Conflict of Big Business and Labor in National Debate
Senator Margaret Chase Smith argues over big business and big labor amid steel and coal tensions. She weighs United States Steel and United Mine Workers as potential monopolies or protective bodies, urging balanced policy to protect public interests and avoid overreach.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Coal and Steel
Wis
Lewis
United States Steel
United Mine Workers
Congress
US Steel
United States
America
United Features Syn
Pope Warns of Danger to Church in Christmas Message
Pope Pius XII warned of grave dangers facing the church in Europe and Asia in his annual Christmas message to 375 million Catholics. He noted the church has doubled its number in mission countries since 1925 but feared revolutions and threats that could exterminate faith in regions including China.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Europe
China
Asia
Lost lighter at Sports Arena recovery plea
L. E. McKown of 1119 Pierce sought return of a red and blue enameled lighter with a Japanese dragon design dropped while leaving the Sports Arena last night. He saw a man pick it up but the finder vanished in the crowd. McKown hopes the owner is identified and the lighter returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. McKown
Pierce
Mr. McKown
Murphy to become Truman's $20,000 special counsel
Charles S Murphy, a North Carolina law graduate who started as a Wilmington post office laborer in 1928, will take the $20,000 annual post as special counsel to President Truman, succeeding Clark Clifford who is resigning to practice law. Murphy rose from Durham post office clerk to Duke Law School, then joined the Senate legislative counsel and later aided Truman on key investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina
Missouri
United States
Truman
Charles S. Murphy
Murphy
Clark Clifford
Wilmington, NC
Durham
Duke University
Duke Law School
Duke
Senate Legislative Counsel
Senate
Truman War Investigating Committee
Mrs. Nowlin of Shamrock Dies
Sarah Emeline Nowlin aged 87 of Shamrock died at St. Anthony's Hospital after ill health. Born December 27, 1861, she married James Nowlin in 1879. he died in 1911. Funeral at Shamrock Methodist Church with Rev. S. M. Dunnam. Burial in Denton Cemetery. Survivors include Mrs. Charles Braxton, Mrs. W. S. Gaston, A. L. Nowlin, 16 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Sarah Emeline Nowlin
Shamrock
Charles Braxton
Brooks
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Nowlin
Denton
James Nowlin
Shamrock Methodist Church
S. M. Dunnam
Denton Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Amarillo
George Beaty
Herbert Callan
Henry Burrell
Henry Sims
W. M. Burcham
George Braxton
TV Industry Ends First Year In Red With 15 Million Loss
Washington December 23. Television broadcasters lost nearly 15 million dollars in 1948, the industrys first full year of operation. FCC reports show every network and station ran a loss while standard radio profits fell about 10 percent due to rising costs. Incomplete data suggest FM stations also lost money.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Rites Saturday For Dr Shirley Of Panhandle Education
Final rites for Dr Douglas A Shirley 67 former dean and senior West Texas State College faculty member will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday at First Christian Church Canyon with Joseph Finley officiating. Burial in Dreamland Cemetery directed by Griggs Warren Funeral Home. Pallbearers include W C Black W D Boland H A Brotherton W A Miller John Gillis and Ray Campbell. Survived by widow a son Lewis Shirley Amarillo contractor and a daughter Miss Louise Shirley a teacher at Logan Utah.
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W. A. Miller
John Gillis
Ray Campbell
Shirley
West Texas State
Lewis Shirley
Amarillo
Louise Shirley
Logan
Utah
Christmas Dinner At Rescue Home
Rev. J. L. Langston announced a Christmas dinner at Rescue Home in North Heights. The Home cares for underprivileged Negro children and elderly Negro residents. Only board members may solicit funds, food, and clothing. other board members include L. T. Savage Frank Mitchell W. C. Collier and L. J. Jackson.
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J. L. Langston
Rescue Home
North Heights
Reverend Langston
L. T. Savage
Frank Mitchell
W. C. Collier
L. J. Jackson
Free Man He Convicted Seeks Parole After Letters
George Hreben, 32, who was jailed 30 to 60 years for burglaries, has long written to Judge T Linus Hoban since 1939. Hoban readies a pardon bid citing steady intellectual development and moral rehabilitation, hoping for parole after four attempts. Hreben is blind in one eye with declining sight in the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
U.P
George Hreben
Hreben
T. Linus Hoban
Hoban
Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Two Youths Sought In Hit-Run Death
Bryan patrolmen hunted for two boys driving a bob-tail truck after a side swipe near Bryan killed Mildred Hayes, 32, as she headed to Iola for Christmas shopping. A fatal hit run report lists the location and victim details, noting the Christmas shopping trip.
