Bell Firm Says Phone Pay Hike Will Cost Users
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company warned that any general wage increase would be passed on to telephone customers in a four page Austin statement. It cited three wage raises since the war raising the yearly wage bill by about 40 million, with only 26 million in rate hikes granted. An effort to avert a strike by 50 000 employees was discussed at a governors conference in St Louis and negotiations were to resume with arbitration if no settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
Austin
Associated Press
St. Louis
A. E. Johnson
Connally backs nonpartisan foreign policy stance
Senator Connally of Texas defended a nonpartisan approach to foreign policy. He forecast cuts to Marshall Plan funds and the military budget, urged continued Senate committee handling before legislation, and stressed preventing further Asian communist expansion. He backed Spain’s recognition and NATO entry if obligations are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Texas
Congress
Truman
Asia
Philip Jessup
Spain
United Nations
Europe
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
GOP
Vandenberg
Holiday Traffic Toll Hits 110 Deaths in Texas
Texas holiday traffic deaths rise to 110 with 49 on the year end, an auto train collision killing three. The Department of Public Safety says 106 counted, four more victims awaiting tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Blue Baby Second Operation Success at Henry Ford
Connie Marie Wheeler the 15 month old patient, the hospital’s smallest blue baby, underwent a second operation within 20 hours. Doctors called Thursday’s tracheotomy minor but needed for breathing. A three hour Wednesday procedure joined an artery to lines to relieve oxygen shortage in the infant’s blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Connie Marie Wheeler
Henry Ford Hospital
Connie
Social Security age limit urged by Bernard Baruch
Bernard Baruch, 79, calls raising the retirement age beyond 65 and allowing over 65 to work with higher pensions to offset inflation. He warns the aging bloc is powerful and urges humane use of older workers skills while avoiding a push to stop work at 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
S&s. C
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Walker Stone
Scripps-Howard
Alliance
US Seeks Travel Ban Over Lost Yanks in Communist Lands
The State Department threatened a boycott on American travel to Poland and Czechoslovakia to push for information on Hermann and Noel Field and wife Herta. Hungary faces renewed criticism after the release of Jewish relief administrator Israel G. Jacobson from secret police detention.
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Washington
Poland
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Lane
AVI
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Hermann Field
Cleveland
Noel Field
Prague
Warsaw
Europe
Herta
Alger Hiss
New York
Israel G. Jacobson
Budapest
Navy Promotion Shuffle Ties to Op 23 Row
Navy announces 23 promotions to rear admiral including Arleigh Burke head of Op 23 amid unification turmoil. Vice Admiral Gerald Bogan shifts to shore duty while Admiral Blundy retires and Vice Admiral Fechteler takes over personnel duties.
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Arleigh A
Burke
Burk
Navy Policy Planning Organization
Navy
Truman
Senate
J. Burke
Gerald F. Bogan
Bogan
Pacific
Jacksonville
Fla
John Cassady
Fleet Air
John G. Crommelin
Tot Burned By Floor Furnace Falls at Home
A 17 month old boy, Roland B. Moore III, son of Mr and Mrs Roland B Moore Jr of 509 East 40th Street, sustained first to third degree burns after tumbling onto a floor furnace. Private treatment at home reported the child in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland B. Moore II
Roland B. Moore Jr
East 40Th Street
Bexar Man Held After Shooting At Four Youths
In San Antonio on December 29 police detained a 33 year old man who fired into a moving truck containing four youths creating a disturbance. One of the youths Emilio Rubio aged 18 was killed. The suspect claimed self defense against the group. The case awaits further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar
San Antonio
Emilio Rubio
Waterlift mission delayed by sleepy governor in Alabama
Operation Waterlift en route to New York is delayed two hours as Governor Jim Folsom naps through a midafternoon appointment in Montgomery. The convoy proceeds toward Augusta after Alabama while Georgia welcomes the mission with ceremonies at the state line and local press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
New York
Jim Folsom
Montgomery
Ala
OWL
Highland Lakes
York
Columbus
Denton
Beaumont
Texas
Joe Morgan
Ustin
State
Augusta
South Carolina
Macon
Navy Bolsters Asiatic Fleet To Back Formosa Stand
The United States orders the aircraft carrier Boxer and two destroyers to bolster the Seventh Task Fleet in the Western Pacific. The move, announced after a Dec 6 decision, aims to support US policy and stabilize the region as Nationalist forces retreat to Formosa.
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Boxer
Asiatic
Washington
Formosa
Western Pacific
Western
Pacific
Buck and
Thomason
San Diego
Calif
Flattop
Mediterranean
Nationalists Seal Shanghai by Mines
The Chinese Nationalist Government announced that approaches to the Yangtze River and Shanghai have been mined to enforce the blockade of Communist China. The State Department warned U S shipping firms that no channels are open and vessels must sweep mines to enter or leave the area. The Isbrandtsen Line was specifically cautioned after earlier warnings.
