Plane search continues after crash near Bitche
Radio signals spur a hunt for a C 47 missing since Friday with 20 aboard. American jeep and air crews scour snowbound Vosges near Bitche along the French German border, aided by French reports but hampered by heavy snowfall and wartime wreckage.
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Austrian says war not imminent core fears from Hitler tell all
Former Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg recounts a ten hour confrontation with Adolf Hitler in a Bavarian Alps meeting. He describes threats of German troops and the Austrian pledge to accept Hitler's ultimatum to avoid invasion, while noting moral resistance could stop Russia.
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Arabs Storm Jerusalem in Three Day General Strike
Arab mobs in Jerusalem attack Jewish quarter, looting stores and torching vehicles amid a three day general strike. Jewish defense groups clash with mobs as police struggle to restore order. two Jews are injured and a convoy is stoned. unrest spreads to Cairo and Syria with calls for unity against partition and fears of wider conflict.
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West Knew Act Was Wrong Says West Knew Act Was Wrong
In Amarillo a 7th District Court hearing revealed testimony that West knew he was wrong during the assault on a 10 year old girl. Doctors Latson Wrather and Larson discussed Army records while nurses described the victim and blood stained clothing tied to the case.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
H. H. Latson
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Branch v. Archer, Jr
Army
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Wrather
Amarillo
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C. G. Clayton, Jr
Larson
Docker
Lloyd Bigins
Littler
Lois Rogers
J. R. Garrat
Bill Adams
Crack Down on French Strikers Amid National Unrest
Paris faced renewed turmoil as Premier Sehu man pushed emergency laws to crack down on two million Communist led strikers. Police used tear gas to clear crowds at railway hubs while transit workers and miners reported mixed voting on strikes. The General Confederation of Labor split, with Communist majority firm and minority open to talks.
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Paris
Federation of Labor
Deaf students accuse Texas School for the Deaf head of beatings
Three students Max Floyd Billy Joe Beard and John Macon testified before the State Board of Control that Supt. Roger M. Powell slapped them for minor or unclear infractions. A former employee also said Powell choked and beat him in the past as the investigation continued.
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Texas School For the Deaf
Roger M. Powell
State Board of Control
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Billy Joe Beard
Dallas
John Macon
Houston
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Powel
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Interlude on Wichita Falls Liquor Control Debate
Random interviews in Wichita Falls explore shifts since local option and Prohibition repeal. Nordyke reports on voter trends from 1900s to 1940s, with diverse early opinions from porters, waitresses, barbers, teachers, and clergy about wet and dry periods and bootlegging profits.
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Weather shifts and cold front sweep Amarillo region
Cloudy conditions with strong southerly winds and light rain tonight. A colder pattern arrives midweek across West Texas New Mexico and the Pecos Valley with snow in higher elevations. Highs near 63, lows around 47 with a 55 noon reading. Prison official Carl Baa jland resigns as director of classification in Huntsville effective December 31.
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Pecos
Pashandid
South Plains
New Mexico
Houston
Carl Baa Jland
Bureau of Cissisification
Texas
Huntsville
Warm December Te mperatures Baffle Amarillo Weather Host
A warm wave in Amarillo brought the city its highest December lower reading in eight years. Forecaster Winburn notes a 47 degree low and a potential 65 degree high today, with a record 48 degree low in 1938 and heavy showers forecast tonight and Friday night as winds shift to the north.
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Democratic Leader to Speak at Potter County Banquet
Mrs. Chase Woodhouse, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and executive director of the party’s women’s division, will be the honored guest and principal speaker at a 7:30 p.m. banquet in the Herring Hotel. The event, arranged by the Potter County Democratic Executive Committee, features welcome by Mayor Lawrence Hagg and introduction by Judge EB L. Pitts. Woodhouse travels from Santa Fe by car and has additional Texas engagements in Austin and Royston.
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Chase Gning Woodhouse
Democrilic National Committee
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Canada
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Shelbyville
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Berlin
Germany
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Court of Civil Appeals
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Royston
Amarillo
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Atomic Day Marked By First Nuclear Chain Reaction
In Chicago on December 2, 1942 scientists gathered under Stage Field to honor the first sustained nuclear chain reaction. Chancellor Robert Hutchins urged policy against war based on inevitability, while Sumner Pike warned scientists cannot bear sole responsibility for how atomic energy is used. David Lilienthal urged increased federal spending to develop atomic energy. A bronze plaque will be unveiled at the original test site during a birthday luncheon.
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University of Chicago
Sumner Pike
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Atlantic City
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Stage Field
Lis Efferadon
Dr. Mulchins
Proclaimed Moslem Holy War Ties Palestine to Partition Fears
Cairo reports the heads of the world’s largest Muslim university proclaimed a holy war to prevent Palestine’s partition. Augusta jury hears case against four men accused of stealing 21 Navy machine guns from Bush Field. no decision reached by 4 PM. Assistant Secretary Warne says compulsory rationing of gasoline and fuel oil should not be necessary unless unprecedented events occur.
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Willan E. Warne
Curtain Goes Up Tonight for Three Cornered Moon Play
Black Mask Players present Curtain Goes Up at 8 15 tonight in Senior High School auditorium. Tickets cost 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students, including tax.
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Forecasts Cut In Foreign Aid
Washington reports rising House Republican support for trimming Truman’s foreign relief bill. Rep. Halleck says amendments for 60 to 90 million dollars will be offered. Senate action aligned with Truman’s 597 million request, while domestic cost of living measures face opposition from some Republicans.
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