October 23: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “New York today gave the arriving delegates to the United Nations General Assembly a rousing welcome. Along the built-up canyons of lower Broadway as the delegates drove by in a long cavalcade of cars, they were welcomed by the cheering New Yorkers, who lined up eight and ten deep along the sidewalks of Broadway and tossed ticker-tape from high buildings, in the traditional manner of New York welcomes … Then they were officially welcomed on the plaza in front of City Hall by Deputy Mayor Thomas L.J. Corcoran on behalf of the City of New York, and by Warren Austin, himself a General Assembly delegate, head of the U.S. delegation, on behalf of the United States. Mr. Corcoran, in his address of welcome, expressed New York City’s wish to see the United Nations established in New York as its permanent home.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1948, the Eagle reported, “TEL AVIV (U.P.) — Both Arab and Jewish reports said today that severe fighting has broken out in the Syrian border area of northern Palestine. Syrian troops and Arab irregulars under Fawzi El-Kaukji are battling against Israeli troops in the Manara area, these reports said. Jewish sources said their field reports admitted the Syrians had captured the heights of Sheik Abbad and were pressing the attack with considerable force. The Jews blamed the attack on the Syrians. Arab reports from Beirut said Israeli troops started the attack by directing mortar fire on Syrian positions. Syria has protested the attack to the United Nations, the Beirut dispatches said. Israeli officials said they had protested to United Nations Truce Headquarters in Haifa. Israeli officials said the fighting was a ‘grave aggressive action which may lead to a general flareup in the whole region.’ Haifa Truce Headquarters reported that small-scale fighting continued in a number of sections in the Negev region of southern Palestine after the deadline of 3 p.m.”