But Same Taxes Chief Executive May Get Pay Increase
President Truman and about 2,000,000 federal workers may see pay raises as Congress faces a Jan. 20 deadline. Senator Johnston plans to sponsor pay legislation, arguing increases could be funded without new taxes. The issue hinges on constitutional limits and the timing of a new Congress starting Jan. 3.
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Bomb hits Jewish offices near Arc de Triomphe in Paris
A bomb exploded early Sunday damaging a building on Avenue De La Grande Armée near the Arc de Triomphe. The offices of two Jewish organizations, a Zionist unit on the first floor and a Palestinian office on the second, sustained damage.
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Truman Delays Backing Farm Price Supports
President Truman may delay reform ideas for federal farm price supports until new Congress convenes amid division within major farm groups. Officials expect first action to authorize Commodity Credit Corporation storage for a record grain crop and to add rural housing provisions, with slow consideration of price floor revisions.
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Veterans County Service Officers Form New Texas Group
The Veterans County Service Officers Association of Texas formed with 75 attendees. W. T. Nebblitt elected president. John F. Crooks Jr. vice president. Oscar Grebe secretary. Harry McCain treasurer. They adopted by laws and plans to petition the VA to clarify GI check payments. An Austin meeting of committees is planned for December.
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W. T. Nebblitt
Laredo
John F. Crooks Jr
Odessa
Oscar Grebe
la Grange
Harry McCain
Plainview
Veterans Administration
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Association
Austin
Police Chief Santa Claus To Youngsters
Ayer Massachusetts crowd estimated at 11000 attended an outdoor Christmas party hosted by Police Chief Ernest Downing at Devens College on Fort Devens Army post. Santa Claus arrived by helicopter and led a parade of bands clowns animals and cowboys and Indians while merchants and organizations distributed thousands of gifts to children.
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Ernest Downing
Santa Claus
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Devens College
Fort Devens Army Post
Greek Forces Repulse Rebels at Kharditsa Battle
Athens dispatch reports government troops backed by tanks repelling more than 2000 guerrilla infantry and cavalry units at Kharditsa Thessaly. Guerrillas blew up a power plant and damaged shops and houses before retreating. Kharditsa is a rail and road hub about 140 miles northwest of Athens. No casualty figures were immediately available after a daylong clash.
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Austin Wreck Victims Reported Doing Well
Mr and Mrs Dwight E Farr were admitted in serious condition after a wreck at South Congress and Academy Drive. Physicians reported Sunday they are in good shape. Farr, 41, with multiple abrasions bruises a possible skull fracture and a broken rib. Mrs Farr 38 suffered abrasions a broken rib possible internal injuries and bad bruises.
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Brackenridge Hospital
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Academy Drive
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Carbon Monoxide Kills Three In Ebensburg Auto
Ebensburg Pennsylvania reports three deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked car near a dump yard. Coroner Govekar says the ignition key was on but engine idling did not run. Victims include Leroy Bartlebaugh 21 and Thomas Williams 17 from near Glen Campbell and Hazel Brothers 16 of Ebensburg.
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Leroy L. Bartlebaugh
Thomas Williams
Glen Campbell
Hazel Brothers
Three Violent Deaths Mark Centex Weekend Tragedy
In Central Texas over the weekend three violent deaths were reported. Waco resident Robert Gail Tucker, Baylor student, died almost instantly following a two-vehicle crash five miles north of town on the Dallas highway Sunday morning, with six others injured. Injured include Robert Weathers, intense head injury in serious condition, plus Miss Clifteen Milam and Miss Mildred Mazor of Dallas with minor injuries. Bethel Ray Talley and Johnny Lee Talley, also of Dallas, sustained various injuries. Claude Pete Christian of Gatesville died from burns in a garage accident after attempting to clear a fuel line and ignited by a gas heater. The decapitated body of Roosevelt Mackey, a Black man from Waco, was found on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas tracks near Waco. An accidental death verdict was returned by Justice of the Peace Nash Oliver.
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Waco
Baylor University
Dallas
Robert Weathers
Baylor
Clifteen Milam
Mildred Mazor
Bethel Ray Talley
Johnny Lee Talley
Bethel Ray
Agnes Bolt
Christian
Roosevelt Mackey
Justice of the Peace
Nash Oliver
Overseas Data Group Urges U S Overseas Information Service
The Brookings Institution recommends a ready convertible overseas information service to act as a war agency if hostilities occur. Thomson's study argues private agencies cannot be solely trusted and calls for operations at all diplomatic sites, faster radio relay setups, better output, and stronger state department leadership with Congress policy input.
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United States
Brookings Institution
Charles A. H. Thomson
Overseas Information Service
State Department
Congress
Seventy Seven Prisoners Released to Cut Food Costs
PEIPING Dec 12 77 inmates jailed for wartime dealings with the Japanese were freed on Sunday to save the cost of feeding them.
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Peiping
Berlin Edges Toward Normalcy After Severe War Bombing
Berlin slowly recovers from wartime destruction as theaters reopen and stores display goods. Reconstruction runs briskly with rubble repurposed into bricks and repair crews at work, though many ruins remain and 4,000,000 residents in cramped quarters cope with scarce housing and food.
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Morocco
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Scorched Earth in Anhwei War Tears at Chinese Civilians
Reporter Harold K. Miles and the Chinese Sixth Army describe the war’s toll on peasants across Anhwei north of Nanking. Villages burn, crops vanish, and families flee repeatedly as Nationalists and Communists clash. Pengpu railhead hosts civilian victims amid advancing armored units and returning refugees.
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Doctors Move Boy’s Stomach After Esophagus Injury
In Syracuse Memorial Hospital surgeons moved Wayne Van Ornum’s stomach to his chest and removed seven inches of his esophagus after lye ingestion. The 13 year old now eats solid food again and is expected to be discharged in about a week.
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N.Y
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Lloyd van Ornum
Memorial Hospital
Wayne
New York
Exchange Club To See Air Power Is Peace Power
Members of the Austin Exchange Club will view the Air Force documentary Air Power Is Peace Power at Wednesday noon luncheon at the Driskill Hotel. President M. J. Thompson announced the show presented by Phillip A. Archer of Eastern Air Lines San Antonio, featuring Captain Eadie Rickenbacker and a Hollywood cast.
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Peace Power
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M. J. Thompson
Eadie Rickenbacker
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San Antonio
Philadelphia Portrait Painter Dies at 75
Clarence W. Snyder a widely known Philadelphia portrait painter died at his home at age 75 on a Saturday. He maintained a prominent local reputation and contributed to the city’s artistic scene for decades.
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Clarence W. Snyder
Chinese Reds settle down to methodical winning warfare
Shanghai dispatch says the Chinese Communists have slowed their tempo after a strong push at Suchow. They now pursue a steady, infil tration strategy toward Nanking, trapping two government forces and awaiting Madame Chiang’s Washington mission for aid. Sun Fo struggles to form a cabinet as cliques jockey for power. Waterloo seems deferred to spring.
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Weather Hourly Readings and Texas City Forecasts
The report lists hourly temperatures from evening to early morning with highs and lows noted. It includes sunrise and sunset times for Austin on Monday, December 16, plus moon phases and nightly rainfall totals. City readings cover Abilene Fort Worth Amarillo Galveston Austin Houston Brownsville Laredo Corpus Christi San Antonio Del Rio Waco El Paso with respective high and low temperatures.
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