Texas milk companies fined for price fixing in state suits
Betts fines totaling 75000 against 10 milk companies in El Paso Dallas and Fort Worth for anti trust violations. Judges placed permanent injunctions on price fixing and ordered penalties allocated to each company as part of the state trust busting drive.
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Betts
Texas
98Th District Court
el Paso
Dallas
Fort Worth
Borden Company
Price’s Creameries
Hawkins Dairy
Borden's
Cabell’s, Inc
Metzger's Dairies
Oak Farms, Inc
Tennessee Dairies, Inc
Boswell Dairies
Alta Vista Creamery Company
Vandevoort’s, Inc
Borden’s
Dallas and
Price Daniel
Year in Review of the Absurd and Entertaining 1948
Arthur Edson recalls lighthearted year moments from 1948. Margarine tax repeal debates split voters from dairy interests. Whitaker Chambers pumpkin secret papers sparked laughter. Goldsborough faces wording issues with coal miners and strikes. John L. Lewis and Petrillo surface in notable episodes.
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Congress
Morgan
Whittaker Chambers
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Congress Grants Peculiar Laws As Christmas Gifts
The piece recalls odd 1940s laws such as banning barbeque pits at Great Lakes Naval Station and forcing the quartermaster corps to stable and feed President Truman’s horse. It notes Truman’s Christmas gifts including turkeys, comic books, an antiseptic gift assortment, a gold toilet seat, and unusual items from admirers.
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Congress
Great Lakes Naval Station
Quartermaster Corps
President Truman
Truman
Long Island
Government Seeks Federal Control of Gulf Tidelands
Attorney General Clark asked the Supreme Court to rule federal jurisdiction over tidelands off Texas and Louisiana, seeking royalties from offshore oil as the case tests federal vs state title. The move follows long disputes and echoes California precedents, with Texas and Louisiana pledging vigorous defense.
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Washington
Clark
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Navy
Interior Departments
Tidelands
Congress
California
Gulf of Mexico
Truman
House
National Association of State Attorneys General
Senate
Price Daniel
Austin
San Jacinto
Union
United States
Connally
Bolivar Kemp
Gulf Lands
State Mineral Board
Clark's Act No Surprise in Offshore Tidelands Move
The Associated Press reports federal control over Gulf tidelands sparked mixed reactions. Oilmen warn of nationalization risks while Texas officials vow strong opposition. experts say Supreme Court action may only clarify, not settle, ownership. Louisiana leases reveal billions in acreage deals.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Anex Manta
Time Flies and Phone Strike Is Still Unaverted
St Louis reports ongoing talks between Southwestern Bell and 50 000 union workers after a brief recess with no progress. A 24 hour alert to strike directors covers five states as the union threatens Christmas action potentially paralyzing service. Federal mediator A E Johnson prepared to propose a compromise settlement.
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ST Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. E. Johnson
Gus Cramer
Southwestern
Independent Communications Workers of America
Everett E. Cotter
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Southwestern Bell
Cramer
Quentin Roosevelt Die in Air Crash Near Hong Kong
The US Roosevelt family learns Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, is among 28 killed in a Skymaster crash near Bias Bay, Hong Kong. CNAC says body identified. pilot Charles Sundby, Danish, confirmed. Rest aboard were believed Chinese. rescue details incomplete.
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Shanghai
Chinese National Airlines
Quentin Roosevelt
Hong Kong
CNAC
Peg Hsueh-pei
Feng Yu-cheng
Chinese Central News Agency
P. L. Fang
Wave Tee
Weekline
Charles Sundby
Young Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Cornelius
Quentin
Bias Bay
Weather Forecast for Texas Panhandle and Gulf Plains
The extended outlook shows near normal temperatures for the period ending 3 30 PM Saturday for Texas west of the Gulf Plains. Normal lows range from 25 in the Panhandle to 40 in the extreme south, with normals highs from 52 to 65. Warmer in the north on Thursday and scattered light showers in the east on Saturday, otherwise little or no precipitation.
