Arab Air and Ground Assault Hits Tel Aviv and Palestine
Arab planes bomb Tel Aviv three times as Egyptian troops cross into southern Palestine and seize Auja. Fighting rages near Gaza, Acre, Haifa, and Jaffa as Jerusalem negotiations begin amid the Arab advance toward the Holy Land.
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U.P
Cairo
Palestine
Gaza
Auja
Jerusalem
Holy City
Battte
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Holy Land
Acre
Haifa
Jaffa
Train Hit at Main Street Crossing Amputates Girl
A late Friday collision at the North Main street crossing of the Southern Pacific line left 9 year old Diane Green with the right foot amputated after a stalled truck was struck by train No. 43. Three other passengers escaped unharmed as emergency crews responded. The girl, daughter of Officer S Lee Green, was among four occupants of a war surplus car.
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North Main Street
Southern Pacific
Diane Green
Tucson
S. Lee Green
W. V. Irvin
Billy
Letitia Irvin
Green
Irvin
South Fourth Avenue
Larry Wilson
Main Street
Union Oil Company
Irving
B. E. Woods
Diane
Danny Meve
George Whitaker
Riccardi to Face Hearing on Removal to New Jersey
Federal officers will return promoter Constantino Vincent Riccardi to Bisbee Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on removal to New Jersey to stand trial for allegedly bilking Princess Fahd Es Sultaneh of 18000 dollars worth of furniture. Sheriff Pruitt arrested the 58 year old after a Newark judge issued a bench warrant. If Riccardi signs a waiver, the case proceeds. otherwise a second hearing will follow.
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Constantino Vincent Riccardi
Bisbee
New Jersey
Fahd-Es-Sultaneh
Riccardi
U. S
Cochise County
I. V. Pruitt
Newark
N. J
Sebastian Kresge
Stocks Gain As Market Breaks With Flash Prices
The stock market surged on Saturday with flash price updates from the trading floor, outpacing the tape as high speed quotes lagged seven minutes. Prices rose a few cents to over a dollar, amid the strongest buying surge since 1929. Citation won the Preakness at Baltimore on a heavy track, six lengths ahead of Vulcan's Forge, with Bobard third and Better Self last. A large fire on a downtown block in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, consumed a block and threatened nearby homes, with a million-dollar blaze erupting hours after an explosion.
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William PD
Horgan
New York
Exchange
Baltimore
Citation
Calumet Farm
Vulcan's Forge
Bobard
Better Self
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Peace Proposal Faces Labor Turbulence Across Nation
Six hundred national guardsmen dispersed a crowd at a Swift & Co plant in South St. Paul Minnesota after a court order restricted gatherings. CIO leaders met in Chicago to study a mediator’s plan while Governor Youngdall mobilized troops. The year’s broad labor strife included 75,000 CIO Auto Workers against Chrysler and a looming 42 state walkout of long distance operators.
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Swift & Co
South St. Paul
Minn
Lester Hancock
CIO United Packinghouse
Chicago
Minnesota
Luther W. Youngdall
Cudahy
Newport
Truman
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Great Lakes
CIO National Maritime Union
Maritime Union
Three Die In Arizona Car Crashes In Weekend Toll
Two separate late Friday and early Saturday crashes in Arizona killed three people. Wallace Dick Colum, 21, of Cottowood died when his car crashed into a 20 foot ravine east of Cottonwood. Alice Flanagan, 47, and Fred A. Daniels, 50, both of Los Angeles, died when their car was struck by a cattle truck on U. S. 60 70 near Ehrenberg. The truck driver C M Robbins, 52, Phoenix and James C Brown, El Monte, California, escaped injury.
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Arizona
Wallace Dick Colum
Clarkdale
Alice Flanagan
Los Angeles
Fred A. Daniels
Colum
Cottonwood
Highway Patrol
U. S
Robbins, Brown
Mrs. Brown
Daniels
Louise Eby Dies Noted Milwaukee Educator Pastor and Author
Dr Louise Eby professor of religion and philosophy at Milwaukee Downer college since 1932 died Friday in Milwaukee She was a Congregational minister and author born in 1883 and known for writings on religion and philosophy
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Milwaukee
Louise Eby
Milwaukee Downer College
Crawford Will Direct Mining
DOUGLAS May 15 Phelps Dodge Corp. announces Crawford named general superintendent of the Copper Queen branch succeeding the late H C Henrie. J B Pullen becomes manager of Copper Queen and in charge of Douglas reduction works. Other appointments include EF Mills and W W Little to senior roles at United Verde.
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Douglas
Judd Case Not To Be Revived For Now
Phoenix May 15 The move to commute Winnie Ruth Judd’s death sentence to life was tabled indefinitely by the state pardon and parole board Chairman Walter Hofmann said. The board has not set a new date and Dr John A Larson noted the case may not be addressed at the June meeting.
