Beatrice Daily Sun · Beatrice, Nebraska · 12 May 1948
CP-1948-068
Arabs Flee Jewish Advance
Associated Press Wirephoto
Transcribed from the clipping
A caravan of trucks lines a street in Jaffa as residents of the Arab port city in Palestine pile their household goods aboard the vehicles during the evacuation of the city in the face of Jewish forces advancing from neighboring Tel Aviev. AP Wirephoto.
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The picture and its caption are the whole item. Tel Aviev is the paper’s own spelling.
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"Arabs Flee Jewish Advance," Beatrice Daily Sun, 12 May 1948, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-068. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-068
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