Army Expert Debunks Moon Rocket Dream
Lt Col James E Bain of the War Department argues it would cost billions and years to perfect a rocket to the moon. He notes escape velocity, compares V-2 costs, and predicts future war tech will rely on longer-range artillery rather than moon rockets. Push-button war is not near, depending on funding.
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Washington WP
James E. Bain
War Department Army Ordnance
Bain
Rain
Bain le
Army
Atom workers saved from skin cancer, claims Dr. Snider
Dr Ray S Snider of the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory described animal experiments showing irradiation can cause pre cancer and cancer in rats. He noted only one death from irradiation during bomb production and explained seven foot thick walls protected workers in the Manhattan Project.
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Cleveland
A.P
Ray S. Snider
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Snider
American Academy of Dermatology
Medical Protective Division
Jester to Make Appointments to 84 of 88 Agencies
Gov elect Beauford Jester will appoint members to 84 of 88 state agencies. Governor Stevenson will fill vacancies on Jan 10 for A and M College board and State Teacher Colleges regents.
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Austin
Beauford Jester
Coke R. Stevenson
Stevenson
A. & M. College
Board of Regents
Married veteran and freshman in Western Town mix
A note from a veteran and a freshman in a western town mentions living in Canaan and planning moves. The fragment hints at continuing coverage on page 14.
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Dear Tack
W. T
Canaan
Movre
Smiths and Joneses Gain In Eightieth Congress
In Washington the new Congress shows six Smiths and four Joneses, while the Johnsons drop from eight to seven. The list names six Johnsons including Lyndon B. Johnson and Edwin C. Johnson along with five other Johnsons in various roles. The Smiths include H. Alexander Smith and others, and the Joneses include Robert E. Jones Jr. and Robert F. Jones. Robert F. Jones carried the Jones name alone in the prior session.
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Smiths
Joneses
Congress
Johnsons
Johnston
Edwin C. Johnson
Col
Olin A. Johnson
Anton J. Johnson
Ill
Glen D. Johnson
Okla
J. Leroy Johnson
Cal
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Noble J. Johnson
Ind. Smiths
Sens
H. Alexander Smith
N. J
Frederick S. Smith
Howard W. Smith
Friendly GI Children Appeal to Germans
Berlin reports that American schoolchildren from California, Philadelphia and New York won German friends and made a good impression by being friendly as occupation troops encounter criticism.
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Germany
der Abend
California
Philadelphia
New York
La Follette to Succeed Winant on UN Council
Reports in State Department circles say Senator La Follette of Wisconsin will replace John G. Winant as U S representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Mexico is described as the third largest Latin American country by area 758 258 square miles.
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LA Follette
Washington
State Department
Wisconsin
John G. Winant
U. S
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Mexico
Latin America
Grain markets rise on CC corn delivery bid in January
Chicago grain prices moved as the Commodity Credit Corporation asked traders to offer corn for late January delivery. January corn held around two cents, aided by CC purchases of 1,325,000 bushels and heavy snows. Oats mixed, wheat eased. Winter wheat belt snow coverage varied, with Southwest snow expected to protect future cold waves. January wheat at 2.11 1/4, January corn at 1.32 1/4, March oats at 0.75 3/4.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Heve
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights Slower Trade
A Jan 2 cattle run of 8 500 head with calves 700 and hogs 2 000 shows a slow trade with prices mostly 50 cents lower than Tuesday. Slaughter steers and fed cattle range from 16 50 to 23 00 per cwt with bulls and calves testing varied levels. hogs top 21 25 with 170 pounds plus at 20 75 to 21 00. Sheep totals 8 100 with lambs selling 50 to 75 cents lower, wheat pasture lambs 22 75 to packers 22 50.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed as Hogs and Cattle Move
Chicago January 2 report shows hogs trading toward 1.00 to 1.25 lower early, but steadying. bulk of sales under 230 pounds down 75 cents to 1.00, heavier weights near 25 cents lower. Cattle and calves active with steady to firm bids. best steers around 32.00, yearlings 31.00, beef cows 12.50 to 15.00, canners 10.00 to 12.00. Sheep moderate with lambs around 24.00 and up for top lots, bids mixed overall.
