Hagana Retaliates Killing 70 Arabs near Tel Aviv Jaffa
News from Jerusalem reports the Hagana defense army killed 70 Arabs and wounded 100 in a counter attack between Tel Aviv and Jaffa. The fighting raised the Palestine death toll to 175 with 97 killed in the last day. Arab nations met in Cairo amid calls to declare war on enforcing partition.
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British Authoriies
Hagana Defense Army
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
United Nations
Palestine
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Cairo
Sti
Allenby Road
Jewish Defense Army
Ha-gane
Hagana
Irguy Zvai Leumi
Brought Promised Snake Backfires in Texas to Wisconsin
Martinez promised to bring back a rattlesnake from Texas. The creature bit his wrist when unbagged in his suite, broke from a jar en route, and was killed by the family. Police from three districts helped fetch antivenom serum from Chicago via Rockford to counteract poison. Hospital attendants said Martinez had a fair chance of recovery. Sidney Burke, 46, is critically injured after flying saw blade fragments amputated his left hand and both legs while working on a farm near Auburndale.
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Sterling
Martinez
Texas
Chicago
Rockford
Auburndale
Sidney Burke
Burke
Wenzel
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Amid Snow Moving In
Weather forecast for Wisconsin notes cloudy and very cold conditions with light snow starting tonight in the far west and spreading westward by Wednesday. Minimum temperatures expected near dawn, with yesterday's high and low around 60 and 10 respectively. local figures uncertain in the garbled text.
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Wisconsin
Clouny
Voyscey
Heart Attack Kills Man in Hotel Room at Coma Hotel
John A. Gebel, 65, was found dead in his room about 8 a m by a janitor at the Coma hotel. Coroner says death due to mortal causes. A World War I veteran, he spent seven years in the area as a truck driver. Survived by two brothers Charles W. Gebel of Waukesha and James S. Gebel of North Dakota, and two sisters Mrs Alice Beye of Mukwonago and Mrs Katie Dahms of Waukesha. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Lyle Tuschen funeral home with Rev Dwight Moody Bahr officiating. Burial in Prairie Home cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m tomorrow.
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John A. Gebel
Alvin H. Johnson
Geiber
Waukesha
128Th Infantry
Army of Occupation
Charles W. Geibel
James 5. Geibel
North Dakotas
Alice Beye
Mukwonago
Atie Dahms
Lyle- Tuschen
Dwight Moody Bahr
First Baptist Church
Prairie Home Cemetery
House Rejects Embargo on Aid Bill Debate
The House voted 145 to 107 to reject an amendment banning export embargoes on fertilizer, petroleum, and farm machinery within the emergency foreign aid bill worth $590 million. Another amendment to restrict fertilizer exports failed 135 to 107 amid three hours of debate as leaders warned the bill’s momentum could falter. President Truman planned to ask Congress for a Marshall Plan renewal and an initial aid appropriation of about $7.5 billion for the first 15 months.
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Washington
House
H. Carl Andersen
Minn
Secretary of Agriculture
Thomas G. Abernethy
D. Milns
Everett M. Dirksen
John W. Flannagan
House Agriculture Commuities
Forest A
Harness
Ind
Senate
Truman
Congress
Second Victim Dies in Milwaukee Head-on Crash
John B. Cawley, 51, died of a blood clot at County Emergency Hospital after a head-on collision Saturday night on Highway 41. Harold Lambert, 34, driver of the other car, was killed instantly. Lambert's wife Mary remained in poor condition.
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Milwaukee
John B. Cawley
County
Cawley
Harold Lambert
Lambert
Mary
Congress Sets Broad Rationing Powers Bill
The administration submitted to Congress a bill granting broad powers to ration food and fuel, with authority to buy entire farm crops at government fixed prices. It aims to extend control over exports, set priorities for scarce materials, and cover wage and price controls, while awaiting further studies and industry consultation. Senate Republicans urge clear scope before adjournment.
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Congress
Bih
Secretary of Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Senate Judiciary
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Theenate
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Senate
House
Commerce
William ©. Foster
Subcommittee
Interior
Adrian Fisher
Commerce Department
John 8. Cooper
R. Ky. Harriman
Cooper
Hartiman
Fisher
Wigher
Coover
William Foster
Truan
Rubber Bands Train a 61-Year-Old for Short Stretch
Henry F. Mueller, a 61 year old from Waukesha, told Milwaukee police that a makeshift waist band of rubber bands was to keep down a scarf. He faced charges after allegedly shoplifting a pair of gloves at a department store. Judge Robert Cannon sentenced him in a case that included a prior theft record. Detective Teevin doubted Mueller’s home claim but noted he gave Waukesha as his home for “foxy” reasons. Mueller, observed by the bureau, refused to answer questions upon seizure.
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Milwaukee
Waukesha
House of Correction
Henry F. Mueller
Robert Cannon
Mueller
Cannon
John Teevin
Murder Term Cut for Honesty Murder Term Cut for Honesty
Madison Wisconsin Acting Gov Oscar Rennebohm reduced Henri J Vanderkerkhove manslaughter sentence from life to a maximum of 30 years. Vanderkerkhove a Chicago man had long prison service as a chauffeur and chaplain at Wisconsin state prison amid claims of unusual escape opportunities. The move allows immediate parole eligibility and followed claims of attempts at escape and differing trial outcomes for accomplice Donald Brown.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Oscar Rennebohm
Henri J. Vanderkerkhove
Chicago
Vanderkerkhove
Jennor
Needles in Junk Pile Found Save $6,000
Jackson Mississippi report describes four radium tipped needles valued at $6,000 accidentally discarded with office trash. Dr H F Magee and LSU physicist Max Goodrich used a Geiger counter to locate the needles, one by one, among city dump debris within hours.
