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1948
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During the summer of 1948, Count Folke Bernadotte was sent by the UN to Palestine to mediate a truce and try to negotiate a settlement. Bernadotte's plan called for the Jewish State to relinquish the Negev and Jerusalem to Transjordan and to receive the western Galilee. This was similar to the boundaries that had been proposed prior to the partition vote, and had been rejected by all sides. Now, the proposal was being offered after the Arabs had gone to war to prevent partition and a Jewish state had been declared. The Jews and Arabs both rejected the plan.
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In the first phase of the war, lasting from November 29, 1947 until April 1, 1948, the Palestinian Arabs took the offensive, with help from volunteers from neighboring countries. The Jews suffered severe casualties and passage along most of their major roadways was disrupted.
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For a while there were fears that the 1948 stamp extravaganza would be repeated the following year. During the early months of 1949, more than 60 resolutions for new stamps were proposed in Congress, and the number was expected to top 200 by year's end. Members of the Senate post office committee called on the postmaster general to reassert his authority over the stamp-selection process and hold new issues to no more than 12 a year. And that's just what happened. In the backlash to the glut of '48, only 11 stamps were issued in 1949.
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Lou Limmer played first base for Lincoln in 1948. His professional career began at Lexington, NC in 1946. He was a power hitter and used his home run power to get to Lincoln in 1948. He hit 28 home runs, batted in 93 runs and averaged .288 as a team-mate of Bobby Shantz, Nellie Fox, Earle Brucker Jr. and Bob Wellman who were ... future Athletics. That year while sliding into third base, a freak accident took place. Limmer suffered a head injury resulting in temporary blindness.
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The campaign of 1948 was a study in contrasts. Dewey, as befitted a clear frontrunner, staged a very subdued campaign, hoping to assure victory by avoiding discussion of troublesome issues. Truman did the opposite, figuring that he had little to lose. He embarked on a 31,000-mile train trip across the nation and delivered hundreds of off-the-cuff speeches to crowds that often greeted the president with cries of "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" And Truman did. He lambasted the "do-nothing, good-for-nothing" Eightieth Congress for its inaction and hoped that his opponent would be tarnished in the process.
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The first point of news is that the 1948: Complete Training Manual is now available. The Complete Training Manual provides all the information you need to create a hero in 1948. It is composed of 4 sub-titles; the Basic Training Manual, the Specialized Training Manual, the Elite Training Manual and the FX Training Manual.
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