Shivers Rejects Sales Tax Amid Oil Proration Cuts
Texas oil proration dropped January allowable daily to 2,050,948 barrels cutting production by 83,378 bpd and trimming monthly oil tax revenue by about 275,000 dollars. Governor Shivers opposed a sales tax while lawmakers discussed budget gaps and potential land sales or hospital centralization.
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Texas
Railroad Commission
East Texas
H. P. Nichols
Tyler
McDaniel
Swindell
Texas Petroleum
World Union Urged as Alternative to Future Wars
Atomic scientist Harold Urey urged Western democracies to form a limited political union among Atlantic Pact nations to defend freedom and push toward a world government. He labeled it the only path away from war and said democracy must exist in tyranny’s regions before broader global cooperation.
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Washington
Harold C. Wrey
Russia
Urey
Atlantic Union Committee
Congress
Truman
Europe
Asia
Houston Cafe Offers Coffee Bargain
Mrs. Abe Smolensky began selling coffee at her South Main Street restaurant for three cents a cup, two cups for a nickel, reflecting a note on deflation. The sale started Wednesday and highlights low price coffee in Houston.
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Houston
Abe Smolensky
South Main Street
Ex-GIs in Travis County among 575 land buyers today
Ten Travis County veterans are among 575 Texas ex GIs approved to buy farms, ranches and homesteads under the Veterans Land program. The launch ceremony at the General Land Office will present sale contracts with land at about 100 acres per tract and roughly $5,000 value, financed by 40 year loans at 3% interest.
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Travis County
Texas
Veterans Land Program
General Land Office
A. m. Land
Bascom Giles
Veterans Land Board
Lot
Sam H. Albcorn
Robert Avant
William C. Black
Ira L. Cain
Joseph Cain
Rollie Cain
James O. Hopkins
William M. Holcomb
H. J. Ott
Harry G. Ellis
Giles
Rollie W. Cain
Austin
Cain
Pflugerville
Orphans Welcome Santa as SAE Members Deliver Toys
A Sigma Alpha Epsilon delegation escorted 26 children from the Home of the Holy In fancy to a Christmas party. Santa distributed toys tagged with each child’s name, and the group enjoyed cookies and ice cream after opening gifts.
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JO Ann Eicom
Santa Claus
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Ray
SAE Fraternity
Cliff House
Bob Gregg
Stuart Smith
Don Guinn
Bud Fulbright
Louise
Sixteen Killed and 91 Injured In Iowa Packing Plant Blast
An Iowa packing plant blast left sixteen dead and ninety one injured. The tragedy prompted calls for safety reforms and a national response while officials investigated the cause and emergency crews responded.
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Iowa
Seaman Sentenced to Life for Port Arthur Slaying
Louis F. Bertrand, a Port Arthur seaman, received a life prison term for the November 15 murder of Homer Clifford Edgerly, a Port Acres carpenter, at a Port Arthur gambling hall. The jury deliberated about three hours and the verdict was delivered to Judge Owen M. Lord. an appeal by Bertrand’s attorney is planned.
Charter Signing Forms New Indonesia Nation
Batavia Java December 14 provisional constitution creates a 77 million people nation in a federation with the Netherlands. Delegates from 16 states and territories sign to take effect about December 27 as The Netherlands cedes rule. The United States of Indonesia will be a partner under the Dutch crown. The ceremony was in a pavilion at the former home of Soekarno.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands
United States of Indonesia
Oew
Soerkarno
Kostov Sentenced to Die by Bulgarian Court
Sofia reports Traicho Kostov, a leading postwar Bulgarian Communist, is sentenced to die on the gallows by a supreme court for a pro Yugoslav anti-Soviet conspiracy. Five co-defendants receive life sentences and others from eight to fifteen years. most confessed to treason and sabotage. Kostov, 52, denied guilt and a new law bars appeals.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Supreme Court
Ivan Stefanov
Nikola Nachev
Ivan Governov
Ivan Tutev
Rostov
Kustov
Noa
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Georgi Dimitrov
Yugoslavia
Texas Farmers Vote on Cotton Quotas in National Referendum
Farmers in Texas and other cotton states vote on a national referendum about cotton marketing quotas. If approved by two thirds, overplanting will incur a penalty and loans and conservation payments change. if not, a 50 percent parity price support remains with allotments still in effect.