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Chicago
USDA
Harry Woodring Backs Truman Farley Ticket
Kansas Democratic leader Harry H. Woodring said Truman Farley would form the strongest Democratic ticket for the next national campaign. He noted his past support for Farley as a potential vice presidential running mate in 1948.
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Topeka
Kan
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
Mother Has First Peek of Quadruplets
Mrs. Dorothy Geast Henn, a British war bride, got her first glimpse of her newborn quadruplets born December 22. She stood outside the glass enclosure in St. Agnes hospital premature nursery as nurses fed the babies milk formula in their incubators.
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Baltimore
Dorothy Geast Henn
St. Agnes Hospital
Texan electrocuted in crane accident at Long Beach
William W. Williams aged 30 of Big Spring Texas was electrocuted yesterday and Wilbur R. Young 38 of Long Beach was critically burned when their motorized crane struck a power line in Long Beach California.
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Long Beach
Cal
William W. Williams
Big Spring
Tex
Wilbur R. Young
Famed Flier Howard Hughes Enforced Visitor in Amarillo
Wealthy aviator and film producer Howard Hughes toured Amarillo as an enforced visitor during a snowstorm grounding several planes including his B 23 bomber. The Houston born entrepreneur, owner of significant TWA stock, arrived with a small party and stayed at the Capitol Hotel while en route to New York.
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Howard Hughes
Amarillo
Hughes
California
English Field
New York
Capitol Hotel
Houston
TWA
Jane Russell
State School for Deaf marks 90th anniversary
The State School for the Deaf in Austin marks its 90th anniversary. Opened January 2, 1857 with nine pupils and $10,000 appropriation, it now serves more than 450 pupils with a recommended budget of $552,538 and property valued at $1,000,000.
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Austin
U.P
State School For the Deaf
House Panel Faults Surplus Property Disposal
The House surplus property committee says more than 12.5 billion dollars worth of surplus war property has been sold for about 2.2 billion. It criticizes War Assets Administration methods as sloppy and urges a new congress to establish a watchdog group to monitor future sales.
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Washington
U.P
House
Short-Keeled Toucans Arrive at Balboa Park Zoo
San Diego reports the arrival of two rare short-keeled toucans from Central America. The birds will be exhibited at Balboa Park Zoological Gardens, notable for their huge crimson bills, sulfur breast, green eyes, and greenish-yellow ridges. This marks the zoo's first postwar shipment.
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San Diego
U.P
Central America
Balboa Park Zoological Gardens
Murray warns Congress against era backsliding in 1947
President Philip Murray warned that any attempt to roll back to 1932 would bring domestic strife and turmoil, erode confidence in American ideals, and undermine stability abroad. The comment was issued in Washington on January 2.
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CIO
Washington
Philip Murray
Congress
Sheriff Sworn In Makes First Arrest With Whisky
Fannin County Sheriff Dick Wait was sworn in at 12:01 AM and within 1 hour 15 minutes made his first arrest on a Bonham street. The suspect was found with five pints of whisky in his possession.
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Sherman
Dick Wait
Fannin County
Bonham
Gandhi Takes a Walk Calcutta
Mohandas K. Gandhi began a village by village walking tour of Noak Hali in East Bengal to spread nonviolence amid recent Muslim dominated unrest.
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Calcutta
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Noakhali
East Bengal
Pistol Fire Injures Three in Clash Near Naples
Ansa reports three injured when about 100 Communists clashed with Qualunque party supporters at Bara near Naples last night.
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Ansa
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Bara
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Tito firm in stand in London broadcast
The Moscow Radio quoted Premier Marshal Tito stating in a New Year broadcast that his government would nip in the bud any attempt to restore the old patriarchal economic system in Yugoslavia.
