Ambush Kills Jewish Agency Executive and Others in Holy Land
Arab ambushes of Jewish convoys outside Jerusalem and near Haifa kill Jewish Agency executive Hans Beydt and seven others, with Mrs. Golda Mayerson wounded by glass splinters. Additional clashes on Christmas Day leave numerous Arabs and Jews dead or wounded as violence spikes across the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Golda Mayerson
Hans Beydt
Youth Immigration Department
Jeruser
Sharon Slaan
Moza
Tel Aviv
Alan Cunningham
Beersheba
Haifa
Holy Land
Beb el Wad
Moya
Mayerson
Tzane Grienhalim
Ieader
Hassan Salameh
Afrika Kerp
Palestine
Subhi Sharif
Damascus
Wadi Rashmiyeh
City Adds New Tractor for Snow Removal
City announces purchase of a Hough payloader for the street department. Walter E. Dick, City Engineer, said the machine with a three quarters yard bucket will haul snow at street intersections in winter and remove dirt from construction areas in summer. Funded in the 1948 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Dick
Wisconsin forecast mostly cloudy with light snow in northwest
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with light snow in the northwest portion and across the state. Colder conditions expected in the east and central areas tonight with a minimum temperature near 0 to 5 for locations, while highs yesterday reached around 25 to 35 and today’s readings show a low in the upper teens to low 20s.
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Wisconsin
Greek Army Rout 2000 Guerrillas Near Konista
Greek forces reported routing about 2000 guerrillas who besieged the northwest Greece mountain stronghold of Konista for 10 hours as they declared a Communist state. The clash followed the proclamation of a guerrilla government by Gen. Markos Vasthiades and a police sweep in Athens and Piraeus that uncovered a plot to assassinate former Premier Stylianos Gonatas and planned sabotage.
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Athens
A.P
Konista
Greece
Markos Vasthiades
Piraeus
Styhanos Gonatas
National Liberal Party
Gonlatas
Tojo Takes Blame for Pearl Harbor Trial
At the Far East war crimes tribunal in Tokyo, Hideki Tojo, the former Japanese premier, testifies that he alone bears responsibility for Pearl Harbor. He denies crimes, defends Hirohito, and claims the war was conducted in self defense while shielding the emperor.
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Tokyo
W.A
Hideki Tojo
Imperial Japan
International Military Tribunal For
Far East
Tojo
the Razor
China
Southeast Asia
Ichiro Kiyose
Japan
James Doolittle
Hirohito
George Blewett
Philadelphia
Toja
Parsons
Anderson Asks Brokers for List of Government Account Holders
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson ordered 628 commodity brokers to reveal names of government employees or family members with commodity trading accounts in 1946 47. Brokers must answer by Jan 3 and provide further transaction details by Jan 10.
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Washington
Clinton Anderson
United States
Isis
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Holiday Snow Delays Harsh Waukesha Highway Duty
Snow and ice forced Waukesha County street and highway crews to work through Christmas and Thanksgiving. About 50 families faced missing loved ones as 50 workers logged long shifts. sleet and freezing roads delayed dinner plans and required crews to respond at 11 am. Sheriff reports more family trouble complaints on Christmas than usual.
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Waukesha
Waukesha Street
Ed Stephan
Act
Leslie P. Hockteacher
Printer admits arson to cover $16 theft at party
Herbert E. Rasmussen, 21, confessed to starting a 125000 fire at General Products to conceal a 16 dollar theft plus a pen and pencil set from an executive's desk during a Christmas party. Police say he confessed after a lie detector test, after first claiming the blaze was accidental.
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Chicain
WRI
Herbert E. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
General Products Co
Wally Returns as Best Dresser
Duchess of Windsor tops yearly list of best dressed women in New York Institute poll. Barbara Paley, formerly Barbara Cushing, second. former Mrs. Paley drops to 10th. No film star on list for first time since 1940. Mrs Hawks falls to eighth. Several vote earners disqualified for fashion-business ties. other placements noted.
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Barbara Bundschu
United Press
New York
Duchess
Windsor
Willam Paley
Barbara Cushing
Stanley Grafton Mortimer, Jr
Paley
Dorothy Hart
Santa Barbara
Calif
Columbia Broadcasting System
Howard Hawks
Bose
Harrison Williams
William Rhinelander Stewart
Byron Foy
John C. Wilson
Millicent Rogers
Hawks
Geoffrey Gates
William Wallace
Ina Claire
San Francisco
State Employment Office to Recruit Farm Labor in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Employment Service will recruit and place farm laborers at 338 West Main Street after December 31. County Agent J F Thomas announced the shift, noting that the Extension Service has handled labor recruitment for five years due to the end of federal appropriations. About 600 workers were placed in Waukesha County during that period to cover harvest needs. Berry Seneel and Melvin Grantman directed the program, which ends as the Extension Service expects ongoing equipment shortages through 1948.
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Wisconsin Employment Service
W. Main St
J. F. Thomas
Agricultural Extension Service
Waukesha County
Berry Seneel
Melvin Grantman
White Christmas Surprise Hits Northern States
A rare white Christmas arrived in parts of southern Nabeasa with up to 0.3 inch by 7 a.m. small snowfalls created slick highways and dangerous driving. Temperatures ranged 30 to 18. Light snow lingered, with a forecast of continued flurries and colder weather through the weekend.
