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ooa opo oooo - 11 The Staloomqn. Salem. On. Saturday, Dcwnbf 27. 1947 o o odd ooo on do oa ODOO O ODO Pkftaair ff. - ... Jt. ii v. 4. - .it it. ! - H , If' -4 . Wi HUNGARIAN BATTLE-ROYAL hit taw Communist-dominated governments take ever macb of Balkans, Here Communist break ay freedom party mediae la SsegejL Hungary. ' ' ' - mini- x- -' - V 1 ' . . ' s , r i H A N C E D Despite strenu ous protests from the U. S. sad England. Nikola Petker, (above) leader of the Bulgarian peasant party was convicted and banged on charges of conspiring against too country's Commnnist-domi sated government. STRIFE IN PALESTINE United Nations decision to paHKioa the Holy Land between Arabs and Jews led to many eta of Violence. Above Asber Latar, Jewish newspaperman, is attacked by an Arab oa a Jerusalem Street 1? !t- --r5 ..M . 77. fej ' ' ' fciiiyiri A ai TWO TRAINS M E E T The -friendship train." bearing gifts of food to Europe's baagry, aad tk "fxeedoai train," tearing too U. 8. with historic docamcnts, meet at llarrUburt, Fa, 'A X i '' TILLS A L L The fenato commltteo tavestlgatlon 'Into Howard Hughes' wartime piano contracts took a sensational side track in testimony by Mai Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, (above) who told of bis ventures Into romance and finance. V 7 EXILE Communists eame Into power la Hungary, compel ling Prime Minister f'erene Nary (above) to resign and leave the country. Exile of Nary, who came to the U. 8., was assured by holding his son as hostage until be agreed. 4 "-" '--"ryot 100-MILE AIR VIEW-ThlsN.vy photo made by aa automatic camera la a V-2 rocket 10 miles above Whit Sands, N. L. shows more than ZOf.OOS square miles of V. 8. ami Mexico. Dark linger (upper left) is Gulf of California., 4 f I.- FLORIDA STORM. A September storm brovght exteswfvo especially la the Miami Beach area (above; where high to parts of Florida waterfront ! i , - . , '.f , ,. , . t t " v J -vf t '. . - f : . -. i mrnn Tti'iimr rr - r -lit, in -I 'lmn f-,-? -r - - r "-"i t -T'1 -linn Tiir - TEXAS CITY HdLOCAUST ThU spectacular fire, set off by explosion of French sjhip Crandcamp oa the Texas City, Tex, waterfront April IS. brought death to 46a, injured S.OOQl 'St. 'S 1 . i A- 7 i i vffl COMEBACK; The po litical fortunes of Gen. Charles De Gaulle, (above) wartime Free French leader, took an upturn in a year which saw Communists stage numerous strikes, demon strations and riots in both France and Italy. 1 Vi "1 : l . .tlr - V I N- I N 0 R E C O R D S James C. Petrillo, (above) president of the American Federation of Mu sicians, announced union musi cians would make no kind of recordings after Dec 31. i.i.i.i ) iii i 1 1 C " ' - W " : M0 - it : J i - m iMxz i, 4- . -roi F' CRISIS IN BRITAIN England's economic crisis made 1947 headlines. Among contrilUng factors was the worst blizzard in 50 years, halting fuel transport and killing livestock. Ibis scene is in Yorkshire. 4 " . I MID - AT LAN TIC RESCUE A lifeboat from the TJ. S. CMstrurd cutter Bibb prepares to take off persons aboard the flying boat Bermuda Sky Queen, forced dowa la mM-AUantlc PREMIE R To the accom panimont of bloody Arab-Hinda rlottag, India was separated front Paklstaa aad ashleved dominion statas la 147. As the new gov ernment was formed. Pandit Ja waharUl Nohra (above) became India's prtmo snlnister. 4 "' .;", '?' I . vv-s 1 ROYAL NEWLYWEDS Princess Elizabeth of Eng land and her bridegroom, Prince Philip, Duke el Edinburgh, posed for this picture in Buckingham Palace after their return from their wedding la Westminster Abbey, Nov. Z0. ' 0 ) Oh f AS, ! 1J AIRLINER TRAGEDY Among several tragic accidents to airliners during 1947 was this craab of a UAL plane taking off from LaGaardla Field. N. Y, May 29, la which 43 died. t