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Tito
London
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Aung San Plans London Visit to Gauge British Faith on Burma Independence
Deputy chairman U Aung San of Burma’s interim regime announced he would travel to London at the British government’s invitation to test Britain’s good faith on Burma’s independence.
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Cailcutta
U. Aung San
London
Reinforcements Relieve Communist Assault on Paoting
Chen Chi cheng deputy commander of the lith war zone announced today that reinforcements have relieved pressure from a strong Chinese Communist attack on Paoting the Hopeh provincial capital.
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Chen Chicheng
Paoting
Hopeh
Early oil recovery advances halve waste in industry
Historical note explains that early oil production methods recovered only about 20 percent of available oil while modern techniques now recover up to 80 percent, highlighting the gains in efficiency and reserves.
New Year's Baby Diane Carol Wins Batavia Contest
Batavia announces its first baby of the year 1947 a girl born at 2 30 am in a local hospital named Diane Carol She is the second winner following Beverly Ann who won the contest in 1945 and the family again features Edith Sage as the mother
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Edith Sage
Diane Carol
Beverly Ann
Exploding Bombs End Truce in Jerusalem
Two pamphlet bombs exploded in Jerusalem breaking a shaky truce that had brought peace to the Holy Land during the Zionist congress in Basel and the Christmas holidays, signaling renewed tensions.
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U.P
Holy Land
Basel
Three Die in Panhandle Crashes Near Hereford
A Hereford family mourns as three die in a collision while two others in nearby wrecks are treated. Survivors include Scroggins relatives and multiple siblings from Abernathy Plainview Springfield Bonham Clute. Dr. Edwin Goodall and Jean Speed Tyler suffer critical injuries in separate early morning crashes near Good night Claude. The Shirleys, Jim and Elsie Shirley with daughter Lou Alice and other youth survive with minor injuries.
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Darline
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Clute
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Elsie Viola Shirley
Lou Alice
Westway County School
Harrison Highway
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Jim Shirley
Billy J. Jackson
Canyon
Panhandle
Goodnight
Claude
Edwin Goodall
Memphis
Jean Speed Tyler
Clarendon
Dr. Goodall
Goodall
Mrs. Tyler
Tyler
Oklahoma City
Holiday crash parade leaves several injured in Quanah and beyond
Wright Styles Radford of Quanah, 41, sustained a broken rib and cuts. Francis Garrard, 31, of Quanah, suffered cuts and bruises. Other holiday accidents caused automobile damage but no injuries. Roy Beckwith of North Houston and Gladys Borders of Happy had a near Canyon Hill collision. A Bushland three car crash caused only damage. Nashville resident Pentacost avoided a collision when Tracy of Chardar hit his car, then Mullins of Ontario collided with Tracy. Layfette of Tech Village and Nation in unknown address damaged near city limits.
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Quanah
Francis Arthur Garrard
Roy Clyde Beckwith
North
Houston
Gladys Sparks
Happy
Canyon Hill
Bushland
Joseph Thomas Pentacost
Nashville
James Layfette
Tech Village
E. D. Nation
Congress Readies Senate Leadership For New Session
Congress- Nicholas Longworth of Ohio wielded the gavel in 1931, succeeds Sam Ray burn of Texas. Senate Republicans already had agreed, except for caucus approval, on Taft as steering chair, Vandenberg as president pro tem, White as majority leader, and Wherry as majority whip. Barkley named minority floor leader. Committees set to form and White House messages to be received. Truman state-of-the-union expected Monday with budget and economics papers later.
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Ohio
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Senator Taft
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Senator White
Maine
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Truman
Snowstorm Closes Many Panhandle Roads and Slows Travel
Snow covers the Panhandle with 4 to 8 inches in spots from Amarillo to Perryton. Plows work across major highways while communication lines fail and highways remain slippery. Roswell and Tucumcari report heavy snow and drifting winds. travel warned as hazardous in Texline, Canadian, Dalehart, and surrounding towns.
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