Dutch Are Under Fire by UN Over Dutch East Indies Attacks
Australia demands Netherlands be expelled from the United Nations if Dutch forces press attacks on Indonesia. The Security Council in Paris heard multiple condemnations with Russia China Syria and India pushing stronger actions than the United States. The US proposed a cease fire and withdrawal order but the Soviet Union rejected the plan. Ukraine—none.
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Associated Press
Australia
Netherlands
United Nations
Security Council
Paris
East Indian Islands
Russia
China
Syria
India
United States
Java
Sumatra
Soviet Union
Jacob A. Malik
Weather Bureau Admits Inconsistencies In yearlong Review
Weather Bureau releases a candid year in review noting extreme temperature records in multiple states and notable weather events. It cites highs above 100 in four states and a Kansas flood as well as significant snow and deep freezes in cities like New York and Minnesota. The piece attributes varied weather to persistent inconsistency.
Telephone Strike Averted in Southwestern Bell Deal
An abrupt settlement ends a looming strike by 50 000 Southwestern Bell workers over Christmas. The one year pact grants wage increases averaging 10.55 cents an hour retroactive to Dec 1 and restores seniority credits from a prior dispute. The agreement lifts a week of tense negotiation and ends union warnings of a national stoppage.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Division 20
Communications Workers of America
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Thirteen CIO Officers Named Communists by Committee
Regent Washington December 23 AP thirteen CIO union officers were listed as Communists by the House Un American Activities Committee. Four are union presidents and the panel named twenty CIO unions with strong Communist leadership in 1944. The pamphlet 100 Things You Should Know About Communism and Labor presents the material.
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Washington
CIO
House Un-American Activities Committee
United Electrical Workers
Jester Names Three Regents Reappointed to UT Board
Gov Beauford H Jester in Austin announced reappointment of three UT Board of Regents members for six year terms ending Jan 10 1955. David M Warren of Panhandle Dudley K Woodward of Dallas and Mrs Margaret Batts Tobin of San Antonio were named for new terms. Warren will accept the appointment and continues efforts to raise journalism standards at the university.
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Beauford H. Jester
Austin
University of Texas Board of Regents
David M. Warren
Panhandle
Associated Press
Dudley K. Woodward
Dallas
Margaret Batts Tobin
San Antonio
Warren
The
Daily News
Mr. Warren
the Panhandle Herald
Coke Stevenson
H. W. Weinert
Seguin
Former Pastor Returns on Irip
Dr. Robert Allingham of Denver visited Amarillo during a semi annual trip and hurried to Borger to meet his two week old grandson Bruce Craig son of Donald and Borger resident. His son Paul runs the Rocky Mountain Churchman in Denver. The grandmother Mrs. Allingham has spent two weeks in Borger.
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Robert Allingham
Denver
Amarillo
First Congregational Church
Borger
Bruce Craig
Donald Craig
Allingham
Paul Allingham
Amarillo Merchant Julius Grodjeski Dies at 89
Julius S Grodjeski prominent Amarillo merchant died at Northwest Texas Hospital after a 10 day illness His death leaves widow Bess Grodjeski a daughter Mrs Albert Meyer and two grandchildren Sharon and Jerome Meyer Services set for 1 30 Friday at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Rabbi Julius Kerman to officiate Burial at Llano Mausoleum Pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named Local ties include Mission Jewelry Co 319 Polk since 1930 born January 14 1895 in London England survived by sister Mrs Helen Mantell and mother Mrs Fannie Grodjeski Amarillo family and local organizations noted including Bnai Israel Temple Bnai Brith Lodge American Legion.
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Julius S. Grodjeski
Amarillo
Grodjeski
van Buren
Mission Jewelry Company
Polk
Northwest Texas
Julius Grodjeski
London
England
United States
Paterson
Montgomery
Ala
Grodjeskis
Chattanooga
Ten
Julius
Texas
Bess Grodjeski
Albert Meyer
Madison
Fannie Grodjeski
Elsinore
Cal
Helen Mantell
Sharon
Jerome Meyer
B'Nai Israel Temple
B’nai Brith Lodge
American Legion
Curtis Powers
Leonard Gunderson
William Coffee
Billy Hughes
Grodieski
Blackburn Shaw
Truman Confer With Lovett Over Indonesian Tension
President Truman interrupted Christmas holidays to confer by phone with Acting Secretary of State Lovett on developments in the last 24 hours. The call was described as routine, not a major policy discussion, while Truman enjoyed a brisk morning walk and holiday meals in Independence.