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Texas
Production and Marketing Administration
Coast Guard Oarsmen Lose Race to Aviators
In Port Angeles Washington on December 14 Coast Guard oarsmen admitted they lost the rowing championship of the 13th district to aviators. The result marked a setback for the Coast Guard station in a key district event.
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Coast Guard
Port Angeles
Wash
13Th District
Acheson Notes Slowdown in Anglo Negotiations
Secretary of State Acheson said after a talks with British ambassador Sir Oliver Franks that no agreements are yet ready to trigger American arms shipments to North Atlantic Pact nations. He cited unresolved questions of substance and treaty terms delaying the $1 314 000 000 aid program.
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Washington
Acheson
Britain
Oliver Franks
United States
Rain, cold extend across Centex with showers in Austin
Rainfall kept Austin in line with December norms with .67 inches boosting the 1949 total. Forecasters call for more rain and cooler air as a low near 32 to 34 degrees arrives early Thursday. Statewide totals show moisture spanning East and Central Texas while West Texas faces drier conditions ahead.
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Austin
Texas
West Texas
Llano County
Dalhart
Upper Panhandle
Amarillo
Clarendon
Lubbock
el Paso
Explosion at Swift & Company Plant Kills Fifteen
Debris cleared after a blast at the Swift & Company packing plant in Sioux City Iowa kills fifteen people and a nurse with at least four more feared dead. 91 injured 32 released by 7 p.m. as fire crews and volunteers search through six stories of wreckage in a gas fed explosion.
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Iowa
Swift & Company
Sioux City
Acme Telephoto
Clarence Chappelle
Chappelle
Henry Louis Babcock
Sioux Transportation Company
Voting Places Listed For Williamson County
A heavy turnout of the 6,000 eligible Williamson County farmers is expected at Thursday's cotton referendum election. Voting places include the district courtroom in Georgetown, Davis Kollman cotton office in Taylor, city hall in Round Rock, Anderson Building in Hut to, City Hall in Granger, City Hall in Florence, and polls at Ory Hill Leander Schwertner Thrall Copeland and Rices Crossing.
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Georgetown
Williamson County
Davis Kollman
Taylor
City Hall
Round Rock
Anderson
Hutto
Granger
Florence
Ory Hill
Leander
Schwertner
Thrall
Copeland
Rices Crossing
Most Worthy Citizen Nominees Grow in Austin
A committee will review an expanding list of nominations for Austin's 1949 Most Worthy Citizen award to be presented by the Real Estate Board in January. Deadline is Thursday at midnight. New names include Edna T. Anderson and Mary D. Copeland, with prior nominees such as E. H. Perry Sr. and H. A. Dunn among others.
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Austin Real Estate Board
American-Statesman
E. H. Perry Sr
H. A. Dunn
E. A. Murchison
Perry
Commodore Perry
Dunn
University of Texas
China
Philippines
Murchison
Travis County
Edna T. Anderson
Austin Ywca
Mary D. Copeland
Austin Settlement Club
Bess Odell Beeman
City Hall
Christine Shaw
Bellvue
A. J. Maloney
Fred Catterall Jr
John Barclay
la L. Gerstin
Bates Horace H. Ton
Jeona Yong Alden Davis
Lewig Tech
Tom Miller
Joe Dacy
J. R. Reed
J. W. Edgar
Walter E. Long
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Capitol
Vernon McDaniel
Wichita Falls
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Des Moines
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Nebraska
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Houston Cafe
Travis
Old ST. Nick
Vahe
Mary
Santy Cae
Santay
Santa
Committee For Economic Development
Organization of Business Executives
Jon Folsom
Eastman Kodak
Philip D. Reed
General Electric
Fowler McCormick
International Harvester
William L. Clayton
House of Congress
National Security Resources
NSRB
John R. Steelman
National Security Council
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