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Jackson, Miss
H. F. Magee
Max Goodrich
LSU Physics P
Council to Take Final Action on Record Budget
The Waukesha common council plans a special session to approve a 1948 budget of 996550, the largest in history. Key items include 12000 for Frame Park light, mayoral salary raises to 6000, and a 1500 senior planner, with many fixed expenses and a push for tax relief while resisting costly street and sewer projects.
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Common Council
Ald
Gaylord Luke
Frameparte
Httle
Edwin H. Honeyager
Waukesha
Public Service
Tom~mission
Halt Bootleg Ring in Pentagon Building
A 42 year old former employee ran a one man bootlegging operation inside the Pentagon for six months selling whisky to cafeteria workers for 28 cents a shot. Guards caught him in the act outside the building as he parked, pocketed bottles, and offered a drink to a regular patron yesterday.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Record Six Degree Low Snow Expected In State
Moderating temperatures expected tonight with readings not dropping below 12 above zero in Waukesha county while a low near six below was forecast between midnight and dawn today. Snow is anticipated to spread across the state tonight and tomorrow, with highs near 32 above in the south and 20 above in the north. Wisconsin and nearby locales recorded frigid weather with La Crosse hitting 18 below and Milwaukee at nine above. northern towns reported 11 inches of snow in Land O Lakes and Bemidji plunged to 27 below zero.
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Waukesha County
la Crosss la Grosse
Lone Rock
Richland County
Wisconsin
Lane O’ Lakes
Park Falls
Wausau
Superlay-Duluth
Madison
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Land O' Lakes
Wausea
Bemidji
City buys Sno-Go snow plow and loaders for 1920s era fleet
City engineers announce new snow removal gear purchased in Dubuque Ia costing 8330 for the Sno-Go with three auger banks and dual motors to push snow to fields or into dump trucks. Two Nelson loaders costing 3000 and a new Elgin street sweeper at 8720 replace obsolete gear. all funded from county allocations to ready for next winter.
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Wanu- Seesha
Dubuque
Walter E . Dick
Nelson
Elgin
Zed
Sea Monster Skeleton Baffles Scientists in Port Alberni
Dr. Alfred Testen of the Pacific biological station reports scientists cannot identify a 45 foot sea monster skeleton found at Vernon Bay. The skull measures nine by twelve inches, with a five foot hump in the spinal column, and the skeleton is not Atlantic whale or shark.
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Port Alberni
B. C
Alfred Testen
Pacific Biological Station
Inday
Vernon Bay
Inflation Note FFA Sells Chicken at High Price
Auctioneer Martin Fromm at a Rotary club sale for Future Farmers of America in Waukesha set record bids with 2.5 lb chicken selling for 10 dollars, others rising to 7 and 17 dollars. Sales raised 151 dollars for FFA activities at Waukesha High School, funding projects and educational tours to state and national shows.
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Waukesha
Martin Fromm
Rotary Club
Fromm
Philip Strong
Strong
Wiliam Wolfe
Fountainavye
E.F.A
F.F.A
Future Farmers Chapter
Milwaukee
Second Casket Arrives For Waukesha Veteran
The body of Pfc. Robert V. Schwulst arrives by Soo Line railroad at 9:33 pm for burial with military honors. The Waukesha native, born Sept 19 1924, served in the 89th Infantry and was killed in action March 16 1945 in Germany. Funeral services are Saturday at 2 pm at Lyie-Tuschen with burial at Prairie Home cemetery. He is survived by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
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Waukesha
Soo Line
Pfe
Robert V. Schwalsz
Elmer Schwulst
Harrison Ave
Pfc
Schwulst
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Europe
97Th General Hospital
England
Germany
89Th Infantry
Belgium
Schwarst
Lyie-Tuschen
H. G. Settlage
Prairie Home Cemetery
Soat-Vergenz
Hichard
Melbert
Howard
Thief Drives Away With Grocery Store Vehicle
Detroit report states William Wilkin complained a thief stole his grocery store from a converted city bus used as a shop. The bus was driven off while he wasn’t locking up, prompting police inquiry.
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Detroit
William Wilkin
Samebody
Paris Moscow clash ends France strikes and repatriation
Communist CGT leaders yield to Schuman government after Russia cuts trade talks and ejects a French repatriation mission. 240,000 troops mobilize to end the three week stoppage, as Moscow orders out Soviet delegates and recalls the French trade delegation.
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U.P
Russia
France
Moscow
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Workers of All Trades
Robert Schuman
Cvisig
CST
Schuman
Guaries
Tha Rbushans
T. Gousevint
Beauregard
Moscow Radio
Sureta Nationale
Teenagers Sentenced for Father’s Death in Detroit Robbery
Edward Small and William Hungerford, both teens, were jailed for 15 to 30 years in a state prison for stabbing John C. Small to death during a robbery to get money to flee to South America. Hungerford, 16, implicated Small, 17, in the killing, and the pair discarded the victim’s body in the Rouge River after stealing $450.
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Edward Small
William Hungerford
South America
Smail
Recorder's
John J. Maher
Hungerford
Young Small
John C. Small
Small
Rouge River
America
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