Soviet Refusal Delays 250 U.S. Wives to Leave
Washington reports Russia has blocked exit visas for more than six months for 250 wives of American citizens. The issue arose during notes exchanged over repatriating Armenian-born U.S. naturalized citizen. Acheson said the United States had no objections but Russia offered no access to interview these women.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
Dean Acheson
Moscow
Acheson
Europe Aid Debated as Security Investment in Congress
In Washington Rep Cox argues for approving 590 million emergency aid as a national security investment to counter communism in France Italy Austria and China while Rep Allen questions whether aid may backfire if those governments fall to communists. Senate Appropriations backs safeguards and no votes against the measure emerge. See EUROPE, 2
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Washington
Russia
Cox
Georgia
House
Aia
Austria
France
Italy
China
Leo Allen
Europe
Senate
Lovett
America
Germany
Stalin
Allen
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Committee
Senate - Ne
Opening Antiques Show Draws Big Crowd at Federation Club
More than 200 visitors attended the opening of the Antique Show at the Federation of Women's Club rooms in the Municipal Auditorium. Mrs. Leland Abbott on the ticket committee noted high interest and one viewer called the show the best she had seen outside Chicago. The exhibit runs daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Sunday to refurnish the club rooms.
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Leland Abbott
Chicago
Federation of Women's Club
Municipal Auditorium
Absentee Balloting Open Late in Potter County
The county clerk's office will stay open until midnight for last minute absentee voters. Yesterday brought 100 more votes to reach 700 total in the Potter County local option election, as voting picked up again after a lull. Loren Jones, county clerk, announced.
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Potter County
Loren Jones
Violence and Government Action Amid Riviera Strikes
Reports from Paris describe a government crackdown on strikes led by the Communist union with Schuman's anti-sabotage bill passed to curb violence. Rioting affected Cannes and Nice as strikes spread along the Mediterranean coast, while France braces for broader enforcement and mobilizes 80,000 police reserves.
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Paris
Riviera
Cannes
Nice
Central Labor Committee
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Lyon
Robert Schuman
Council of Ministers
France
General Confederation of Labor
National Assembly
Schumann
Lille
Marseille
Schuman
Armed Forces Ministry
School Pupils To Receive Holiday Bonus of Two Days
Amarillo public schools will gain a two day holiday bonus this year. The Christmas break runs from the morning of December 20 to the morning of January 5. Superintendent M. Rogers notes the first semester ends January 23. Amarillo College holiday runs December 22 to January 38.
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Amarillo Public
M. Rogers
Amarillo College
Amarillo Weather Ends Ice Threat After Drizzle and Snow
Cold snap and light sleet ended an ice risk in Amarillo as temperatures hovered near 32 degrees. Rain and sleet gave way to light snow flurries by 1 am, with no major damage reported and moisture welcome after prior storms.
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Amarillo
Weather report for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies across Amarillo and West Texas with continued cold temperatures today tonight and Friday A warmer Friday afternoon is expected Scattered snow flurries are possible in the mountains in New Mexico with rain in lower elevations and snow in higher terrain Notable highs around 35 and lows near 27 degrees with about 33 inches of precipitation recorded
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Christmas Wrapping Papers Tags and Blooms
Russell Slations Esq. Ge reports on holiday wrapping paper tags and decorative blooms in a seasonal display.
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Russel
Ground Hunt Ceases for Missing C-47 near Baumholder
American search parties abandon the ground hunt for the missing C-47 transport believed down near Baumholder Germany. The aircraft with about 20 aboard is not located after 12 hours of fog and snow search and zero visibility hinders aerial recon. A C-47 at Frankfurt airport stands by with supplies as two sergeants prepare to parachute if survivors are found.
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Frankfurt
Baumholder
Violence erupts in Ramle as Palestine conflict rages
Arab riots flare in Ramle on the Tel Aviv Jerusalem road as Arabs clash with Jews over partition. British troops redirect traffic while Hagana drives off attackers. AP reports 34 dead and hundreds injured across Palestine with multiple incidents in Beirut Baghdad and Cairo.
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Jerusalem
Ramle
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Palestine
Associated Press
Carter L. Davidson
Middle East
Baghdad
Iraq
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Partition
Davidson
Hagana
Gault Texas Ranger Captain Dies At 61 In Austin
Captain B M Manney Gault a famed Texas Ranger died in an Austin hospital at 5 20 AM after a long illness including a stroke. He helped trap Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and once led the Lubbock Ranger district. Survived by widow, daughter Leona Pennell and son Johnson Gault. Funeral plans set for Friday at 2 PM conducted by Onion Creek Masonic Lodge.