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Washington
United States
Yangtze River
Shanghai
China
State Department
Navy
Hydrographic Office
Maritime Commission
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
Flying Arrow
Pusan Korea
Negroes sue to open all Texas state parks to use
Four Texas African American plaintiffs led by Dallas attorney A. Simpson Tate filed in Federal District Court seeking a temporary injunction to force the State Parks Board to open every facility at its 14 parks to Black visitors. The case names W. Astor Kirk and others from Smith County and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Federal District Court
State Parks Board
Joe Steiner
A. Simpson Tate
Dallas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
W. Astor Kirk
Austin
Steiner
Tate
Rice
W.W. J. Durham
Kirk
T. R. Register
J. W. Presley
P. E. Medlock
Smith County
Tillotson College
Parks Board
Gordon K. Shearer
Shearer
Tyler State Park
Negro Chamber of Commerce
Houston Pilot's Body Found Near Wreck
The body of John S Anderson of Houston Texas was found Thursday over a mile from a plane crash site near Crab Orchard Tennessee. He had crawled toward help dragging a possibly broken leg after the Dec 22 crash on a Houston to Bristol flight. wreckage was found a day earlier on Devil Step Mountain. Authorities say Anderson had been dead for several days.
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Crab Orchard
Tenn
INS
John’ S Anderson
Houston
Texas
Anderson
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Devil Step Mountain
Inquest Finds Body Gone After Dead-Drunk Verdict
Justice of the Peace J. S. Simpson was asked to return a coroner's verdict on a body found near railroad tracks. He concluded the body had disappeared and returned the verdict: Dead drunk and disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Justice of the Peace
J. S. Simpson
Hungary nationalizes Western firms and vows compensation
Hungary seized numerous Western owned businesses including the Standard Electric Works, a Hungarian subsidiary of ITT, and other American British Swiss Dutch concerns in a sweeping nationalization. Executives detained on espionage charges. The move affects 1,500 to 3,500 enterprises with compensation to owners to be set by decree.
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BUDAP
Hungary
Standard Electric Works
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Robert A. Vogeler
New York
Edgar Sanders
Imre Geiger
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Anperien’ Vacuum
Standard Oil
Phillips Radio Company
Brown-Boveri Electrical Works
Robert Hill
Legation
Frank Bagley
Winter Weather Delayed for Austin Through New Year
Mild daytime temperatures and chilly nights defined Thursday in Austin. The Weather Bureau predicted rain Friday but continued mild air, with New Year’s Eve and Saturday forecast for partly cloudy skies and warmer temps. A cold front failed to arrive as planned, though northern winds were expected next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Weather Bureau
Texas
Fire Damages Moody Hall Power Plant at Southwestern
Georgetown December 29 Fire damaged the Moody Hall power plant on the Southwestern University campus. The damage amount was not immediately known but not extensive, confined mainly to the roof where a spark from electrical equipment likely ignited leaking gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Moody Hall
Southwestern University
Truman to deliver three major messages to Congress
President Truman plans to send three key messages to Congress starting January 4. The State of the Union will push the Fair Deal, January 6 will outline economic trends, and January 9 will present the budget and tax/spending approach with dates tentative.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Ross
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
House
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Boston
Blast at Haskell Hurts Four In Store Explosion
A mysterious blast at the Hassen Department Store in Haskell injures four, including owner Shahir Hassen and his son Rajah, with property damage estimated over 35 thousand dollars. Investigators report no fire or gas signs and assess basement origin with extensive window and structural damage.
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Haskell
Dec
Hassen Department
Shahir Hassen
Rajah
Marvin H. Hancock
Lucille Clifton
Haskell Hospital
Marion Reeves
Ray Lusk
Adrenal Research Hints at Schizophrenia Cure
A Worcester Tufts study suggests adrenal hormones affect split personality reactions to stress. Two thirds show low adrenal output under stress. injections of acid sometimes restore function, with other hormones and shocks also explored. Arthritis relief via ACTH-like compounds discussed for future therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hotel Statler
Hudson Hoagland
Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology
Worcester State Hospital
Mass
Tufts Medical College
Hoagland
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Bell
Smith
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Sid McMath
Arkansas
M. B. Morgan
Labor Statistics
Fern Rauch
Illinois Labor Department
George Green
Illinois Conciliation and Mediation Service
Acheson
Wherry
Pauline
Whipsnade Zoo
London
Wendy
Crommelin
W. H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
William A. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Alabama
National Security Council
Communist Government
Spy Nest
Missouri
Laurence W. Kinsell and Associates
University of California Medical
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