Dairies Pay 75000 Fine in Texas Price Fixing Case
District Judge Charles O Betts fined ten milk companies in El Paso Dallas and Fort Worth for anti trust price fixing. Total penalties 75000 with 25000 for El Paso and 15000 for Dallas Fort Worth each. The court barred future price fixing and noted most violations were unintentional.
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Dairies
Associated Press
Charles O. Betts
Texas
98Th District Court
el Paso
Dallas
Fort Worth
Betts
Borden Company
Price’s Creameries
Hawkins Dairy
Borden’s
Cabell’s, Incorporated
Metzger’s Dairies
Oak Farms, Incorporated
Tennessee Dairies, Incorporated
Boswell Dairies
Alta Vista Creamery Company
Vanderoort’s Incorporated
Dallas and
Ford Gum and Machine Company, Incorporated
New York
Simplicity Pattern Company, Incorporated
Warren Petroleum Corporation
Gainesville
South Texas (Milk) Producers Association
Houston
US Denounces Revolutions In Americas
The United States denounced military coups in Latin America as deplorable and dangerous to the hemisphere. Washington said it is consulting with Latin American governments to seek actions to strengthen democratic and constitutional structures after multiple recent upheavals. Venezuela, Peru and El Salvador already have military governments, with failed or uncovered coups in Uruguay Chile Bolivia Ecuador and Paraguay.
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Washington
Latin America
United States
State Department
Venezuela
Peru
el Salvador
Uruguay
Chile
Bolivia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Clark Sues To Extend Federal Tideland Jurisdiction
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Clark asks the Supreme Court to rule that the federal government owns tidelands off Texas and Louisiana, aiming to extend the 1947 California ruling to the Gulf of Mexico. The move seeks original actions to declare primary federal rights over lands and minerals along the Gulf adjacent to Sabine Pass to Grand Cheniere.
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Washington
Clark
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Navy
Interior Departments
Gulf of Mexico
Sabine Pass
Grand Cheniere
Gsaivaww
Palnce Navy Wewaa
Congress
California
Beauford H. Jester
Price Daniel
San Jacinto
Bascom Giles
Wallace Hawkins
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Tidelands
Middle East
R. L. Force
Dallas Independent
Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association
Dean A. McGee
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Incorporated
Oklahoma City
Shoes Avert Pursesnatcher in Peoria
Mrs Evelyn Hatton, mother of Peoria patrolman Robert Hatton, says she confronted a purse snatcher Monday night and struck him with her shoe. The assailant fled, and her purse remained in her possession.
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Peoria, II
Evelyn Hatton
Ireland Breaks Last Ties With Britain Declares Republic
Dublin notes end of External Relations Act and Ireland leaves the British Commonwealth. President Sean T. O Kelly signs the act and a proclamation of a republic awaits details on citizenship and trade privileges. UK officials outline possible paths for Irish citizens and conscription questions linger.
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Dublin
Eire
Britain
Republic of Ireland
Sean T. O'Kelly
British Commonwealth
Ejrre
King George
Ireland
The
Commonwealth
Texans React as US Moves to Take Tide Lands
Oilmen in Dallas and officials in Austin react to Attorney General Tom Clark's filing with the Supreme Court to establish federal control over offshore oil lands. Leaders warn of federal overreach while some see potential clarity amid dual claims.
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Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Dallas
Skunk Incident Strains Bogart Bacall Household
Beverly Hills December 21 The Bogarts entertainment icons Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall faced a canine mishap when their two boxer dogs dragged a skunk into the Benedict Canyon living room and killed it on the carpet. They will be away for at least a week over Christmas.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Bogarts
Benedict Canyon
Caroling at Gregory Gym Opens Yule Season in Austin
Thousands gather at Gregory Gym for a 60 minute Christmas carol pageant sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce city recreation department and public schools. Miss Virginia Decherd opens with organ music. Rev. Thomas Yerxa offers invocation. Children enact Mary Joseph wise men and shepherds with Dan Grieder leading audience carols.
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Austin
Gregory Gym
Capital
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
City Recreation Department
Virginia Decherd
Thomas M. W. Yerxa
Church of the Good Shep
Dan Grieder
Town of
Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Christ
M. C. Eidson
First Baptist Church
George Lacy
Joan Farrar
Communist Avalanche Near End of War North of Yangtze
Observers in Nanking say Peiping and Tientsin are effectively fallen and the fighting north of the Yangtze may be over. They believe Nationalist forces lack strength to mount offensives from Nanking to the Peiping Tientsin area, a span of about 500 miles.
