Board Hails Work Supt Edgar Given 3000 Pay Increase
The Austin School Board applauded Superintendent Edgar with a 3000 dollar pay raise and praised coaches and players for training and character development. They approved band loan for Fulmore parents and authorized tree removals at four schools to eliminate playground hazards. The board also appointed a textbook committee and reviewed finances and various school reports.
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Red Jackets
Fulmore School
Baker
Govalle
Robert E. Lee
Kealing
Aid for China Contingent on Coalition Government
Paul G. Hoffman signaled U S aid to China could continue if a multi party coalition replaces Chiang Kai-shek’s regime and is not Communist dominated. Nationalists face reverses on Suchow. gold yuan plunges. Shanghai banks stormed. 800 to 1,000 Marines dispatched from Tsingtao to Shanghai to protect Americans amid evacuation plans.
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Shanghai
China
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Chiang Kai-Shekh
Hoffman
Shangai
United States
Tsingtao
C. G. Crawford
J. Leighton Stuart
Nanking
Marshall Plan Nations Abolish Passport Need
Nine Marshall Plan countries have abolished passport visas to boost American travel and dollar spending in Europe. Britain Italy Switzerland Norway Sweden Denmark the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg act with Paris Council to stimulate travel and help Europe balance trade with the Americas.
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Washington
Europe
Economic Cooperation Administration
Britain
Italy
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Paris
Americas
English Bill to Extend Draftee Term Passes Lords
The House of Lords approved Monday night a bill to extend the term of conscripts in the armed forces from 12 months to 18. The measure already has been passed by the Commons.
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London
House of Lords
Commons
Bell Telephone Hirm and Union Talks To Continue
Negotiators met for hours in St Louis to avert a strike by 50 000 Southwestern Bell workers but failed to resolve issues. Talks will resume Tuesday as union officials consider seeking NLRB intervention to curb company bargaining with individual workers.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Division 20
Communications Workers of America
International Executive Board
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
26 Fields Added To Flare Order
The Railroad Commission ordered 26 Texas oil fields including East Texas to show cause on January 25 why they should not cease flaring 177 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. Earlier shut-in orders affected 15 fields. one case reached the Supreme Court, with injunctions blocking enforcement in others. Commission Chairman Ernest O. Thompson cited 428000 barrels daily oil output in the affected areas and said above-ground storage mitigates winter oil shortage risks.
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Commission
Supreme Court
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Maverick Pushes Progressive Texas Agenda at Dallas Luncheon
Maury Maverick a former congressman and San Antonio mayor urged a progressive program of state legislation at a Driskill Hotel luncheon for Democratic electors and officials. He called repealing a voting prerequisite tax and praised anti violence acts to keep politics out of the party. Attendees included Olin Culberson Wright Morrow Tom Tyson Bill Cooper and John Connally among others. Morrow defended Truman and spoke of electoral college duties.
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Texas
South
North
Maverick
San Antonio
Tom Miller
Driskill Hotel
Democratic Party
Olin Culberson
Wright Morrow
Tom Tyson
Corsicana
Bill Cooper
Bill Kittrell
Dallas
Creekmore Fath
John Connally
Austin
Roy Baker
Sherman
Presient
North Atlantic defense talks accelerate amid pact planning
Washington officials from the United States Canada and five European nations meet under Sir Oliver Franks to draft a North Atlantic defense alliance. No new countries invited yet and talks may run weeks before a Senate action. France The Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg UK are involved.
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United States
Canada
Senate
Soviet Russia
Oliver Franks
Robert A. Lovett
Portugal
Eire
Iceland
Norway
Denmark
United Kingdom
Lovett
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Britain
European Union of Common Defense
Cold Front May Ease Hot Spell Over Texas
Weather forecast notes a cooling trend as a cold front moves south from Oklahoma. Rain possible then snow in the Panhandle and South Plains, with later timing uncertain. December highs varied widely with Laredo at 86 and El Paso as cool as 60. Clouds and light rain eased afternoon heat in several hubs.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
South Plains
Dallas
el Paso
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Laredo
Alice
Mineral Wells
Brownsville
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Fort Worth
Childress
Tyler
Guadalupe Pass
Records Ban Ends as US Okehs Pact Reaches Settlement
The Petrillo union instrumentalists end the ban on recordings after a Taft Hartley Act aligned contract. Petrillo flies from Chicago to meet with firms RCA Victor Columbia and Capitol as Decca delays. A trustee will run the welfare fund. new records may hit shops for Christmas.
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Sion Welfare Fund
Petrillo
Chicago
Rca-Victor
Columbia
Capitol
Decca
Man offers eye to fund Christmas for five children
In Paterson New Jersey on December 13 a desperate father Anthony Navarino 30 offered to sell one eye for 10000 to pay bills and give his five children a good Christmas. More than 50 people and firms donated clothes food and toys. Navarino started a new job and multiple firms offered employment. A donor paid Navarino’s back bills and a woman who lost a child gave a baby layette for his three month old daughter Anna.
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Paterson
N. J
Anthony Navarino
Anthony
Navarino
Anna
Board Invests $823,000 In School Bonds
The State Board of Education voted to invest 823000 in school bonds across ten counties for Permanent School Fund. It halted new textbook quota plans, leaving decisions on book introductions to State Superintendent L A Woods. C C Chessher of Junction was named vice president to end of year after H C Custard’s death, with a memorial resolution adopted. Bond lots included Port Lavaca Calhoun County 300000 East Chambers 250000 A M consolidated 125000 Mesquite Dallas County 75000 Dublin Erath County 18000 Channelview Harris County 20000 McLewis Orange County 10000 Knippa Uvalde County 10000 Kelton Wheeler County. The board did not purchase issues from Granbury Hood County Orange Bridge City ISD or Pharr-San Juan ISD.
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C. C. Chessher
Junction
H. C. Custard
Cleburne
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
East Chambers County
A&m Consolidated Independent School District
Mesquite
Dallas County
Dublin
Erath County
Channelview
Harris County
McLewis Common
Orange County
Knippa
Uvalde County
Kelton Common
Wheeler County
Granbury
Hood County
City of Orange
Bridge City Independent
Pharr-San Juan Independent
Dishwater weak enough says soap makers
Soap manufacturers estimate that when women wash dishes or clothing she uses a dilute solution with one drop of soap for about 100 drops of water.
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