Western Union strike call looms as talks stall
Fifty thousand AFL Western Union workers await word on a nationwide strike over a wage dispute. The union seeks a 15 cent hourly rise from an average of 96 cents, while the company cites earnings at about $1.234 per hour. President Truman, Cyrus Ching and CTU officials move to mediate as mass meetings plan final strike steps.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL
Adolph Brungs
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Telegraph Workers Union
Telegraph Employes Union
CTU
Ching
Frank Bloom
W. D. Gaillard, Jr
Gaillard
W. L. Allen
Texas
Allen
Joseph L. Egan
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Communications Workers of America
Amarillo
G. H. Millican
APL
Dallas
Reds Tighten Grip in Reich
Berlin dispatch reports the Soviet military administration eliminating CDU leaders Jakob Kaiser and Ernst Lemmer in the Soviet Zone. Wilhelm Gries loses editorship of Neue Zeit as circulation shifts. The move tightens Soviet control ahead of any outcome from the London foreign ministers talks.
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Reich Berlin
Germany
London
Christian Democratic Union
Jakob Keiser
Ernst Lemmer
Adolf Hitler
Christian Social Union
Union
Wilhelm Gries
Berlin
Neue Zeit
Socialist Unity Party
Kaiser
Lemmer
Night Duck Shooting Court Warning For Farmers
Grayson County reports illegal nocturnal duck shooting despite claims farmers in Sherman area seek help against thousands of mallards invading peanut fields. Game Warden Jim Maggard cautions shooting after sunset is illegal. birds may be hunted only from one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset.
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Grayson County
Jim Maggerd
Maggard
Sherman
Lake Texhoma
Oklahoma
Black'ridge Dominates Longview 20 Odessa 18
Black'ridge blanked Longview 20 to 0 while High Park edged Odessa 18 to 0 in a set of high school football results. The sports pages tease more details on pages 15 through 17.
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Black’ridge
Longview
High Park
Odessa O
Three Killed in Crossing Crash Near Temple
Three people died and one injured when the MK and T Katy Limited passenger train collided with a small car at Pendleton crossing four miles north of Temple. Victims include Mrs James Earnest Beauchamp 21 and her infant Gloria Jane and sister Mary Louise Pope 14. Driver James Earnest Beauchamp survived and was taken to Temple hospital in critical condition.
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Temple
Here
Mk&t
Pendleton Crossing
James Earnest Beauchamp
Gloria Jane
Mary Louise Pope
Continental closes deal for Mexico City telephone firm
The holding company Corporacion Continental has satisfactorily completed negotiations to buy the Swedish Erics son Telephone Co. of Mexico for about 38 million dollars and is seeking to purchase Mexicana Telephone Co. in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
U.P
Corporacion Continental, SA
Ericsson Telephone Co
Mexico
Mexicana Telephone Co
GOP Chiefs Say Inflation Plan Only Starter
Speaker Joseph W. Martin said the anti inflation bill is just the start of a determined Republican drive to lower living costs. Senator Taft signaled possible future controls while pledging review in January. President Truman is expected to sign and push broader measures if needed.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin
House
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Martin
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Texans Prefer Sunshine Over White Christmas In Poll
The Texas Poll finds Panhandle and South Plains the happiest areas, with East and Central Texas close behind. Respondents prefer sun over snow or rain for Christmas, with about four in ten women liking snow while men favor sun.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Austin
Bing Crosby
Navajo Poverty Exposed In Utah Arizona New Mexico
Bitz Hoover reports on a tour of the Navajo Reservation spanning New Mexico Arizona and Utah. He describes squalor and ignorance in hogans with improvised materials and crowded conditions. He notes a push by the New Mexico Junior Chamber of Commerce to document the plight and plans further reporting.
