Lampasas junior livestock entries head to Fort Worth show
Lampasas FFA enters 11 steer calves and 17 lambs for the Fort Worth stock show January 28 to February 6. Exhibitors include Johnny Vann and C E Miller among others. J D Bellamy teaches vocational agriculture. Other notes record Norman Llano pig sale, Gustafson’s Sweden trip, Bishop family in Salamanca, and turkey farming ventures of Paddock in Georgetown and Denver neighbors.
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Lampasas Ffa
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C. E. Miller
Bob Miller
Dolph Moten
W. C. Miller
J. D. Bellamy
Barney Groves Jr
Forrestals Resignation Suggested by Farm Union Leader
President James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union called for Secretary of Defense Forrestal’s resignation on January 2 asserting Forrestal seeks war making powers. Patton proposed civilian replacements such as Frank P. Graham or Ellis Arnall and urged cutting the military budget in half to boost civilian production.
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James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Patton
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Congress
Truman Ends Trip After Weekend on Potomac River
President Truman returned to Blair House Sunday night with staff to finish his message to Congress due Wednesday. He spent the weekend on a Potomac River yacht trip with a small staff.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Blair House
Potomac River
Congress
Burma expeditionary force to oppose Dutch in Indonesia
Former Burmese Premier Ba Maw said a volunteer Burmese brigade will depart soon for Indonesia to fight the Dutch. The unit will include veterans from 1945 and former Indian National Army members, with 100 Burmese women serving as nurses and first aid workers. The Burmese cabinet was to meet to nominate a delegate to the Asian conference on Indonesia.
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Indonesia
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Indian National Army
Senate Probe Urged On Bishops Imprisonment
Senator Wagner urged the Senate foreign relations committee to investigate the imprisonment of Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary and inquire into the fate of Archbishop Stepinac of Yugoslavia. He labeled both men martyrs to religious freedom in a letter to Senator Connally.
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Wagner
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Connally
Texas
Alojzije Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Wheelchair Airlift Resumes Service With Five Planes
In Gonzales on January 2, the wheelchair airlift is slated to operate five planes to transport 35 young polio patients back to the Gon-Warm Springs Polio Foundation. The convalescent children, mostly under seven, had been flown home for Christmas holidays.
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Polio Foundaon
Rebel Solons Fight Taft Over Senate Leadership
Insurgent Republicans proposed a leadership rule change to limit terms, challenging Taft as policy chairman. Knowland supports a revolving two to four year plan while Taft seeks reelection. conference votes hinge on all Republican senators. Lodge is backed by rebels but faces opposition to defeating Taft.
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Taft
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Congress
Knowland
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Taf
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Fire Truck Theft Stirs Allegan Community
Allegan Michigan residents reel as a missing volunteer fire department truck was stolen from the garage late New Year’s Eve and found abandoned five miles west of town. Police investigate possible reveler involvement in the prank that sparked citywide alarm.
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Allegan
Mich
Hunt County youth becomes polio patient in Dallas
A 15 year old from near Quinlan in Hunt County was admitted to Parkland Hospital on Saturday as a polio patient. He is the only polio case in the hospital at that time.
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Quinlan
Hunt County
Parkland Hospital
Queen Mary To Be Examined For Damage After Grounding
The 81 235 ton Queen Mary refloated after grounding near Cherbourg and anchored at Cowes Roads. Divers will inspect the hull before a possible return to New York, with 2 940 crew and passengers aboard. Six tugs aided the refloat and officials await a hull check.
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Charles Laughton
Elisha M Pease Texas Governor Born in 1812
Born in Connecticut on this day in 1812, Elisha M Pease would serve three terms as Texas governor. He lost the 1865 race to J W Throckmorton, was appointed after Throckmorton’s removal by General Sheridan, and resigned in 1869 protesting the carpetbag drafted constitution. He opposed Yankee reconstruction and was succeeded by E J Davis.