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Associated Press
United Press
Austin
B. M. “Manney” Gault
Texas Rangers
Lubbock
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Southwest
Gault
Mariam A. Ferguson
Rangers
Travis County
Onion Creek
Texas
Frank Hamer
Grapevine
Hamer
Missouri
Louisiana
Clyde
Bonnie
Gibbsland
Dallas County
Bob Alcorn
Ted Hinton
Marshall Negro Denied Admission to University
The University of Texas refused to admit W. Ester Kirk of Marshall a Negro as a graduate student in political science. Kirk said he may pursue further action but would not specify court plans. He is the second Negro denied admission in under two years, following Herman Sweatt.
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Austin
University of Texas Today
W. Ester Kirk
Marshall
Kirk
Herman Marion Sweatt
Houston
Inter American defense treaty sent to Senate
President Truman submitted the Inter American defense treaty to the Senate for approval. Signed September 2 in Rio de Janeiro, the pact unites 19 Western Hemisphere nations to act against aggression in a hemisphere wide security zone from pole to pole.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Rio de Janeiro
Pole
Hawaii
Falklands
Lubbock City Manager Resigns to Start Dallas Consulting Firm
Homer A. Hunter resigns as Lubbock city manager to open his own consulting engineer's office in Dallas.
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Lubbock
Homer A. Hunter
Dallas
FHA Repair Loans No Down Payment Headline
John Maynard Lor. Co. offers FHA repair loans with no down payment at 800 W. 5th. Learn how the program assists homeowners with essential home improvements and financing options.
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John Maynard Lor. Co
5Th
Police Chief to probe go easy orders in judge’s fatal crash case
Houston December report says Police Chief B W Payne will investigate alleged instructions to officers to go easy on County Judge Allie Peyton. Testimony claimed deletion of intoxication notes from accident reports. Assistant Chief A C Thornton denied orders. Jurors in Peyton’s murder case were deadlocked, new trial date pending.
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Houston
B. W Payne
Allie Peyton
Calvin Hammer
W. F. Brown
Peyton
Brown
A. C. Thornton
George L. MacFarlin
Thornton
Hammer
Volney Shawn
Judge Peyton
Payne
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Ragan
Criminal District
Langston King
Manney Gault Noted Texas Ranger in Panhandle History
Manney Gault was a prominent Texas Ranger in the Panhandle, part of the 1928 Borger invasion during its growth era. He worked on the Hunt murder case at Littlefield and the Snelson case in Amarillo, with his name appearing in West Texas police history for the last two decades.
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Gault
CASE
Panhandle
Manney Gault
Texas
Texas Rangers
Borger
Hamer, Hickman, Gault
Gonzaullas
Bomb explosion hits Dublin theater during Princess Elizabeth wedding film
A small bomb exploded today at a Dublin theater showing motion pictures of the wedding of Britain's Princess Elizabeth. The blast occurred during the screening and caused a security scare.
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Dublin
Eire
Britain
Elizabeth
Panic buying in Soviet Russia raises Senate questions
Undersecretary of State Lovett said panic buying was under way in Soviet Russia as rumors of price increases and ruble devaluation spread via a Voice of America broadcast. He testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee about the impact of the broadcast. Molotov charged Britain, France and the United States with trying to enslave Austria by economic aid.
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Russia
Washington
Lovett
Soviet Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
Molotov
London
V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Austria
Grand Jury Probes Hollywood Contempt Cases
A federal grand jury began investigating 10 Hollywood directors and writers cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to declare if they are Communists. The contempt citations stem from the House Un American Activities Committee inquiry into Communism in Hollywood. Robert E. Stripling testified as US Attorney George Morris Fay and assistant William Hitz presented the cases to the 23 jurors.
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Washington
Hollywood
Congress
House
House Committee On unAmerican
Robert E. Stripling
George Morris Fay
William Hitz
Harriman says no new OPA or overall control agency planned
Secretary Harriman told the House Banking and Currency Committee there are no plans for a new OPA or any central inflation authority. He said any stand by price and rationing powers would be allocated to existing agencies if Congress grants them. Crossfire over committee members' motives followed.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
OPA
Congress
Harriman
House Banking and Currency Committee
Truman
Frederick C. Smith
Ohio
Three Jurors Chosen For Trial of Phillips
Three jurors were selected at noon for the trial of Alex Phillips in 47th District Court. Phillips 34 of Bonham is charged with murder in the death of Glen Cotton Wilson at the Sportsmen's Club after an argument over a poker hand with $230 at stake.
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Alex Phillips
47Th District Court
Phillips
Bonham
Glen — — OO
Cotton” Wilson
Maryland
Sportsmen's Club
East Third
Cli
Liberty
George McCarthy
Amarillo
Jim Collins
FBI
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