Earth Tremors Shake Towns In Panhandle
The Texas Panhandle felt quakes around 8 to 10 p.m. with Borger Pampa Amarillo and possibly Lockney reporting shocks. Residents described walls weaving and furniture moved while some blamed roof snow. Local radio stations flooded with calls and newspapers tracked multiple sightings and timings.
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Texas Panhandle
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Pampa
Amarillo
Lockney
KHUZ
Borer
W. W. Brubaker
Brubaker
Jack Roberts
J. S. Riley
Amos R. Meador
Bevin Palestine Policy Backed by British Cabinet
The British Cabinet fully supported Foreign Secretary Bevin's Palestine policy while the United States voiced opposition. Washington officials warned that troop reinforcements near Palestine could hinder early peace prospects amid Jewish Arab fighting. Lovett said the U S aimed to calm tensions and urged restraint by Britain Israel and Egypt as UN truce talks opened at Rhodes.
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Palestine
United States
Washington
Holy Land
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Middle East
Aqaba
Trans-Jordan
UN Security Council
Lovett
United Nations
Rhodes
Israel
Egypt
Oliver Franks
State Senate launches big bills to tap surplus
The 51st Senate opened with bills that could exhaust a $100 million surplus. They propose a reserve of $50 million, road funds, prison revamp, rural education aid, soil conservation, a Beaumont college, and $2 million for state employee raises, plus a poll tax repeal and welfare expansion.
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Beaumont
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Governor’s Citizen’s Tax proposed as voting levy riddle
Governor Beauford Jester proposes a “citizen’s tax” as a token head tax to replace the poll tax if abolished for voting. The idea aimed to preserve revenue while easing a voting prerequisite, but was recalled after a Capitol briefing and sparked Senate and House debate.
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Margaret Mayer
Austin American Capitol
Beauford
Congress
Governor Outlines Texas Prison System Overhaul and Welfare Push
Governor Beauford H. Jester presented a broad outline of Texas needs to the 51st Legislature warning of heavy spending and predicting head-knocking this session. He supported anti-lynching as a state issue, urged emergency action on prison reform, rural roads and school aid, and asked for constitutional welfare spending limits.
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Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Texas
Jester
Senate
Gilmer-Aikin
Tidelands
R. L. Proffer
Austin
Filibuster Study Begins Jan 24 in Senate Rules Hearing
The Senate rules committee voted to start hearings on January 24 to consider rules changes aimed at limiting filibusters. The move follows President Truman’s civil rights program and Southern senators forming a bloc to oppose it. Committee chair Hayden indicated testimony would come only from senators and hearings would run as long as needed.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Truman
Senate
Hayden
D-Ariz
Chinese Yuan Calls For Cease-Fire In Civil War
The Chinese Government's control Yuan urged an immediate ceasefire and peace talks with Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong. Reports from Tientsin describe triple-sided fighting around the city as terms for surrender and truce negotiations surface amid shifting loyalties and potential peace moves.
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Yuan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Tze-Tung
Chiang
Tientsin
North China
Monroe residents flood water tank with open faucets
In Monroe Oregon on January 12 residents, to prevent frozen pipes, kept faucets running all night. The plan worked to keep pipes from freezing but drained the city reservoir, leaving the water supply empty.
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Monroe
Ore
Solons To Hear Acheson Today
The Senate foreign relations committee will open hearings on Dean Acheson to state his stance toward Communist Russia. Chairman Connally plans two additional witnesses and an expected two day session with a report next week. Letters from citizens prompt scrutiny of Acheson’s views and past ties to Alger Hiss surface in the discussion.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Russia
George
D-Ga
Acheson
George C. Marshall
Connally
Texas
A. A. Berle Jr
State Department
Senate
Texan
James E. Webb
Robert Lovett
Truman
Webb
Europe Grows Certain Aid Ends by Mid-1952
Europe expects US Marshall Plan aid to end by mid 1952 though recoveries continue. Robert Marjolin of the Council of Marshall Plan Countries says exports will lag imports by about 3 billion dollars in the year after American aid ends, with Europe relying on self help.
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Washington
Robert Marjolin
Council of Marshall Plan
Marjolin
United States
Sir Edmund Hall-Patch
Council
Paris
America
Forrestal Seeks Wartime Mission Authority for U S Forces
Secretary of Defense Forrestal asked Congress for authority to send US military missions anywhere in the world, reviving wartime powers to bolster democratic defenses against Moscow led communism. He noted existing permanent authority for missions to South American republics and the Philippines.
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Forrestal
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
South American
Philippines
Capitol
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Truman
Heyser Oil Case Reaches Supreme Court Over Shutdown Order
The Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of a direct appeal of a trial court injunction stopping Heyser Oil Field shutdowns. The case centers on a Railroad Commission order alleging waste of 21 million cubic feet of gas daily and seeking immediate conservation measures.
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Supreme Court
Heyser
Victoria and
Calhoun Counties
Railroad Commission
Manford Sets Filing Date for House Bills
No bills from representatives will be accepted until an official filing date is set. Speaker Durwood Manford expects the date to be announced within a week. He will review hiring recommendations for House staff and then begin committee appointments over the next two to three days.
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House of Representatives
T. Clarence Jones
House
Durwood Manford
Manford
Texas Labor Drive Aims To Repeal State Labor Laws
Labor forces in the Texas Legislature plan to use the 1948 Democratic platform to repeal regulatory state labor statutes with support tied to Taft Hartley Act changes. Governor Beauford Jester urged voluntary mediation in emergent situations as protests and lobbying build toward a broader regulatory revision.
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Austin American Capitol
Texas
National Party
Beauford Jester
Senate
House
Otis Lee
Port Arthur
Rep
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