Sardine Can Papers Expose Sabotage Manual Threat
The FBI uncovers a cache of Spanish language sabotage instructions hidden in sardine cans on a U.S. ship. The manuals detail targets such as transformers and bridges, and offer explosive and incendiary methods. Officials warn of coordinated subversive warfare inside the United States amid Cold War tensions.
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Communist Party
United States
America
Russia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Herald Tribune
Sawdust farmer Forrest Davis Jr wins Star Farmer of America
Forrest Davis Jr, 21, of Sawdust Florida, wins the Star Farmer of America title at the national FFA convention in Kansas City. He has built a diversified farming operation on 80 acres plus leased land, including shade tobacco, beef cattle, hogs, corn, peanuts, lupine, oats, a grist mill, and irrigation. His brother Hal is elected second national vice president of the FFA.
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Deep South
Star Farmer of America
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Future Farmers of America
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Hampshire
Hal
Florida
Denmark
Panhandle road engineer earns 25-year pin for service
H D Trussell senior designing engineer for State Highway Department District 4 Amarillo received the 25-year pin and certificate in Austin. He helped guide Panhandle road improvements since May 1932 including work on Highway 117 between Berger and Stinnett. He noted gains in county roads and advocated three and four lane highways to manage growing traffic.
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H. D. Trussell
State Highway Department District 4
Bowie
Troy Martin
Panhandle
Amarillo
Trussell
Austin
H. L. Kilbourne
Stratford
W. A. Myatt
Perryton
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Canyon
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Here
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Stinnett
Hutchinson County
Mr. Trussell
Mt. Calm
Hill County
Rice Institute
Highway Department
Red Treachery Booklet Outlines Sabotage Tactics
Excerpts from a small sports manual detail sabotage methods including wiring a dynamo for short circuit via rope and rock, placing a kilo of dynamite in dynamos, and igniting fires with matches attached to fuse mechanisms. The text cites Central Electric Headquarters and warns of dangerous procedures.
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South America
Spain
FBI +de 1
Central Electric Headquarters
Continues Fight On Income Taxes By Miss Vivien Kellems
An outspoken opponent of income taxes says every loss of individual rights in the history of the country can be blamed on the income tax. She asserts the government wouldn t have billions to spend without it and spoke to the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Manufacturers Association.
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Dallas
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Texas Manufacturers Association
New Novel "Christmas Without Johnny" Secures Paramount Sale
Paramount has bought Gladys Hasty Carroll's new novel Christmas Without Johnny for early production. The announcement notes the literary work will be adapted for film, with Carroll's narrative expected to shape the project.
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Johnny
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Paramount
B&PW Plans Food Baskets for Needy Families
Amarillo B&PW members will use funds to assemble food baskets for needy families and will staff Salvation Army kettles at noon on Dec 19. New members Jerry Autry Evelyn Sue Baird Steva Baskette and Ann Gaddis were initiated. Meetings and reports covered Christmas plans and committee developments.
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Amarillo
XIT
Herring Hotel
Salvation Army
Jerry Autry
Evelyn Sue Baird
Steva Baskette
Ann Gaddis
McIver Daniel
Bonnie Merriman
Marguerite Shamblin
Betty Bridges
Edna Barron
Mary McKee
Merriman
Bob Freeman
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Mrs I S Boren of 3605 Sanborn reports eggs with unusual yolk numbers after buying a dozen eggs yesterday. She cracked three for breakfast and found one normal yolk, one double yolk, and one triple yolk. She jokes others may not believe her.
Woolpit offers fire engine shed as chicken house
Woolpit in England puts its old fire engine shed up for sale as a chicken house. The unusual reuse highlights village resourcefulness and aims to attract buyers seeking affordable rural outbuildings.
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Woolpit
England
Debate over atomic option in Korea clashs in Congress
Washington sources say US high command will not use atomic bombs in Korea without UN consent and MacArthur's request. Republicans urge action while others warn atomic capability and supply margins could be jeopardized. Truman alone would authorize a bomb if required.
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U.P
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Korea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
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United States
Truman
Congress
Sen
Owen Brewster
Maine
General MacArthur
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Natie MacArthur
L. Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
W. Sterling Cole
New York
Atomic Energy Committee
China
Jack Z. Anderson
California
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
MacArthur
Russia
Santa Fe Reports October 1950 Net Income
Santa Fe's October 1950 net income totaled 9 728 467 dollars as reported by President F G Gurley. For the first ten months of 1950 the company shows 57 339 621 dollars in net income, up from 39 463 964 dollars in the same period of 1949.
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Santa FE
F. G. Gurley
Uganda Studies $48 Million Plan for Nile Harnessing
Uganda studies a plan valued at 48 million dollars to harness the Upper Nile. The proposed project aims to manage Nile waters for power and development, with government coordination and potential regional impact.
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Uganda
Pair Charged With Burglary
Dale Montroe and Leonard Arthur Impala face burglary charges after allegedly breaking a large glass display window at Phillips Furniture and stealing a stove. Detectives tracked them down later with the stove in their possession. witnesses identified them. Montroe recently returned from the state penitentiary.
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Dale Montroe
Nortth Hayes
Leonard Arthur Impala
Phillips Furniture
North Fillmore
J. L. King
Montrue
State Penitentiary
Woman Tries Snail Adoption Scheme in Memphis
Memphis residents who call newspapers to place pets for adoption are surprised when Mrs. C. T. Crawley announces she has 50 to 60 baby tropical snails seeking homes. The unusual plea highlights a quirky local appeal for sheltering exotic pets.
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