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August 12, 1948

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BERNADOTTE BARS FIRING IN HOLY CITY; Arabs Accept, Zionists Study Shooting Ban Plea -- Israel Ordered From Latrun Hill BERNADOTTE BARS FIRING IN HOLY CITY

By Sam Pope Brewerspecial To the New York Times

Bernadotte asks Jews and Arabs in city not to fire even if fired upon; repts Arab accord; notes Israeli opposition to demilitarization; orders Israelis to abandon position near Latrun; refusal seen; Israeli plan to annex New City reptd; Brit consulate car damaged by Jews

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CRISIS IS REPORTED OVER SOVIET STAND IN MOSCOW PARLEY; London Sources Say Molotov Proposals Were Turned Down by Western Governments MORE TALKS TODAY SEEN Diplomats in Paris Doubtful Present Conferences Will Result in Any Progress

By Herbert L. Matthewsspecial To the New York Times

western Allies order Adm to set up special western treas

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CONTRACT SIGNED FOR TWO FAST SHIPS TO COST $46,830,000; Biggest Liner Contract in Our History Calls for Luxury 20,000-Ton Craft U.S. PAYS 45% OF COST Subsidy Will Give the American Export Lines Three-Class Carriers for Mediterranean CONTRACT SIGNED FOR 2 FAST SHIPS

By George Horne

US grants 45% subsidy on 2 ships to cost $46.83 million to be built by Bethlehem for Amer Export Lines, thus opening passenger shipbldg program

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Writ Orders Mrs. Kosenkina Be Brought Into Court Today; COURT ISSUES WRIT FOR SOVIET WOMAN

By Charles Grutzner

NYC Justice Dickstein orders Lomakin to have Kosenkina brought into ct as result of Common Cause, Inc charge that consulate is holding her by force; Common Cause chmn C Emmet comments; Lomakin says neither he nor Kosenkina will appear

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1948Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka^[†]

Siddaramaiah, also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd chief minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018, being only the second person in the history of Karnataka state to hold that office for a full five-year term after D. Devaraj Urs.

1948Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist^[†]

Graham John Zellick is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, serving from 1997 to 2003. He was previously Principal of Queen Mary and Westfield College, London from 1991 to 1998.

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1948Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police.^[†]

The Babrra Massacre was a mass shooting by state police on 12 August 1948 in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. According to official figures, around 15 protestors were killed while around 40 were injured. However, Khudai Khidmatgar sources maintained that around 150 were killed and 400 were injured.

Headlines from August 12, 1948

BERNADOTTE BARS FIRING IN HOLY CITY; Arabs Accept, Zionists Study Shooting Ban Plea -- Israel Ordered From Latrun Hill BERNADOTTE BARS FIRING IN HOLY CITY

CRISIS IS REPORTED OVER SOVIET STAND IN MOSCOW PARLEY; London Sources Say Molotov Proposals Were Turned Down by Western Governments MORE TALKS TODAY SEEN Diplomats in Paris Doubtful Present Conferences Will Result in Any Progress

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR TWO FAST SHIPS TO COST $46,830,000; Biggest Liner Contract in Our History Calls for Luxury 20,000-Ton Craft U.S. PAYS 45% OF COST Subsidy Will Give the American Export Lines Three-Class Carriers for Mediterranean CONTRACT SIGNED FOR 2 FAST SHIPS

Writ Orders Mrs. Kosenkina Be Brought Into Court Today; COURT ISSUES WRIT FOR SOVIET WOMAN

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