Sheriff-Elect Guthrie Says Gambling Ring Targeted Dallas
Guthrie details a bribery and extortion plot tied to an organized gambling syndicate seeking to control Dallas County. He says meetings at his soundproofed home involved Chicago money, a $46 000 a month offer, and plans to eliminate competition. Texas Rangers and Dallas police moved to arrest the suspects after the scheme was exposed.
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Dallas
Chicago
Guthrie
Garrison
Hansson
Dub Baylor
Department of Public Safety
Jones
Western Union
George Butler
Navy
Texas Rangers
Homer Garrison
State Department of Public Safety
Carl F. Hansson
Dallas Police Department
United Press
West Texas State College Reopens Partially After Strike
West Texas State College in Canyon resumes limited operations after a student strike and regents order. Students may complete back laboratory work today as president Dr. J A Hill plans a full reopening, possibly January 2, while regents consider next steps. The student senate delivered termination notice and the veterans association council agreed to end the strike.
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West Texas State College
Canyon
Board of Regents
J. A. Hill
Dr. Hill
Veterans Association
Gromyko Rejects UN Balkans Inquiry Proposal
Russian delegate Andrei A. Gromyko tentatively rejects a U N Security Council on-the-spot inquiry into Balkans friction. He accuses Greece of blaming external forces for internal turmoil and alleges Greek complaints of external interference mask internal causes.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
United Nations Security Council
Balkans
Council
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
U. N
Bilbo Denies Receiving $25,000 From War Contractor
Senator Bilbo testifies before the Senate War Investigating Committee that he did not receive any payment of $25,000 from a war contractor. He clashed with Senator Ferguson over details, asserting repeatedly that he did not get a cent.
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Washington
Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
Bilbo denies war contractor complaints amid Senate hearing
In a 42 page prepared statement Senator Bilbo rejects all charges over war contracts. He admits receiving four checks totaling 25000 from Mississippi contractor F T Newton connected to Doxey campaign funds. Bilbo recalls hot speech and denies naming attendees while defending gifts as rare and tied to debts and a property settlement.
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Bilbo
F. T. Newton
Mississippi
Ferguson
Newton
Wall Doxey
Senate
Doxey
Senator
Walt Doxey
Judas Iscariot
Edward P. Terry
Ross Collins
Bilbo Claims Gifts From Friends Were Honorary Presents
Bilbo recounts receiving a $1,912 car gift from supporters described as friends with no strings. He cites a Mississippi and national custom of presenting gifts to honored citizens. He compares his former secretary Terry to Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot, suggesting possible mental illness.
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Terry
Bilbo
Michael T. Morrissey
Mississippi
Benedict Arnold
Judas Iscariot
Bilbo Denounces Traitors in Senate Hearings
Bilbo denounces Terry as a traitor alleging secret payments and political manipulation. He claims a doctor turned over 1500 to him for a prescription and accuses Terry of taking 15000 with a further 10000 promised from a leading U S communist to influence the 1946 Senate race.
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Christ
Judas Iscariot
Caesar
Brutus
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
Bilbo
Terry
United States
Governor Bailey
United States Senate
Simon Liberman
New York City
Liberman
Ferguson
Mead
Ross Collins
Capitol Hill
Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Key Field
Meridian
Keesler
Biloxi
Miss
Yes There Is a Santa Claus Letter in The New York Sun
A boy asks if Santa exists and the editor responds with the famed Yes Virginia There Is a Santa Claus essay. The piece defends belief, faith, and the enduring magic of childhood beyond skeptical modern doubt.
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Jimmie
Santa Claus
Tack
Papa
Virginia O'Hanlon
West Ninety-Fifth Street
the Sun
Virginia
Jimmie Lee
Moscow accuses Iran of brutal murders in Azerbaijan
The Moscow radio alleged Iranian central government troops killed hundreds in Azerbaijan province and arrested about 300 in Tabriz. It claimed bandit elements and Hashemi forces suppressed democratic elements, smashed cultural sites, and attacked Soviet citizens with leaders fleeing across the border.
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Moscow
Iran
London
Moscow Radio
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Tass
Tehran
Dad
Hashemi
The
Democratic Party of Azerbaijan
National Museum
Democratic Party” of
Russia
Ahmed Qavam
V-2 Rocket Sets New Marks in White Sands Tests
The German V-2 rocket achieved 114 miles altitude and 5450 feet per second top speed at White Sands New Mexico. Army officials announced rechecked instruments show the new world records exceeding prior estimates by 3 miles in altitude and 100 feet per second in speed.
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White Sands
N. M
Taylor Coming Home From Rome
Myron Taylor, President Truman's representative to the Vatican, left Rome by plane today and is expected to arrive in Washington tomorrow. The item includes unrelated advertisements for lumber and a 1947 stamp catalog.
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Taylor
Rome
Myron Taylor
Truman
Vatican
United States
Washington
Truman and Farley Seen As 1948 Democratic Ticket
Washington reports say Harry S. Truman and a major eastern city leader could form the 1948 Democratic presidential ticket. Farley urged party leaders to step aside for reorganization while warning against too close ties with the left wing of the New Deal coalition.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Congress
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
New York
Farley
Mr. Truman
James M. Mead
Collision Kills One Injures Others Near White Rock
Near White Rock South Carolina a lumber truck and a school bus collide. Sam Rowe is dead. bus driver J Earl Wessinger seriously injured. Eight lumber truck workers escape unharmed and four children on the bus suffer minor injuries. The crash occurs near Spring Hill School, close to Silverstreet where a fatal bus train crash happened yesterday.
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Columbia
S. C
White Rock
Sam Rowe
J. Earl Wessinger
Spring Hill
Silverstreet
Southern Railway
Amarillo Weather Clears With Rising Temperatures
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with clear to partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures this afternoon tonight and Friday. West Texas remains partly cloudy today tonight and Friday with a bit warmer conditions and not quite so cold Friday. New Mexico sees fair weather today north and west then partly cloudy in southeast Friday. High 36, low 24, noon 39.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Liquor Clerk Fends Off Bandit With Cash Register
In San Francisco Mrs. Mary C. Goldian, 36, faced a bandit in her liquor store. When the thief reached the drawer she slammed the till and cried for help. The robber fled, nursing a bruised hand.
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San Francisco
Mary C. Goldian
Thief Slits Screen To Take $128 Cash
An Amarillo thief crept through a torn window screen to grab a wallet containing $128 from W. D. Lawler who slept with his billfold under a pillow. Police also report a separate theft of two tires and wheels from a 1946 Studebaker owned by D. B. White, stolen from 506 Johnson and found on North West Sixth with the right wheels removed. The crime scene notes no skid marks and hints the thief watched the owner place the wallet under the pillow before acting.
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Amarillo
W. D. Lawler
Studebaker
D. B. White
North East Eighth
Johnson
White
North West Sixth
Lawyer
312
West Fourth
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Christakis
New York Sun
John Maynard Lor. Co
Russell State Co
Buckley
Globe
Clifford Holt
Eddie Fisher
Scottie
Ginger
Eddie
E. A. Regal Co.—Real Estate and Loans
Bandit
Associated Press
Trixie
Petrus Ligthert
Houston
Ligthert
Ligbert
Roller Palace
6Th & Jefferson
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