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Nanking
Peiping
Tientsin
Citip
Sevure
Peiping-Tientsin
Yangtze
Grand Canal
Kaoyu
Associated Press
San Francisco
Yangchow
North China
Chunliangcheng
China
Communist
Hoffman Freezes China Aid Funds
The U S government froze about 70 million dollars in Economic Cooperation Administration aid to China after talks with President Truman as National China nears collapse. The move halts most reconstruction projects while continuing food relief under the 400 million dollar program.
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Washington
China
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Truman
White House
Peiping
Tientsin
Hoffman
ECA
Congress
State Department
Department
The
Treasury
Reconstruction Fund
Chiang Kai-Shek
Western Allies Establish Three-Power Berlin Military Rule
The United States Britain and France set up a three power military government in Western Berlin, excluding the Soviet Union. Stolpe villagers voted anti Communist but were later placed under Russian control with French consent as part of East West Berlin power plays. The move signals a real split of the city and paves the way for handling about 60 city government requests vetoed by the Russians.
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Stolpe
Berlin
Russia
West
United States
Britain
France
Kommandatura
UN Delegates to Press Demands on Security Council
The United States backs Indonesia in its Java conflict with the Dutch and will urge the UN Security Council to order Dutch troops to old positions and halt fighting. Dr. Philip C. Jessup drafts a resolution demanding release of Indonesian leaders and a ceasefire, while Indonesian and Dutch spokesmen dispute control of Jogjakarta and ongoing battles across Java.
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Paris
United States
Jagjakarta
Java
United Nations Security Council
Philip C. Jessup
Jogjakarta
Republic
Jessup
Security Council
Council
Indonesia
Sumatra
Hague
Highline Worker Hurt In Fall From Ladder
Odessa report states James V. Swyers aged 19 was hospitalized with a head injury and broken pelvis after falling 20 feet from a ladder atop a Texas Electric Company jeep while working on a high line.
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Odessa
James V. Swyers
Texas Electric Company
Phone Union Readies Early Strike Across Five States
Union officials prepared for a potential 50 000 worker strike at Southwestern Bell as negotiators met in St Louis to avert a pre Christmas stoppage. Everett Cotter warned the situation was deteriorating while 12 district directors were kept on 24 hour call awaiting a conciliator’s recommendation. The action could halt manual and long distance service in Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and possibly Missouri.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gus Cramer
Southwestern
Independent Communications Workers of America
Everett E. Cotter
A. E. Johnson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
The Perfect Gift: One-Year Ameri can or Statesman Subscriptions
Gift idea offers a year of daily and Sunday editions in the city. A gift card with the recipient’s name is sent with the first issue.
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The
American
Statesman
Theft blamed on Christmas rush
At Kansas City on December 21 an incident tied to holiday mail lines led to a $435 loss for Elsie Record. After leaving a slow postal queue she was approached by two women who claimed to find $1,000 and offered to share. Her envelope containing $435 disappeared once she arrived home.
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Kansas City
Elsie
Justice of the Peace Killed in Car Wreck
Rodessa Louisiana report says Judge E Nelson a Justice of the Peace for Atlanta Texas was killed when his car crashed into a parked school bus. Bus driver A L Atwood and several children escaped injury. Nelson was 70 and died instantly.
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Rodessa
E. Nelson
Texas Freshmen Football Players Suspended Over Water Pistol Prank
University of Texas suspends two freshman football stars after a late night incident reported as a prank. Roger Chapman, the victim, declined prosecution, and a third player was cleared. police and coaches reviewed the case, noting the gun was a water pistol. The suspensions affect 1949 season prospects.
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University of Texas
Longhorn
Roger Chapman
Liberty
Duval Street
Chapman
Congress Avenue
R. D. Thorp
Ted C. Klaus
Blair Cherry
Dutch Capture Soerakarta and Threaten Java Linkup
Dutch forces announced the capture of Soerakarta the second largest city in Central Java and said a linkup with parachutists and airborne units that seized Jogjakarta may follow. Official details were sparse with reports of light resistance and no confirmation of other targets.
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Batavia
Soerakarta
Tjeppe
Java
Semarang
Jogijakarta
Jogjakarta
Treppe
Sumatra
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