Draft Rayburn as Demo Floor Leader
Democrats draft Sam Rayburn of Texas as floor leader for the 80th Congress convening soon. The move aims to keep party leadership intact amid a Republican majority and focus on labor legislation ahead of Truman's state of the union address.
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Draft Rayburn
Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
John McCormack
Massachusetts
White House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Leo E. Allen
House Rules Committee
Capitol Hill
Truman
Senate House
Senate
House Republicans
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Martin
Arends
Halleck
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Congress
Magician Pilot Survives Crash That Hit Nashville House
John Calvert the magician pilot and 15 passengers escaped a deadly crash when his DC-3 skidded into a Nashville home. The housewife Mrs. Birtie Hill was injured along with five magicians. Calvert suffered a broken leg but helped free her. The troupe’s Mystic Lady had left Richmond for a studio appearance. fog and poor visibility caused the accident.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Calvert
Birtie Hill
Calvert
Los Angeles
Hill
Richmond
Three Die In Separate Crashes On South Plains Highways
A morning of severe weather and slick roads on the South Plains left three dead. A bus and car crashed at Canyon Hill near Canyon killing Marie White, 17, and infant Larry Doyle White, while Bruce Scroggins, 38, died when a pickup collided with a truck near Hereford. Police reported many fender benders in Amarillo as packed snow created hazardous driving conditions.
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Honckenal
South Plains
Panhandle
Plains
Canyon Hill
Hugo
Okla
California
Hereford
Bruce Scroggins
Marie White
Larry Doyle White
Doyle White
Claude T. White
Northwest Texas Hospital
Doyle Whites
Englewood
Cal
Oklo
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New Mexico Transportation Company
W C. Hamilton
Albuquerque
N. MA
Amarillo
Miss Martini Heck
Tulsa
Charles Heck
Heck
Fillmore Street
Fifth Avenue
Miss Heck
St. Anthony'’s Hospital
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Buchanan
West Sixth
Washington
Fourth
Tyler
Grand Avenue
West Sixteenth
Ong
Third
Kentucky
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Rusk
Russell Staty. Co
Buick
Scroggins
Summerfield
William Robert Maxwell
Mountainair
N. M
First Baptist Church
West Park Cemetery
R. H. Cagle
Highway Department
White Deer
Happy
E. M. Ballengee
Spearman
Blanket Snow Disrupts Panhandle Travel and Schools
A frigid blanket of snow covered the Panhandle causing widespread school closures and travel disruptions. Temperatures near 22 degrees, winds up to 30 mph, and drifts hampered highways and rail lines from Lubbock to Wichita Falls. Air service was canceled with limited hope of resumption. 65 passengers waited at the Herring Hotel as aviation plans adjusted to poor landings and ceillings.
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H. C. Winburn
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Plains
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Clarendon
Wichita Falls
Texas Highway Department
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Groom-Alaneed- McLean
Greyhound Dispatchers
Trailways
Trans-World Aiirlines
English Field
Herring Hotel
TWA
Pioneer Airlines
Here
Austin
Braniff
Steve Canyon Debuts January 13 With Feeta Feeta and Copper Calhoun
Milton Caniff introduces Steve Canyon a former ATC pilot available for perilous assignments worldwide. The Globe contracted the new strip sight unseen nearly two years ago and it begins Monday January 13 with two romantic young ladies Feeta Feeta and Copper Calhoun joining him.
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Caniff
Globe
Sight Unseen
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Feeta Feeta
Copper Calhoun
Dragon Lady
Miss Lace
Terry
Chicago Sun
Sun Syndicate
King Features
King
The
Amarillo
Horizons, Inc
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D Feta-Feeta
Terry and the
Dragoneca
Ohio State University
Sigma Chi
New York
Sigma Chi Clube
Ohio State
Steve Canyon debuts in The Globe with Caniff strip
The Globe will begin publishing Steve Canyon on Monday January 13. Milton Caniff creates Horizons Inc. flier hero joining Feta-Feeta and Copper Calhoun in risky worldwide adventures.