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Independence
Truman
Lovett
Indonesia
Ross
Christmas holiday closures in Amarillo city and county offices
All day closure of city and county offices except police and sheriff departments for Christmas holidays. Reopens Monday. 10:00 AM special children’s Bugs Bunny show at Esquire Theater with tickets in Esquire shopping district. 10:30 AM Lions Christmas party at San Jacinto Youth Center by invitation only. Noon Amarillo Exchange Club meets at Herring Hotel. AU SEL Sry g g, mgcials are soo.
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Sheriff's Department
Bugs Bunny
Esquire Theater
Esquire
Lions
San Jacinto
Amarillo Exchange Club
Herring Hotel
German minister Bertsch given life term in Prague
Dr Walter Bertsch former German minister of economy in occupied Czechoslovakia was sentenced to life imprisonment. He previously sent all 20 year olds to Germany to work in war factories. The ruling came in Prague on December 23.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Walter Bertsch
Germany
Standstill in China as weather halts fighting
The Chinese civil war reduced activity to a standstill with bad weather north of Nanking. Government defenses were strengthened along the Yangtze while sieges around Peiping and Tientsin continued. Premier Sun Fo, at the first cabinet session, urged peace and warned against reliance on foreign aid.
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Julius Emspak
James Lystig
James Matles
William Senter
Electrical
Philip M. Connelly
Los Angeles Cio Council
Maurice Travis
CIO
Greater New York Cio Council
Nanking
Yangtze
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Sun Fo
Sun
What Am I Saying What Am I Saying Muscle
Frank Morean notes in this column that the heart and the tongue are the two muscles acting without brain direction. He observes women show greater muscular development than in the past, noting that before 1900 they were mostly bustle-bound.
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Frank Morean
Potts College
NY Post Corporation
Guerrilla Attacks Hit Two Greek Towns Near Yugoslav Border
The Greek government reported strong guerrilla attacks on two towns near the Yugoslav border amid ongoing conflict. Local authorities assessed shelling and skirmishes as the government sought to restore order across the region.
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Athens
U.P
Oklahoma Man Victim of Crash In Dripping Fog
A fatal collision on Highway 66 near Alameed followed heavy fog that reduced visibility to less than a half mile. Charles Shaller of Cheyenne died in the crash with a truck driven by Jack Jackson who escaped unharmed. Across Groom another fatal crash killed Mrs. Harvey Helms and injured five others as fog drenched the High Plains.
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Oklahoma
Highway 66
Alameed
Charles Claude Shaller
Cheyenne
Okla
Jack Jackson
Oklahoma City
Jackson
Groom
Harvey William Helms
Elrgin
Iowa
High Plains
E. T. Bates
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Bates
Amarillo
Shaller
McLean
Carson County
Panhandle
Lawrence Eugene Linder
Stotts City
Linder
Helms
Groome Osteopathic Hospital
Clyde J. Newman
Judy Newman
Tony J. Newman
Newman
Groom Osteopathic Hospital
California
Missouri
North Panhandle
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecasting Details
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with freezing rain and occasional snow flurries in the northern Panhandle early Friday, followed by colder nights. Saturday turns fair and colder with continued cold air and snow chances. Temperature readings show ranges near mid to upper 30s, with highs around 41 yesterday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
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R. E. Sterbenz
Follett
Tulsa
Farmers Grain & Supply Company
City
Tulia
Weather Bureau
Arthur Edson
New York City
Minnesota
Daily News Index
McLemore
Santa
Society
Babson
Bait Field
Tri-State
Pic
NEWS
Jester
Texas Press Association
Panhandle Press Association
Panhandle State Bank of
C. E. Deahl
First National Bank of
Grady Hazlewood
Hazlewood
Harry Bridges
Ben Gold
Fur and Leather Workers
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
Donald Henderson
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Samuel Burt
Irving Potash
Julius Fleiss
Furriers Joint Council
Fur Workers Union
Irip
High School
Kansas City
Delaware Street
Tav Eri
State Highway Patrol
Dumas
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