Present Safe Driving Pins For City Vehicles
City officials honored employees who operated city vehicles without accidents this year. Lapel pins were awarded during a ceremony at the city barn with a traffic safety film shown by Carlie Price. The program was led by Lefty Fowler and included a lengthy list of recipients from multiple departments.
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Polk Ivy
Ppartol
Carlie Price
Lefty Fowler
Eed Lioyd
Com- Meow
Calvin Maynard
Morris
Ralph McAdams
Bill McDowell
Dewey McKee
Ernest Parkhill
Lloyd Reynolds
Thomas Spencer
Red Stevens
Water Department
Deannie Burns
James Brown
Thomas Brown
George Bumgarner
Burnice Purnett
Lee Cloud
Charlie Hunt
Herman Hunt
Ben Johnson
George Mares
Carl Mask
Willie Meadow
Br Roberts
Mason Scott
Otis Strange
Trash Department
Homer Cline
L. V. Dufur
Jack Grimes
Willie Kimble
John Lee
Bennie Lusk
Elmer Pollard
George Stidger
Emmett White
Sherman Worth
Dave Amos
Fdagar Armstrong
James Austin
Tom Belcher
Hay Clayton
A. B. Forney
James Hawley
Herbert Mix
M. H. Wicker
Willams
Jack Coffee
A. B. Doggette
Harry Bozeman
Sherman Gray
Rae Ramzell
George Stanley
Frank Nolan
Archie Smith
Speed Batchler
Tommie Bell
Hil@reth
Predicts Clear Cold New Year Day Weather
Am rula ends mid-winter visit as 60 mph winds drive dull gray clouds and fog. Tonight remains cloudy and cold with clearing by tomorrow afternoon. First day of 1948 looks bright and crisp with a high around 61 degrees and tonight’s low near 22.
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Amrula
Snow Forecast for New York City Area
New York reports a light snowfall expected tomorrow as the city continues the cleanup from Friday's record 25.8 inch storm. Forecasters say the new snow should be short lived and diminish in intensity. Mayor O'Dwyer calls the relief effort monumental but notes considerable progress by snow-removal crews.
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New York
Weather Bureau
William O'Dwyer
Infant Found Dead in Car on Utah to San Antonio Trip
Nancy Ann Sterteg a two month old girl died from carbon monoxide poisoning after being found in the rear seat of the family car by Sgt and Mrs George Sterteg about 30 miles west of Santa Rosa New Mexico The couple were en route from Ogden Utah to Kelly Field San Antonio where the sergeant is stationed A two year old son is recovering from the gas poisoning
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Santa Rosa
Nancy Ann Sterteg
George Sterteg
Ogden
Utah
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Stertag
Spanish Communist Leaders Executed by Court Order
Madrid reports the execution yesterday of Augustine Zoroa Sanchez once ranked third in the Spanish Communist ranks and Lucas Nunez Bocas another accused communist. Zoroa Sanchez faced charges including possession of a letter from the French Communist Party leadership, involvement with explosives, and directing Communist activities in Spain as secretary-general.
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Madrid
Augustin Zoroa Sanchez
Spain
Lucas Nunez Bocas
Zorca
Communist Party
Safe Won't Open at Magnolia Plant in Enid
Enid Okla Dec 30 Veggs attempted to crack a safe at Magnolia Petroleum Co over the weekend but failed. The safe, jammed shut seven years ago, carries a standing reward of 12 dollars for anyone who can open it.
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Enid
Okla
Veggs
Magnolia Petroleum Co
City Folk Face Lower Malnutrition Risk Than Farmers
United Press report from New York notes Dr. Firman E. Bear of Rutgers says city dwellers source food from many regions reducing malnutrition risk. He cites transport advances that bring distant produce to urban tables and warns local soil deficiencies can affect both people and livestock minerals.
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United Press
New York
Firman E. Bear
Rutgers University
Bear
Department of Soils
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers
American Chemical Society
Man
Works Requested Ends With Maximum Penalty
Fond du Lac Wisconsin police arrested Joseph Francis on a speeding charge. The judge asked what penalty he deserved and he replied give me the works. The judge imposed the maximum $200 fine plus costs or 90 days in jail, which Francis accepted.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
U.P
Joseph Francis
Francis
Bantam Turkey Aims To End Thanksgiving Hash Problem
University of Nebraska researchers seek an apartment size turkey weighing about 10 pounds. Prof. F. E. Mussehl notes this would suit small families finishing a single meal, while larger birds remain for hotels and institutions.
