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December 2, 1947

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Headlines from December 2, 1947

House Committee Shows Hostility As Harriman Backs Control Plan; HOUSE COMMITTEE COOL TO CONTROLS

By Harold B. Hintonspecial To the New York Times

Testifies on Truman anti-inflation proposal, House com

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VAST AIR STRENGTH URGED BY LOVETT AND DE SEVERSKY; Davison Joins in Demand for Outlays Adequate to Keep Us First in the Skies HELD 'CHEAPEST' SECURITY Plane Designer Tells the Air Policy Board Cost Should Match Navy's 20 Billions VAST AIR STRENGTH CALLED VITAL NEED

By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times

Under-Sec Lovett, Maj de Seversky and F T Davison urge constant high output of planes regardless of cost, comm; Lovett stresses need to maintain high mfg potential

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DEWEY ASKS RISE IN STATE SALARIES; Says Living Costs Force Him to Have Budget Chief Draft Temporary Increase

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Dewey will propose temporary rise in '48; to be below Assn request, statistics on salary rises since '42; on total payroll

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U. S. Atomic Proving Ground Being Built on Pacific Atoll; Isolated Eniwetok Will Be a Permanent Experiment Station -- Population of 147 Going to Other Islands

By Anthony Leviero

Directs task force building atomic weapons proving ground on Eniwetok atoll; comments; por

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KINGS JURY TO GET RELIEF GRAFT CASE; 15 Tell Prosecutor of Making Kickbacks -- Accuser in 2d Incident Faces Charges Kings Grand Jury Will Receive Relief Kickback Case Tomorrow

By Unknown Author

S Moskowitz case to go to Kings County Grand Jury; 15 witnesses testimony noted; Moskowitz under psychiatric observation; Comr Murtagh repts Ciancis accusations against relief investigator unfounded; finds they suppressed data on income while getting relief; Fielding repts plans for immediate Dept staff increase

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Notable Births

1947Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter^[†]

Isaac "Jacky" Bitton is a French-American musician. Initially gaining fame as the drummer for secular rock band Les Variations, Bitton became a baal teshuva through Chabad in the late 1970s and subsequently began a career in contemporary Jewish music.

1947Tommy Jenkins, English footballer and manager^[†]

Thomas Ernest Jenkins is an English retired footballer. He played professionally in two continents as a winger and is now a soccer coach in the United States.

1947Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist and author^[†]

Ivan Atanassov Petrov, is a Bulgarian neurologist and the head of the Clinic of Neurology at the Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria. He holds an MD and a PhD.

Historical Events

1947Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Arabs riot in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.^[†]

The 1947 Jerusalem Riots were a series of riots which occurred following the vote in the UN General Assembly in favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan on 2 December 1947.