Seminary Choir Plans Christmas Concerts in San Antonio
The Male Choir of the Austin Presbyterian Seminary travels to San Antonio this weekend to perform Christmas concerts at Beacon Hill and Alamo Heights churches. Under Mrs. Evelyn Mosier Foster the 21 voice group will present a three part program with a homecoming for Baritone David Harrison.
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Austin Presbyterian Seminary
San Antonio
Beacon Hill
Alamo Heights Presbyterian
David Stitt
Evelyn Mosier Foster
Alamo Heights
Seminary
Austin
Seminary Chapel
KVET
Dorothy Orr
Len Orr
Lubbock
David Harrison
Beacon Hill Church
Senate Seeks full facts before ECA cash request
Senate leaders said they want a full report on European recovery before approving more Marshall Plan funds. Senator Connally and Senator Vandenberg expect hearings after the ECA requests funding to cover next April 1 to June 30 and then through June 1950.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Economic Cooperation Administration
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
ECA
Howard Bruce
Vandenberg
Back Seat Dive Saves Owner of Stalled Car
Alton E Glass Jr 22 stalled his car as it crossed a railroad crossing in Reno Nevada. A westbound Southern Pacific passenger train approached and crushed the front of the car. Glass escaped unharmed from the rear after diving into the back seat.
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Reno
Nev
Alton E. Glass Jr
Southern Pacific
Glass
Byrd backs tax hike to avert deficit spending in 1949
Senator Harry F. Byrd says a 1949 tax increase appears inevitable to prevent a return to deficit spending. He suggests a short term excess profits tax might be preferable to permanent rate hikes, noting federal revenue may need boosting as spending outpaces income.
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Sen
Byrd
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Topeka Explosions Kill Seven Injure Fifteen At Plant
A massive blast at a Topeka plant tears doors from hinges and scatters debris. Seven killed and fifteen wounded as workers report multiple shocks and a gas smell. Rescue workers recall digging bodies from rubble while others escaped with horror.
Gold-bearing Sands Found in Tibet-Rise Rivers
A report notes that gold appears in sands along rivers that originate in Tibet, suggesting widespread mineral potential in trans Himalayan waterways.
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Tibet
Lake Travis Improvement Association Plans Highway Signage
The Lake Travis Improvement Association voted to place large painted billboards on highways around Austin to guide motorists to the lake and its points of interest. A nationwide publicity campaign was also planned. Officers re elected include Hal Hatter as president and Stanley Hornsby as vice president and board chairman. New board members are Raymond Allen and others.
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Lake Travis
Hal Hatter
Stanley Hornsby
Pearl P. Rittenhouse
Barbara P. Leet
J. E. Taylor Jr
Hornsby
Raymond Allen
R. M. Taylor
Ralph Schneider
W. R. Cosgrove
Joe Gibbs Jr
Arno Brill
Fred J. Cunningham
Tom B. Hughes
Chiang Loses 30000 Troops in North China Battle
From Pengpu Associated Press Harold K Milks reports no fresh south reinforcements have arrived to bolster the Yangtze barrier. About 5000 troops from Hankow are in the Nanking area, while government and Communist accounts show setbacks near Peiping with a railway town fallen and Kalgan attacked.
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Pengpu
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Yangtze
Nanking
Hankow
Peiping
North China
Communist Radio
Hwaiju
Huaijou
State Wins $950 285 In RFC Back Tax Case
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel said Judge Kennerly awarded the state 950285 in back ad valorem taxes in five suits against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Houston. The RFC argued exemption under a state law amendment for 1944 48 plants in Harris County.
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Price Daniel
Federal
T. M. Kennerly
Houston
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kennerly
High Court Considers Amendment Case and Writ of Error
The Texas High Court weighs challenges to an amendment's publication and potential mislead of voters in six counties. Opponents press to certify questions to the Supreme Court as to whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred on publication knowledge and ballot interpretation.
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Brown
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Supreme Court of
State of Texas
Kerr VFW Post Opens Club House
Kerrville observes Pearl Harbor Day with the dedication of the Service men's Club by Kerr Post No. 3894, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Commander Thomas H. Rape leads the post as the Fourth Army Band from San Antonio performs, followed by a barbecue supper and flag lowering ceremony with Brigadier General Luther S. Smith as speaker.
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Kerrville
Kerr Post
Thomas H. Rape
Fourth Army
San Antonio
Luther S. Smith
Air Forces
Solon Forfeits Bond On Reckless Driving Charge
Senator Chan Gurney forfeited a $75 bond in Muskogee police court on a reckless driving charge. He was not present, represented by attorney Kelly Brown of Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Okla
Chan Gurney
Gurney
Kelly Brown
US Capital Use Abroad Forecast
Dr Marcus Nadler of New York University told the Investment Bankers Association of America that American private capital will flow abroad again on a large scale as political uncertainties fade. He said international conditions will stabilize and be used to develop foreign natural resources and raise living standards, noting the World Bank securities may gain appeal as they are backed by the U S government credit.
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Hollywood
Fla
Marcus Nadler
New York University
Investment Bankers Association of America
Nadler
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
United States
Communists Blamed For Mexican Rail Crash
In Toluca Mexico on December 9 the engineer of the Aztec Eagle collision blamed a “sinister cell of Communists” in the National Railways for the wreck that killed none but seriously injured several. Guillermo Fernandez Flores is on trial for negligence of duty.
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Toluca
Mexico
National Railways
St. Louis
Clinic for Problem Children Sought
St Louis official Henry S Caulfield announced a plan to seek a $17 000 appropriation to re establish a municipal Psychiatric Child Guidance Clinic for problem children. The unit previously operated under that name but closed in 1946 due to lack of a full time psychiatrist.
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ST. Louis
INS
Henry S. Caulfield
Public Welfare
Caulfield
Psychiatric Child Guidance Clinic
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