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Lincoln
Neb
U.P
University of Nebraska
F. E. Mussehl
Mussehl
Musseh
Jester to sugar bowl as Texas acting governor
Lt. Gov Allan Shivers will become acting governor of Texas at midnight as Gov Beauford H Jester heads to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
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Austin
U.P
Allan Shivers
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
New Orleans
Four Die In Plane Crash Near Prewitt New Mexico
Four members of a Gallup basketball team were killed in a private plane crash near Prewitt New Mexico late yesterday. The dead are pilot Cleo Brown and players Jack Tarro Joe Kren and Frank Atkovich.
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Gallup
Galup
Prewitt
Here
Cleo Brown
Jack Tarro
Joe Kren
Frank Atkovich
Bryan Woman Honored Named to National Defense Conference
Mrs. H. V. Rau of Bryan, president of the American Legion Auxiliary department, was named by Governor Beauford H. Jester to represent Texas at the Woman's National Defense Conference in Washington January 15 to 17.
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Bryan
Austin
H. V. Rau
American Legion Auxiliary Department
Beatford H. Jester
Texas
Washington
Middle C Sound Frequency
The note Middle C is produced by a string vibrating at 260 cycles per second.
Markets and Kansas City Livestock Reports for Dec 30
Merrill Lynch stock averages listed with gains for Industriale and Railroads. Kansas City livestock market notes cattle futures, hogs, and sheep pricing, with steers and heifers mostly steady to higher on good feeder grades and calves firm. hogs down modestly. lambs and yearlings mixed with scarce ewes and strong feeder stock demand.
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Kansas City
Labor on Trial With James Petrillo
In Chicago on December 30 1946 James C Petrillos counsel argued at opening of his second Lea Act trial that labor rights are on trial. Prosecutor Otto Kerner Jr said Petrillo pressured WAAF Chicago to hire three librarians after contract expiry triggering a strike. Carmell maintained Petrillo acted legitimately under constitutional rights. Judge Walter J Labuy presides without a jury.
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Chicago
James C. Petrillo
Musicians Union
Petrillo
Daniel D. Carmell
AFL American Federation of Musicians
WAAF
Otto Kerner, Jr
Drovers Journal Publishing Company
Kerner
Petrilo
Lea
Carmel
Walter J. Labuy
Wallace Threatens National Ticket Shakeup in 1948
Amarillo report notes reactions as Henry Wallace weighs third party bid. Critics split on impact with O'Daniel and Johnson predicting shifts in Dewey Eisenhower Taft dynamics. Labor unions divided over support while PAC reviews the lawmaking scene for 1948.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Johnson
New England
Senator Konstall
Massachusetts
Taft
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Wallace
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Halleck
Indiana
Hoffman
Michigan
Hendricks
Florida
America
American Labor Party
New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Jack Kroll
CIO
Political Action Committee
O’daniel
Henry
New Deal
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Chicago Livestock Hog Prices Movement Slows
Chicago January cattle and hog report shows 23 000 hogs traded with prices 50 cents to 1.00 lower. Top price reached 28.00 for good and choice 170 to 240 pound butchers. Most good and choice 240 to 300 pounds ranged around 26.00 to 27.00 with scarcity in larger weights.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Jess Adams Accepts City Post After County Service
Jess Adams 2107 Tyler has left the county engineer and surveyor posts and will join the city engineering department next Monday. Stanton Field, city engineer, says Adams will handle building inspection and general engineering work. Adams resigning from county effective Dec 15 after serving since 1940. earlier he worked for the Rock Island railroad and did Fort Worth building inspection work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Adams
Tyler
Stanton Field
Adams
Rock Island Railroad
Fort Worth
Japanese Chief of Staff Denies Doolittle Punishment Claim
The passage credits Gen Sugiyama with urging punishment of the Doolittle fliers in 1942 but states that he never suggested such a course to Emperor Hirohito and that no general staff member ever made that recommendation.
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Gen Sugiyama
Hirohito
Seven Airplanes Destroyed By Fire at Dallas Field
Dallas December 30 Fire destroyed seven airplanes at Marshall Flying School in Dallas causing about 26000 in losses. J W Marshall operator cannot explain origin but suspects a cigarette left by visiting couples may have started the blaze. A nightwatchman had chased several couples away from the craft earlier that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.P
Marshall Flying School
J. W. Marshall
Marshall
Wallace Calls Third Party an Invitation to Disaster
ADA denounces Wallace as aiding Communists and warns of a split in progressives that could aid isolationist victory in 1948. Signatories include Wilson Wyatt, Leon Henderson, Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, and Hubert Humphrey. Wallace accuses critics of using name calling to block peace. Senator Brooks ponders Wallaces appeal to leftist support and potential GOP gains.
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Americans For Democratic Action
Wallace
ADA
Wilson W. Wyatt
National
Leon Henderson
OPA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Russia
Brooks
Roosevelt
Earl) Browde
Communist Party
Eisenhower
New York
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