prices with copper up 40 a ton to 545 and lead up 80 to 360 as tin climbed from 1522 to 1748 per ton, the highest in 50 years. The Ministry of Supply cited bulk purchases as a factor.
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Britain
Ministry of Supply
Empire Domestic
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