Salary Raise For Top US Leaders Urged
Budget Director James E. Webb urged Congress to raise top government salaries including Cabinet pay to 29 000 and the president to 150 000, arguing higher pay attracts better talent and reduces turnover. He spoke at a Senate subcommittee considering a 1 million dollar annual increase across top posts.
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Washington
Congress
James E. Webb
Senate Civil Service
Webb
Truman
Lindsay C. Warren
Flanders
R-Vt
Baldwin
R-Conn
O'Conor
D-Md
Warren
Greece Outlook Improves Says Grady After Greece Aid
Ambassador Henry F. Grady said Greece may see a decided improvement by next summer as the army changes tactics to crush Communist guerrillas. He noted military aid and economic assistance from the United States totaling over 500 million, with this year's military aid around 175 million.
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Washington
Henry F. Grady
Greece
Grady
Economic Cooperation Administration
Austin School Board approves Edgar five year contract
The Austin School Board renewed Dr J W Edgar’s contract for five years and authorized a salary increase to 12000 beginning next year. Edgar, in his second year as superintendent since July 1 1947, will be paid 284 percent of top teaching salary and the action follows weeks of study.
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Ben Gould
J. W Edger
Austin Public Schools
Edgar
Austin
Bickler
Fulmore
Dr. Edgar
Notorious inmate Redwine slain in Texas prison mess hall
Clarence William Redwine, described as a top troublemaker in the Texas Prison System, was killed Monday night in the Retrieve Prison Farm mess hall near ANGLETON. Prison manager O B Ellis said details were unavailable but noted Redwine’s long record of escapes and incidents. He had been in prison since 1941 and was serving multiple terms for robbery.
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Redwine
Ellis
Texas
Navy
Johnson City Electric Co-Op Granted REA Loan
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan for Pedernales Electric Cooperative in Johnson City Texas. The 1.33 million dollar loan funds 68 miles of new line and 609 miles of distribution line for system improvements.
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Johnson City Electric Co-Op
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc
Johnson City
Texas
Austin Citizens to Decide on 5 Percent Electric Rate Hike
Public hearing at City Hall tonight at 7 30 p m considers a 5 per cent rate increase to raise about 135 000 for city salaries. Mayor Miller notes need for broader payroll raise beyond police and fire and cites potential revenue from higher telephone franchise levy and past rate reductions since 1933.
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Austin
Tom Miller
Miller
Assault victim on Guam dies after jungle attack
Ruth Farnsworth 27, a Navy civilian employee, died at an Army hospital after being kidnapped from a jade shop on Guam. She was found unconscious Sunday as troops and native police searched island wide. Carl Wall, owner of the shop, offered a $1,000 reward for the slayer.
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Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
Army Hospital
Navy
L. B. Farnsworth
San Francisco
Carl Wall
Miss Farnsworth
Coal industry shows over production signs amid weather chill
Pittsburgh report notes early signs of over production in the coal industry on Monday while operators expect a cold weather forecast to ease the issue. Unemployment and shorter work weeks appeared in Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky Colorado and Maryland with Pennsylvania's anthracite fields facing a possible four day week.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Colorado
Maryland
One Killed Two Injured In Truck Train Wreck
In Edna on Monday night a Southern Pacific freight train struck a pickup at a grade crossing. Jack Chester of Edna was killed while Irene Schwabe and Mr. Roberson of Canada, first name not given, were seriously injured and rushed to Dekar Hospital in Victoria. Both were reported critical.
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Edna
Southern Pacific
Jack Chester
Irene Schwabe
Roberson
Canada
Dekar
Victoria
Reds May Force Chiang Retreat
Chinese government quarters warned that new Communist advances could compel Nationalists to retreat to the Yangtze opposite Nanking. They cited infiltration within 50 miles of Nanking and the encirclement of the 12th Army Group, now in a four square mile pocket with severe shortages and heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
12Th Army Group
Sixth Army
Hwai River
City releases first issue gift card naming residents
In the inaugural edition the city introduces a gift card program with cards featuring recipient names. Officials indicate the cards honor residents and support local shops.
Costa Rican Town Taken By Invaders
Government forces contacted an invading rebel group near the Nicaraguan border in a skirmish that left four rebels dead and others captured. Rebels seized La Cruz, 30 miles from the border, as the Costa Rican government said the invaders were trained in Nicaragua.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Salimas Bay
Nicaragua
la Cruz
Woods Backs Vote Plan For 18 Year Olds
Dr L A Woods Texas state superintendent backs lowering the voting age to 18. He wrote to University of Texas student leader Roy Fellers praising youth suffrage and urging support. A campus referendum is set for January 7 following a 774-signature petition and Gov Beauford Jester encouraged large turnout.
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Texas
L. A. Woods
Roy Fellers
University of Texas
Woods
Beauford Jester
Fellers
Von Kesserling Granted Eight Day Prison Furlough
Munich dispatch reports former German Field Marshal Albert Von Kesserling is on an eight day leave near Munich on his word of honor to return to prison. He was sentenced to death by a British court in Italy for war crimes last year, later commuted to life imprisonment.
