Change in Labor Law Is a Tough Truman Problem
The Truman administration faces a tough issue over repealing the Taft Hartley Act and restoring the Wagner Act with amendments. Opinions split between a one package plan and a two package approach. Labor leaders favor immediate repeal of Taft Hartley with a second package of amendments later.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sen. J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
AFL
Labor Department
Inter
Waco Tigers Rout Amarillo in 1948 Texas Title Clash
In Fort Worth on Christmas Day 1948 Waco Tigers defeated Amarillo Golden Sandies 21 to 0 to claim the Texas high school football championship. Amarillo’s James Garner missing disrupted the Sandstorm, who faced 16,000 frigid fans and saw Waco extend its 14th straight win.
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Patt Powell
TCU
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Waco Tigers
Waco
James Garner
Garner
Renate Hose
Claude Fox
Odessa
Tigers
Waco High School
Ant ‘Abe
Moe
Dick Parma
Texas
Wace
Amarillo High School
Christmas holiday deaths in Texas reported in multiple incidents
Twenty nine Texans died violently during Christmas holidays including eighteen road fatalities, five shot deaths, three knife slayings, one burn death, a child poisoned accidentally and an overdose. Notable cases in Victoria and Houston involved families and residents, with several suspects charged or under investigation. Nationwide tally showed 111 highway deaths since Friday 6 PM, with 265 predicted by Yuletide end. A trailer interior fire scorched a rental unit on North East Fifth Street.
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Saeco
Victoria-Houston
Victoria
Allen Ladd Marek
Overton
Tex
Deborah Marek
Edith Marek
Victoria Hospital
Walter Ligon
Levelsmith
H. Dougherty
Bedford
Farmer
Fort Worth
Jim McDade
Houston
Jessie Sims
John Boxie
Albert Green
Courder
Louis Martinez
Catrino Lara
Sweetwater
Antonio Gonzalez
Bexar County
National Safety Council
Rel Aviv
Nazareth
Holy Land
United Nations
Jericho
Arab Legion
King Abdullah
Shane
Trans-Jordan
Jordan
Haifa
Blackout for Israel Ordered Amid Christmas News
Amid wartime chaos, Israel orders a total blackout following air raids near Haifa Jericho Nazareth and Nazareth blackout during Christmas events. Hospitals report multiple births and a Christmas Day bombardment impact. In the Middle East panoply, Arab planes, UN cease fire tensions, and Jewish settlements face strikes as regional news crosscuts with Indonesia and Dutch actions in Java.
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Ane
Ang — Ee
Samuel Ray McManus
Israel
Poe ‘Wright
Route 3
Amarillo
Buford Anderson
North Fairfield
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Jack James
McMasters
D. W. Britain
West Nineteenth
St.Anthony's Hospital
Lucille N. Altig
Fillmore
North- West Texas Hospital
T. R. Dillon
Crockett
Holiday News-Globe edition reports on Tangku and Tientsin
The News-Globe Amariflo High Plains edition went to press early so staff could spend Christmas with families. KGNC continued holiday duty for late-breaking news. A London style fantasy of Tangku and Tientsin is referenced along with U S relief flights to Tientsin amid poor visibility and a quiet front. A Chinese war criminal list is published naming Chiang Kai-shek Madame Chiang Li Tsung-jen and Chang Chun among others with no penalty specifics.
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Eneroms
Sineounday
News-Globe
Amariflo
High Plains
KGNC
Tangku
Tientsin
Chennault
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Li Tsung-jen
China
Chang Chun
Draft plan to draft medical students and specialists
The American Universities Association urges Congress to craft a draft for medical students and other specialists aged under 22, sending them to government funded training if deemed vital to the nation. The proposal could modify the 1948 Selective Service Act and replace certain educational deferments. Obituary notices report Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Peck, 93, widow of Richard A. Peck, died in Atchison, Kansas, with funeral set for Sunday.
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Wasmisuius
Oe Ee
TNE Association of American Universites
Armed Services
Atchison, Kan
Sarah Elizabeth Peck
Richard A. Peck
Atchison
Timothy Loneran
Bob Hope Brings Holiday Cheer to Berlin in Christmas Airlift
The airlift delivered Bob Hope and 10 tons of canned corn to Berlin this morning. Hope arrived after a Christmas Eve show for US airmen in Wiesbaden and will perform twice at the Titania Palast in the American sector. Also appearing are Irving Berlin, Jane Russell, and Jinx Falkenberg along with notable guests including Alben Barkley and Stuart Symington.
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Bob Hope
Berlin
Air Force
Famea
Wiesbaden
Titania
Alben Barkley
Air
Stuart Symington
Army
No Holiday for Thieves Strike Christmas Eve City
Thieves took advantage of Christmas Eve to ply their trades including a theater box office theft of 100 dollars from manager Joe Strawn. Jewelry store articles were taken from Sixth and Polk, with value undetermined. A. B. Latham’s home on North Pierce yielded clothing and household items worth about 300 dollars. A purse containing 16 dollars was reported stolen from Leah Deroneft. Medical kits were stolen from cars at Northwest Texas Hospital and narcotics reported in one kit. Police are pursuing several suspects.
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Victory 7
Joe Strawn
Polk
Latham
North Pierce
Iouay Tds
Finis Wright
Leah Deroneft
Fillmore
Farmer Slayer of Four Captured After Four-State Hunt
Murdock Hinton, 48, a farmer from Meersennia Mississippi, admitted shooting four people during a family dispute. Sheriff J. Guy Krebs said Hinton surrendered at his mother's home near Hurley after officers surrounded the house. Hinton described the killings as stemming from a dispute over his estranged wife, with details including a baby granddaughter and a sheriff being shot during the escape.
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Farmer
Meersennia
Miss
Murdock Hinton
J. Guy Krebs
Inton
Gloria
Judy
George County
J. E. Nelson
Hinton
Jennie Hinton
Hurley
Mississippi
Alabama
Luce
Krebs
Pensacola
Fla
Lynch Visits In Beaumont
Amarillo head coach Howard Bull Lynch was the subject of talk at the Amarillo Waco championship game. Rumors say Lynch has been offered Beaumont High School head coach with a salary about 7000 dollars a year. His Amarillo contract expires next May. He left Fort Worth after the game to confer with Beaumont officials.
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Fort Worth
Amarillo
Howard “Bull
Lynch
Beaumont
Cold Christmas Weather Grips Nation With Record Lows
The Weather Bureau warns of a cold wave sweeping from Central Canada across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley into the Appalachians. Snow flurries are seen in Amarillo and Hereford while temperatures plunge, with New York City dodging a record snow fall but facing a deeply cold Christmas. Across the nation, highs of 24 in Amarillo fall to near 15, and many areas expect subzero or near zero readings, including Western New York and Ohio.
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North Pole
Weather Bureau
Canada
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Appalachian Mountains
Amarillo
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Hereford
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tenessee
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Midwest
Plains
New York City
California
Santa
Los Angeles
Oregon Coast
Daily News Index: Faitor's Letter and City Outlook
The page presents a mixed index of features including a letter from the editor, a mayoral outlook, and a teen feature. It highlights a subscription contest and mentions a population jump projection. Notable items reference a miniature picture story and a talks column.
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Iors
Retirm
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