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Phoenix
U.P
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Pardon and Parole Board
Walter Hofmann
Pardon and Parole Board
Dr. Larson
Judd
Larson
Father of Boys Town dies after heart attack in Berlin
Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan, 61, famed founder of Boys Town, died in a German army hospital after a heart attack. He collapsed at Harnack House and died at 2:05 AM local time. He had inspected facilities for needy youths in Europe and Asia, and his work touched leaders worldwide. Funeral in Berlin with Cardinal Van Preysing officiating, body to be sent to the United States.
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Neb
Berlin
Germany
Edwin Shanke
Army Hospital
Nebraska
Harnack House
279Th Station
Emmitt
Walsh
Flanagan
Vienna
Rome
Pius XII
U. S. Army
Japan
Omaha
U. S
Hirohito
Nagako
Korea
Europe
Rev
P. A. Flanagan
Ireland
Belfast
Hollywood
Count Konrad van Preysing
Israel Is Mecca Of Homeless Jews
London May 15 American and Jewish leaders in Germany predicted a slow exodus of about 240000 homeless Jews from Europe to Israel after U S recognition. Gen Lucius D Clay said an organized movement would follow and the U S army could move refugees to German frontiers. British officials voiced caution while Paris noted the move fits the UN partition plan as a Campidoglio ship with 200 Jews sailed to Tel Aviv.
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Germany
Europe
Israel
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Frankfurt
United States
William Haber
Clay
Haber
Britain
Palestine
Foreign Office
Truman
House of Commons
Paris
Emile Najar
Jewish Agency
United Nations
Jaffa
Baseball scores from American and National leagues
American League Cleveland defeats Chicago 7 to 1. Philadelphia 3 New York 1. Boston 5 Washington 0. Detroit 4 St. Louis 1. National League Philadelphia 7 New York 0. Boston 1 Brooklyn 0. Cincinnati 5 Chicago 2. Pittsburgh at St. Louis tonight.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Russians Ignore Repatriation Accord Claim
TOKYO May 15 An Allied headquarters officer accused Russia of flouting the agreement to repatriate 50 000 Soviet held Japanese monthly.
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Tokyo
Russia
UN Palestine partition plan outlines Jewish state region
UN special committee on Palestine fixed boundaries for a proposed Jewish state or a Jewish area in the new state. The area includes the Eastern Galilee coastal strip from Dan to south of Rehovot and a southern Negev with two northern prongs toward the Dead Sea. Jerusalem would be under international trusteeship.
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Israel
United Nations Special Committee On
Jaffa
Desert Negeb
Dead Sea
Pettigrew Wins At Las Vegas Helldorado Rodeo
Homer Pettigrew of Chandler Arizona won his second event at the Las Vegas Helldorado rodeo taking the calf reaping contest in 16.4 seconds after securing the bull dogging title on Thursday. Other winners included Carl Dossey Ned Ferro Dave Campbell and Carl Mendes for various riding and bulldogging events.
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Las Vegas
Homer Pettigrew
Chandler
Ariz
Pettigrew
Carl Dossey
Ned Ferro
Dave Campbell
Carl Mendes
Visalia
Calif
New York Jews Celebrate Israel State Proclamation
Hundreds gather in Times Square and across Brooklyn and the Bronx to sing and dance in honor of Israel's proclamation and its swift U.S. recognition. The Jewish Agency offices overflow as thousands celebrate with Mazel tov cries and flags fluttering from windows.
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New York
Israel
U.S
State of Israel
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Times Square
Mazeltov
Brooklyn
Bronx
Victory Sure, Truman Tells
President Truman told Young Democrats at a Mayflower Hotel dinner that the next four years will have a Democrat in the White House and warned against mixing foreign policy with the campaign. He criticized Republican obstructionists and lauded FDR era programs while defending a bipartisan foreign policy.
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Truman
White House
Young Democrats of America
Mayflower Hotel
U. S
West
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Social Security
Mr. Truman
TVA
Truman weighs lifting U S arms embargo on Middle East
President Truman studies lifting the United States arms embargo affecting the entire Middle East, potentially allowing Arabs and Jews in Israel to buy weapons in the United States. A White House official said the matter is under study and not a snap decision.
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Truman
United States
Middle East
White House
Israel
Palestine
U. S
Mr. Truman
Holy Land
Charles G. Ross
Goat
United Nations
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United
Rescued Miners Recall Grim Wait After Mine Flood
Edward Heck and Peter Gorton, both of Shamokin, told AP reporter Tom Shriver at Shamokin state hospital they had little hope after water from an abandoned pit flooded their mine. They praised the pumps and recalled Charley Bashore, the missing partner. They planned to block the opening after recovery.
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Shamokin
Associated Press
Tom Shriver
Shamokin State Hospital
Edward Heck
Peter Gorton
Gorton
Charley
Charley Bashore
Bashore
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