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Waukershans
Nabeasa
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Maine
Maryland
Icy Roads Cause 13 Local Crashes Hurt 13
Traffic on slick highways led to a string of crashes in Waukesha County as a light glaze turned roads into skating rinks. Thirteen people were injured, mostly cuts and bruises, with one pedestrian hurt on Christmas Eve. Drivers included Carl Schultz, Emil Seel, Arthur Blumkin, William Graser, and others. injuries ranged from bruises and cuts to broken ribs and back injuries.
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Waukesha
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Prospect
Carl A. Schultz
Bejolt
Emil Seel
Schultz
Seel Auto
Clara Schultz
Seel
Arthur J. Blumkin
Waterford
Wiliam Graser
Big Bend
Graser
Blumkun
Kathryn Blumkun
Charles Buechier
West Alas
Evert W. Clark
Merton
Tfartland
John Zychowicz
Pewankee
Clark
Jane
Floyd Gudeyou
Earl K. Sedgwick
Lilly Gudeyon
Gusetave Gudeyon
Fern Sedgwick
Boy
Prairie Avenue
Nick M. Vega
Route 3
Conselo
Paul Beaster
North Street
Harold C. Gramer
Madison St
Beaster
Ann Bardeen
Madison
Stanley Olejniczak
Pewaukee
Christmas Collision Follows Couple Quarrel in Car
In Waukesha Mr and Mrs Nick M Vega of route 3 were fined five dollars and costs each for disorderly conduct after a Christmas collision on Prairie avenue. Mrs Vega allegedly grabbed the wheel during a fight, causing the car to ram a tree. Both were hospitalized with cuts and bruises. the judge admonished them as they admitted guilt. Lights downtown failed when Charles Flynn of 534 Moreland Avenue crashed into an ornamental light post at Wisconsin Avenue, disrupting power. Flynn faced no further action. Kenneth L Cross, 25, was jailed for six months after a second indecent exposure case this year in municipal court.
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Nick M. Vega
Waukesha
Prairie Avenue
Vegas
Fudge Scott Lowry
E. Broadway
Main Street
Charles W. Flynn
Mooreland Ave
Wisconsin Avenue
Walter B. Dick
Flynn
Ebeturnus
Kenneth L. Cross
Marcis
Nine on B-17 Helpless in Intense Cold
Rescue efforts for nine Americans aboard a B-1T plane forced down 200 miles northwest of Goose Bay Labrador faced postponement due to worsening weather. A C-47 ski equipped rescue plane was prepared to take off at dawn, while earlier reports said supplies had been dropped to the seven crew members and two civilians. Names of those aboard were not released.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
Westoverfield
Mass
Auth
Besbes
Tomorow
Sres
Frozen Lake
Air Force
Astray Lake
Baffin Island
Nine Sailors Die As Park Victory Wrecks Off Finland
Nine American sailors perished when the U S ship Park Victory wrecked on the rocky southwest coast of Finland near Uto in a Christmas storm. Thirty nine crew were saved, including Captain Allen Zepp. Rescue boats and a Finish radio alert aided survivors after the ship split on rocks and flooded.
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Helsinki
Finland
U. S
Park Victory
Uto
Allen 4Zepp
Zepp Ield
Fear Alaska Wastes Hopes for B-29 Crew
Eight airmen aboard a missing B 29 faced grim prospects as rescue planes failed to find them after a weather reconnaissance flight from Ladd Field. The aircraft has not been heard since Tuesday and last contacted over extreme northern Alaska.
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Alaska
Fairbanks
Arctic Circle
Laddfield
Tts
Lone Survivor Tells of Tragedy at Sea
Amster dam United Press reports that a 1,350 ton Norwegian timber ship Skoghaug sank after an explosion off the Dutch coast on Christmas night. Arne Roekkan, 28, the sole survivor, reached Camperduin in a lifeboat after a 50 mile storm voyage with four injured companions who perished from wounds and exposure.
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Amsterdam
U.P
Skoghaug
Arne Roekkan
Camperduin
Roekkan
Take Nine Lives Hourly in Traffic Fire Tragedies
United Press reports a Christmas period death toll with 332 violent deaths in 36 hours, California leading at 32 fatalities and Texas close behind. A deadly Nevada gambling hall fire killed ten, including five relatives. a Texas hotel blaze left six dead. A bus crash in South Carolina and a California home fire killed multiple children and adults amid alcohol and murder suspicions.
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United Press
California
Texas
Orange
Tex
Fredericksburg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Ilinas
Nevada
Dressterville
Gardnerville
Greely Jim
Jim
Beaufort
8. C
Heid
Ocean Fork
Calf
Claude Axley
Mabel
Claude Jr
Jimmy
Aaley
Holiday Traffic Toll In Wisconsin Two Dead
Wisconsin reports Christmas eve and Christmas day auto accidents claim at least two lives. John Rantis, 70, of Superior, killed in a hit and run. his body found near Superior on Highway 2 by a passing motorist. Earl Jessonge, 26, of Green Bay, died in hospital after his car skidded overturned, suffering a skull fracture and multiple ribs.
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United Press
Wisconsin
John Rantis
Superior
William Simms
Rantio
Earl Jessonge
Green Bay
Jessonge
Oliver Dawley to Head March of Dimes Here
Oliver Dawley was named chair of the March of Dimes drive in Waukesha Pewaukee with Dr John W Nash announcing the appointment. Dawley, a Junior Chamber member and Quality Service Laundry associate, served as World War I veteran with seven months overseas. The campaign begins next month.
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Oliver Dawley
March of Dimes
Waukesha
John W. Nash
Pewaukee
Dawley
Chamber of Commerce
Quality Service Laundry
N. Grandave
A. BE. Timmel
Gconomowoc
Nash
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Truman
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