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Texas
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Throckmorton
Philip Sheridan
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Yankee Reconstruction
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Red Tide High Seeming Communist Takeover in 1949
Shanghai dispatch assesses Chinese politics as 1949 may bring a Communist victory or coalition dominance. Chiang Kai-shek’s government is seen as a shell, with Red forces closing on Yangtze and central China, while Mao Tse-Tung and others debate Moscow ties and Western help.
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Yangtze River
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Airlift Rotation Plan Underway
FRANKFURT Germany Jan 2 The new rotation plan for relieving Berlin airlift crews began with 12 airmen departing for the United States They are the first to leave under the program to rotate crews and keep fliers from fatigue More departures will follow with replacements joining the operation Those starting home had flown hundreds of missions between Western Germany and Berlin and include First Lieutenants Donald W Measley Robert A Bourcey Daniel J Dennehey Frank P Klotz James D Jelley Lawrence W Nelson John S OConnor and William H Bandura plus Staff Sergeants Jesse K Brett Weldy Marshall Edgar A Meyer Jess W White and others The group traveled in two C54 Skymaster planes awaiting maintenance work
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Kamay
Texas
William H. Bandura
Norfolk
Shakedown of Dallas Jail Reveals Weapons
Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker says a jail shakedown uncovered alarming conditions. Deputies found knives pieces of iron suitable for bludgeons glass bottles and other potential weapons during the investigation.
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Decker
Five Arrested in Amarillo Whiskey Theft
Five suspects were arrested in Amarillo after police recovered about $5,000 worth of whiskey, roughly one third of the loot from a December 5 warehouse robbery. The whiskey was found in a locked shed in East Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Marin Sworn In As First Elected Island Governor
Luis Munoz Marin was sworn in as Puerto Rico’s first elected governor by Chief Justice Angel de Jesus. He defeated Martin Travieso and Francisco Susoni, pledging a productive push while arguing colonialism is obsolete and self rule nears. The 1947 Congress act enabled voters to choose their leader.
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Traffic Collision Here Injures 5
A two car crash at Twelfth Street and West Avenue at 10 40 p m Saturday injures five people. Grady Morel Hill of Box 1098 Confederate Home drives north on West Avenue and Louis Hamilton Gunn of 1302 San Jacinto drives east on West Twelfth. Mrs Eileen Gunn 26 a passenger in the Gunn car suffers a fractured left leg and scalp laceration and is kept for X rays. Gunn and Hill plus two other passengers receive minor injuries and are released from Brackenridge Hospital. Pirtle 50 and Brown 37 residents of the Confederate Home are listed among the injured.
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Cardinal Mindszenty Arrest Draws Strong Western Church Clash
London Archbishop Bernard Cardinal Griffin voiced condemnation of the Mindszenty arrest, calling it part of a struggle between Christians in Eastern Europe and oppressive powers. He cited Archbishop Stepinac and other Eastern bishops who faced murder or imprisonment for defending Catholic rights and opposing paganism.
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Bernard Cardinal Griffin
Westminster
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Europe
Stepinak
Yugoslavia
US Synthetic Rubber Plants in Good Shape
Congress was told the nation’s synthetic rubber industry is in good condition. In an emergency, mothballed plants could operate within 90 days and one plant uses a cold process claimed to yield rubber up to 80 percent superior to natural rubber for tire treads. Representative Shafer noted the government owned 51 plants.
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Congress
Shafer
R-Mich
House
Armed Services
NLRB Examiner Rules Greenwich Home Building Under Jurisdiction
A NLRB trial examiner ruled that a Greenwich Connecticut home construction dispute involving a $325 electrical sub contract falls under board jurisdiction as it affects interstate commerce. The ruling also dismissed unfair labor practices charges against the AFL Local 3 union while noting peaceful picketing protected by Taft-Hartley.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Earl S. Bellman
Greenwich
Conn
Bellman
Langer
Mercantile National Bank to Build Downtown Garage
Dallas bank announces a $1,650,000 project to construct the largest garage in downtown Dallas. The four level underground facility will host 600 cars with three above ground floors for offices and shop space.
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Mercantile National Bank
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