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Texas
Gulf Plains
Panhandle
OasisWis voting on prohibition keeps town dry
Oasis Wisconsin residents approve Prohibition by 48 to 47, with debate focusing on whether a drinker can remain fit after drinking. The vote outcome favors keeping Oasis dry despite close results and strong opposition.
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Oasis
Wis
Nets
NY Post Corporation
Bids Sought for Amarillo High School Stadium Bonds
The Amarillo school board calls for bids totaling 350000 dollars in revenue bonds for a new high school stadium. Bids due at 2 p.m. Thursday, with the board meeting at the administration building 500 Lincoln. A prior meeting announced the bid call after discussing the issue with band representatives. The stadium site was not on the agenda.
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Amarillo High School
Lincoln
Recordings Go on Sale by Amarillo Choir Director
Mrs. Julia Dean Evans of Amarillo High School announces vinyl recordings of the a cappella choir. 250 discs feature In Solemn Silence and Dry Bones, produced by Fidelity Recording Company. Sold at $1.50 with profits to choir expenses. plans include a full album and each local radio station will receive a copy.
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Julia Dean Evans
Amarillo High School
Fidelity Recording Company
Amarillo
Evans
Cheir
Sandie Band Heads to Amarillo-Waco Title Game
The Sandie band will travel to Fort Worth by Panhandle Trailways buses on Christmas Day for the Amarillo-Waco schoolboy title game. Buses depart from the high school at 4 o clock Saturday morning. Officials may add extra passengers if a full 37 seats per bus can be filled, but no firm arrangements are announced.
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Sandie
Fort Worth
Panhandle Trailways
Chas. M. Rogers
Panhandle
US Harbors 562 Red Groups, Say Probers
The House Un-American Activities Committee reported 562 Communist or Red front organizations and 190 related publications in a 144 page pamphlet. It said these fronts stem from government agencies and noted the list marks a first comprehensive roundup.
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Washington
United States
House Un-American Activities Committee
America
Mundt
South Dakota
Duggan a Stranger Declared By Chambers in Espionage Probe
New York December 21 Whittaker Chambers denied passing any secret papers through Lawrence Duggan and said he did not know Duggan. Duggan 43 a State Department official and Institute of Internal Education president died last night near Fifth Avenue. House Un American Activities Committee released Levine testimony connecting Duggan to confidential information transfers. Francis Sayre testified Duggan rendered outstanding service to the United States and hemispheric friendship while Summer Welles praised his patriotism. The grand jury probe continues as Hiss case looms in espionage inquiries.
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New York
Whittaker
Chambers
Lawrence Duggan
State Department
Duggan
Ducesn
The
Institute of Internal Education
Fifth Avenue
House Un-American Activities Committee
Isaac Don Levine
Levine
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Durgan
Ing
Grand Jury
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Summer Welles
Washington
United States
Francis B. Sayre
Sergeant Mike at Paramount Theater Benefit for underprivileged children
Today in Amarillo the 10:00 AM special free show features Sergeant Mike at the Paramount Theater with children admitted for a discarded toy donation. At noon the Junior Chamber of Commerce holds a meeting. Texas National Guard drills begin 7:45 PM at the Armory near the old Amarillo Army Air Field.
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Mike
Paramount Theater
Agreement Today Due on Bus Contract
Officials and drivers of the Amarillo Bus Company expect a final contract today after two hours of talks at the bus barn 401 Jefferson. Wages and over time were tentatively agreed while the dispute centers on yearly vacation time with drivers seeking up to 12 days a year. Representing the drivers were William Ecker Clarence Aber and M P Nussbaum and associates. the company side included George Nussbaum Arnold and Leonard Nussbaum.
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Amarillo
Jefferson
William Ecker
Bus Drivers Local
Clarence Aber
Oklahoma City
M. P. Nussbaum
George Nussbaum
Arnold
Leonard Nussbaum
Bus Drivers
Aber
Santa Visits Town Children in Wheeler and Dimmitt Listings
Santa visits downtown Wheeler with candy and gifts for children. In Dimmitt a band and chorus perform at the high school auditorium as part of a community schedule.
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Wheeler
Santa
Downe Town
Dimmitt
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