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Bryan
O.R
Mildred Hayes
Iola
Pony Prize Drawn At Yale Party In Amarillo
Amarillo youngsters will view free movies at the Jaycee Christmas party in Municipal Auditorium beginning at 10 tomorrow morning. A sorrel pony with saddle and bridle will be awarded to one attendee after the feature films. Doors open at 9 with first come admission. Free Pepsi-Cola is served. J B Unlce Jay Linn acts as master of ceremonies.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Jaycee
Bill Kenyon
J. B
Jay” Linn
Headlines of Christmastide
James Marlow reports a Christmas mood split by stark world tensions. Across cities like Washington, Paris, Moscow and New York, stories describe arms aid, protests, purges, and political threats alongside holiday cheer. The piece ties Cold War anxieties to the season’s peace.
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Washington
United States
Paris
France
Wall Street
China
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Mao Tze-tung
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Politburo
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Great Britain
Cominform
Sign Finds A Taker Baltimore Used Car Stolen
A whitewashed windshield sign reading a bargain drew a buyer who drove off with a used car last night from a Baltimore lot. The disappearance was discovered this morning and police were notified.
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Baltimore
ABC To Give Party Tonight For Mavericks
The American Business Club hosts its annual Christmas Party for Maverick Boys Club members, families, and parents tonight at 7 at Maverick Club. John Snider barbecue provided by Clay Thornton of Panhandle Laundry, with Amarillo barbershop quartet members performing. Russ Davidson to MC. Ralph Dykeman to present letters and awards, and the Boy of the Year will receive the ABC trophy. The event replaces the regular noon meeting cancelled this week.
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The
American Business Club
Maverick Boys Club
ABC
Maverick Club
John Snider
Clay Thornton
Panhandle Laundry
Amarillo
Russ Davidson
Ralph Dykeman
Boys’ Club
Texas Labor Front Quiet in November
Texas Labor Front Quiet in November reports the Texas Employment Commission showing six disputes idling 1,400 workers in November, with fewer new losses than October. Combined with October carryovers, 41 disputes affected 5,498 workers, and 13 settlements restored 4,286 to work.
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Texas
Austin
Texas Employment Commission
Early colonial editors faced threats or jail for political commentary
Early colonial editors were threatened or jailed for freely commenting on political actions, reflecting harsh limits on press freedom in colonial governance. The period shows how authorities used legal pressure to suppress dissent and control public discourse.
Rites Slated for Ex Utility Czar
Howard Hopson former utility magnate died at 67 in a Connecticut sanatorium. He will be buried in Boston after a funeral tomorrow. Once worth about 74 million dollars his fortune vanished after the 1930s empire collapse and his 1940 mail fraud conviction. Survived by three sisters in New York Boston and Florida.
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Greenwich
Conn
U.P
Howard Hopson
Boston
Hopson
Brooklea Farm
Daniel Starch
Scarsdale
Murray Jones
Perle Hopson
del Ra,y Fla
200000 Methodists pledge no liquor in Texas seminar
Ray M. Nichols of Vernon, head of the Methodist Church lay activities, announced that 200000 Methodists pledged last year to abstain from alcoholic beverages. He spoke at a seminar on alcohol attended by about 50 laymen and preachers from north central and northwest Texas.
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Dallas
Ray M. Nichols
Vernon
General Board of
The
Methodist Church
Texas
Speeder Bragg Charged After Stop Sign Run In St Louis
Richard Bragg, 22, of Huntsville Missouri, was charged with nine traffic violations after ignoring a police siren, switching off his headlight, and speeding through six stop signs. He claimed mistaken identity saying he thought another man was pursuing him over a relationship.
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ST. Louis
Richard Bragg
Huntsville
Cut Price Eggs Cut to 61 Cents for Top Grade Dozen
Dallas reports a price cut in eggs with Cabell's dropping top grade to 61 cents per dozen, next two grades to 57 and 53 cents respectively. No reason given for the reduction.
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Dallas
Cabell’s
Demand Return Of War Prisoners
West Berlin city council accused Russia of holding over one million German war prisoners including women and children. The council resolution said many are in sub human conditions in the Soviet zone despite repeated promises to return them. A British official said Western powers may file a stiff joint diplomatic protest to Russia over repatriation failures.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Russia
British High Commission
Seedlings From Malaya Boost Chinese Pepper Plantations
Many Chinese growers obtain pepper seedlings from Malaya to establish new pepper plantations. The move signals expansion in tropical crops and reflects trade links shaping agricultural activities across regional communities.
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Malaya
City Manager Resigns for San Benito Post
Jack P. Humphries resigns as city manager to take a similar post at San Benito, beginning January 10.
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Jack P. Humphries
San Benito
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