Snowstorm Closes Roads Across Texas and Midwest
Heavy snow freezing rain and a new cold wave sweep much of the United States. Dakotas Montana report 20 below zero as Minnesota faces 15 to 20 below tonight. Texas Oklahoma see snow and ice disrupt transport schools and services with many roads blocked and flights grounded.
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Associated Press
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
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Florida
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Panhandle
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Hillsboro Public
Bonham
Normalcy Returns as WTSC Reopens After Strike
West Texas State College in Canyon resumes classes after a week break from a student strike. A Veterans Administration meeting with veteran students is set for tomorrow at 11 in the college auditorium to resolve complaints. Dean D A Shirley notes normal operations with no punishment for strike leaders while Dr J A Hill is ill. Eldon Fuller of the VA Regional Office in Lubbock will attend.
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Veterans Administration
D. A. Shirley
Dean Shirley
J. A. Hill
Hill
Eldon Fuller
Lubbock
Frisco Cab Strike Ends After 24 Hours
Yellow cab drivers returned to work at 12:01 A M ending a 24 hour strike in Frisco. City dispatchers reported normal service as drivers resumed duties and traffic levels began to recover.
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Frisco
San Francisco
U.P
Police Guard Victim of Camera Shooting in New York
New York police placed a 24 hour guard around Mrs Olga Rocco at Roosevelt Hospital after a subway shooting carried out with a Christmas wrapped shotgun believed by the assailant to be a camera. The investigation shifted away from a vanishing Brooklyn swimmer linked to Rocco and focused on the weapon's origin and the shooter Pearl Lusk.
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New York
Olga Rosco
Brooklyn
Alphonse Rocco
Rocco
Olga Rocco
Roosevelt Hospital
Pearl Lusk
Miss Lusk
Harry Leventhal
Ten Die In Tapachula Inauguration Riot Firefight
Police opened fire at the Tapachula inauguration riot as Ernest Cordoba was sworn mayor. The ministry of national defense said ten people were killed and 20 injured in the Chiapas city incident.
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Mexico City
U.R
Tapachula
Chiapas
Ministry of National Defense
Ernest Cordoba
Hoffman seeks bill to curb union port-to-portal wage suits
Rep. Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan announces plans to introduce legislation to ban retroactive labor union suits for back pay. He argues current filings total over a billion dollars and label them as shake downs that could trigger a national economic disaster.
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Washington
U.P
Clare E. Hoffman
Michigan
Republican
Congress
Weather Report Amarillo and Vicinity Snow and Cold
Light snow this afternoon and tonight with northerly winds 25 to 30 mph. Drifting snow and colder with a low near 7 degrees. Clearing Friday with diminishing winds but continued cold. West Texas mostly cloudy with rain or snow, not as cold Thursday. Snow this afternoon and tonight in New Mexico and northern mountains Friday. High 33, low 15, noon 16.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Election Violations Charged Against Unions and Corporations
A special House committee charged 60 CIO unions, corporations and the Common party with violations of the Practices Act and said it would urge the Justice Department to probe the conduct. The panel asserted that the entities violated prohibitions on contributions linked to elections.
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Washington
Special House
CIO
Justice Department
Byrnes Named Time Man of the Year in 1946
Secretary James F. Byrnes was chosen as Time Magazine Man of the Year with his portrait on the cover. The article says Byrnes acted as the firm patient voice of the United States in global councils and led the builders of the dam against the Russian flood. Molotov would have been the pick if 1946 ended as it began.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
Time Magazine
V. M. Molotov
Byrnes
Time
U. S
Bar Door To Bilbo Says GOP Pushes Senate Oath Block
The Republican Steering Committee urged that Senator Bilbo be barred from taking the oath for a new term. Taft said the recommendation would be presented to the Senate GOP for action. Bilbo faces accusations of misusing office in war contracts dealings. A possible agreement with Democrats to avoid a filibuster was discussed.
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Senate
Taft
Ohioan
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Jorvals
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