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Munich
Albert von Kesserling
Kesserling
Italy
Heatter Signs Exclusive MBS Radio TV Pact
The Mutual Broadcasting System signed commentator Gabriel Heatter to an exclusive five year radio and television contract. The agreement ensures all Heatter appearances are on Mutual through 1953.
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Heatter
MBS
TV Pact
New York
Mutual Broadcasting System
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual
Oregon Flood Danger Eased as Crest Moves
Flood danger eased in Oregon as the Willamette River reached a broader downstream channel. Only one major highway remained underwater and about 700 evacuees from Eugene area were returning to their homes after the crest moved downstream.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Willamette River
Eugene
Lie detector tests eyed in Hiss Chambers case
The House un American Activities Committee may order three figures to take lie detector tests as investigators press the Hiss Chambers espionage matter. Mundt said the panel will seek Chambers Alger Hiss and Donald Hiss for examinations along with a noted secretary, while pursuing a tying link via a suspect typewriter to secret documents reportedly passed to Moscow.
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Washington
House
Mundt
R-S.d
House UN- American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss Brothers
Alger
Donald
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Moscow
Donald Hiss
Hisses
Hiss
Sayre
United Nations
Miss Newcomb
Paris
Russia
House un-American Activities Committee
Government Accepts Terms Ending Long Disagreement
The government approves an industry union deal to end the Petrillo ban on phonograph records by AFL musicians. A welfare fund will be funded by a per-record royalty, and a five year contract will be signed in New York. The pact aims to restore record production and aid unemployed instrumental musicians.
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Washington
Petrillo
AFL
James C. Petrillo
Musicians Union
New York
Truman
Tobin
Capitol Records, Inc
Columbia Records, Inc
Decca Records, Inc
King Records,c
Loew’s, Inc
MGM Record Division
Mercury Record Corp
Phonograph Record Manufacturers Association, Inc
Rca-Victor
Radio Corporation of America
New York City
Phonograph Record Companies
Afl-American Federation of Musicians
Abdullah Proclaimed Monarch of Trans-Jordan and Palestine
Beiruti reports state King Abdullah was proclaimed monarch of the Hashimite kingdom of Trans-Jordan and Palestine on Monday. The action signaled Abdullah's annexation of Arab Palestine to Trans-Jordan, expanding his realm.
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Abdullah
Arab Palestine
Beirut
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Ammam Said
Mystery Key Reappears in Red River District
Judge Jack Roberts seeks a missing set of metal key rings marked return to Judge Roberts Courthouse five dollar reward. Four people returned keys after doubt about the judge’s reluctance to pay, continuing the campus prank.
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Jack Roberts
Red River
East Sixth
Judge Roberts
Single Elector Refutes Truman
In Washington on December 13 the 48-state electoral college cast votes. Tennessee’s 12 votes split as elector Preston Parks backed Thurmond, while another Democrat voted Truman, leaving Truman 303, Dewey 189, Thurmond 39. The next formal step is January 6.
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Washington
Truman
Tennessee
Thomas E. Dewey
Righter
J. Strom Thurmond
Mr. Truman
Preston Parks
Somerville
Thurmond
Maryland
California
West Virginia
House
Senate
Photo of Chief And President Being Sought
Police Chief R. D. Boss Thorp shook hands with President Truman during the 1948 Austin visit and now friends seek a photograph of that moment. Hundreds of amateur cameras captured the event, and someone may hold a suitable negative. Call the police chief's secretary if you have a copy.
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United States
R. D
Thorp
Truman
Austin
Truman Barkley win confirmed by Texas Electors
Texas electors convened at 2:30 p m and signed six certificates each for Truman and Barkley. The 23 electors selected by the Democratic Party certified their votes, with Knight Kittrell and Miller chosen to fill vacancies. Results announced as Truman and Barkley elected, with each elector to receive ten dollars and mileage.
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Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Texas
Democratic Party
H. H. Russell
New Boston
Paul S. Wilson
Geneva
Roy C. Baker
Sherman
Martin
Wade
Dallas
Dudley Faris
Ennis
W. C. Richars
Athens
Robert F. Peden
Houston
Bob S. Owen
Alvin
Fred Blundell
Lockhart
W. E. Cureton
Waco
J. L. Thomas
Fort Worth
Frank
N. Ikard
Wichita Falls
Sam E. Wilson Jr
Corpus Christi
Thomas J. Pitts
Odessa
Bates Cox
Mingus
James E. King
Memphis
W. Z. Rogers
Lamesa
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Reuben B. Knight
Bill Kittrell
Tom Miller
Austin
Knight
Kittrell
Miller
Jack Shear
Quitman
William Prescott Allen
Laredo
Leonard B. Brown
Kerrville
D. T. Bowles
Breckenridge
J. M. Patterson Sr
Paul Brown
Roy Baker
Ross Sneed
Thomas L. Tyson
Corsicana
Democratic Party of Texas
Wright Morrow
Truman
Barkley
Secretary of State
United States
United States Senate
Pitts
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