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Bitz Hoover
Amarillo
Raton
Hoover
New Mexico Junior Chamber of Commerce
Nevajo
Daily News
Lewis Nordyke
The
News
Indian Service
Panhandle
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
United States
Arabs Hit Convoy Near Palestine Border
Arab gunmen engaged a Jewish convoy near the Syria Lebanon border as Trans Jordan Frontier Force and British troops aided the convoy. Two Jewish settlement police were wounded and one Jew missing. fighting followed a village clash at Khisas. Earlier reports note Arab casualties and a Jewish plea from Aden.
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Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Khisas
Rush
Jerusalem
Aden
Arabian
Plague Control Plans Debated By Southwestern Cattlemen
In El Paso the southwestern cattlemen backed a US Mexico joint commission proposal to eradicate foot and mouth disease via a large buffer zone in Mexico. The plan would push back the zone toward eradication, involve vaccines, a Mexican army patrol, and restocking with vaccinated cattle after slaughter of infected stock, with opposition from two groups and a warning that the body is unofficial.
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EL Paso
Mexico
Oscar Flores
Robert Kleeberg, Jr
Kingsville
King Ranch
Luis Laguette
Chihuahua
Tampico
Vallarta
Kleberg
Joint Commission
Washington
Flores
US Agriculture
N. E. Dodd
Claude McCann
Victoria
Santa’s Letter and Holiday Packing Prompt
Santa writes to children about preparing electric trains and doll carriages with helpers called elves. The note recalls a dream of forgetting the trains and explains elves packing carriages and a playful scene from the toyshop. Fuller Brushes ads follow the letter.
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North Pole
Santa Claus Land
Santa Claus Lives On In Faith From Virginia Letter
Fifty years after The New York Sun printed Virginias note to editor readers still recall the answer from Francis P. Church. At Public School 31 in New York City Virginia O Hanlon now helps pupils write letters to Santa while the timeless editorial underscored belief in hope and generosity.
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Virginia
Santa Claus
New York Sun
Edward Douglas
Public School
New York City
Virginia O’hanlon
Santa
Associated Press
David Rosen
Francis P. Church
Church
Little Pals Stand By For Santa in Smoke
Santa Claus played rescuer when a fire broke out at the Goldblatt Brothers State Street store in Chicago. The blaze caused about 15000 dollars in damage and forced evacuation of about 25000 Christmas shoppers. Santa helped lead families to safety as detectives and staff cleared the building in 15 minutes. No injuries reported and operations resumed in 45 minutes. Italy plans red treaty talks with Moscow soon, says foreign ministry spokesman.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Goldblatt Brothers
Santa
Toy Department
Saseta
Harland M. Worley
Italy
Rome
A_ foreign ministry
Moscow
Prison Hunger Strike Is Off at Dar rington Prison Farm
About 250 inmates ended a three day hunger strike at Dar rington Prison Farm after agreeing to take a meal and resume work. Warden David Coers said normal conditions resumed and attributed the move to continued withholding of Christmas packages.
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Angleton
Darrington Prison Farm
Mess Hall
David Coers
Coers
W. Mace Thompson
Death of Sir William Allen, Armagh MP, at 81
Sir William Allen an 81 year old unionist MP for County Armagh since 1922 died tonight from injuries after being struck by a truck two weeks earlier. He served as an officer in the first World War.
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Belfast
Ulster
William Allen
County Armagh
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Ahead
Weather notes from the US Weather Bureau show fair and mild conditions across Amarillo and surrounding West Texas and New Mexico. Sunday brings fair skies with little temperature change, while northwest New Mexico may see afternoon snow flurries and increasing clouds. Highs range from about 40 to 50 in the northwest, up to 60 in the northeast, with sunrise at 7 51 and sunset at 5 39.
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US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Speculator tips pour in as probe plans form in Washington
Capitol reports show a flood of tips to Senate and House committees probing grain market activity. Senator Ferguson says anonymous letters are arriving, while Representative Andresen aims to uncover leaks and inside information among government and legislative actors.
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Washington
Dec
Capitol
Senate
House
Ferguson
Michigan
August H. Andresen
Minnesota
Legislative
Andresen
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Congressional
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Capitol Hill
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