Truman backs UN plan amid Middle East tensions
At a Paris news conference Truman endorses a three objective seven point UN program to end the Jewish Arab war. British and US officials dispute responsibility for RAF flights linked to the Israeli invasion claims. Bunche urges diplomats to speed talks as first meeting with Israeli and Egyptian delegations lasts only 30 minutes.
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Truman
Paris
Britain
Foreign Office
Elnment
RAF
State Department
Washington
Michael J. McDermott
Department
Oliver Franks
Bevin
England
Aquabia
Trans-Jordan
Red Sea
Rhodes
Bunche
Walter Eyton
Mohamed Ibrahim Seif Eddine
West Texas Ice Storm Slows Flights and Alters Communications
Amid warming weather West Texas faced flight cancellations and communication outages. American Airlines canceled Thursday afternoon El Paso flights due to low ceilings while other routes proceeded. Broken lines cut Pioneer service. amateur radio operators and the Navy aided message handling. Roads cleared in Abilene. livestock fared well and moisture pleased farmers. Western Union restored some wire service. many towns remained without telegraph links. Over 1,000 workers targeted telephone lines. several linemen were injured. Precipitation remained heavy in Lubbock and Amarillo, with trains eventually moving as ham radio networks relayed orders from Temple and Dallas.
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American
Braniff Airlines
West Texas
el Paso
Pioneer
Abilene
Taylor County
Kerrville
Lubbock
Quanah
Stephenville
Naylor
Ranger
Cisco
Big Spring
Breckenridge
Brownwood
Coleman
Colorado City
Fort Stockton
Lamesa
McCamey
Monahans
McGregor
Snyder
Sweetwater
San Angelo
Midland
Odessa
Pecos
Crosbytown
Ham
Travland
Sweetwater Yard
Santa Fe
Temple
Dallas
Slaton
New Cold Spell To Be Slight But Uncertain
Weather bulletin says a light cold air surge from the west will reach Central Texas late Saturday as Austin recovers from a severe cold spell. Night temperatures will dip modestly Saturday and Sunday with little daytime change. Temperatures rise Friday and Saturday before the front, sunshine forecast for the weekend, and monthly rainfall and river readings noted.
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Austin
Central
Texas
Austin Weather Bureau
Idea
Ckabaias
Soooe
Montopolis
Buchanan
Lake
Marshall Ford
Colough
Abilene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Galveston
Houston
Brownsville
Congress urged to back equal rights for women and curb court tenure
A Washington column reports Republican Senatore from Wisconsin proposes limiting Supreme Court and federal judges to ten-year terms while urging broader equal rights for women. The piece notes concerns about concentrating military HQ in Washington and covers related legislation on air policy, rent control, veterans pensions, farming tax rules, and transportation oversight.
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High Court
Wisconsin
Wiley
Armed Services
Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
National
Dc Aviation
Brewster
Ame
Air Force
Capehart
R-Ind
Air Force Academy
Air Parcel Post Service
Myers
R-Pa
American Legion
Langer
R-Nd
Taylor
D-Idaho
Russell
D-Ga
Department of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Army Engineers
Jester Urges Support of March of Dimes
Governor Beauford Jester urged Texans to donate during the March of Dimes January 14 to 31. He recalled 1948 poliomyelitis toll and warned infantile paralysis may return next summer without adequate resources.
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Beauford Jester
Truman signals openness to meeting Stalin in Washington
A report notes President Truman indicating willingness to see Premier Stalin in Washington amid questions about a Russian “peace offensive.” He claimed knowledge of no new plan and suggested his readiness for talks, reflecting his broader stance on postwar diplomacy.
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Stalin
Washington
Truman
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
Smith
Armed Services
Symington
Air Arm
Emperor Hirohito Escape From War Crimes Prosecution
Tokyo reports state the United States joint chiefs of staff issued an order in January 1946 barring the prosecution of Emperor Hirohito while the directive to General MacArthur to seek an international tribunal was under consideration. No further directive was received and the emperor’s status remained unresolved amid postwar policy debates.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
United States Joint Chiefs- of - Staff
Douglas MacArthur
International Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Supreme Court of the United States
MacArthur
Japan
Chiefs of Staffs
Far Eastern Commission
Five Naval Personnel Die in Ohio Plane Crash
Five men were killed when a small twin engined naval airplane crashed after takeoff from Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis. The burning wreckage was seen by another aircraft and the plane had been en route to Columbus after a stop in Indianapolis. Authorities said the victims, all naval personnel, had not been identified.
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Indianapolis
Weir Cook
Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
P. H. Roettger
Repeal of Texas Luxury Tax Urged by Senate
Senator Keith Kelly of Fort Worth introduces a bill in the 51st Senate to repeal the 2 percent luxury tax on radios and cosmetics and the 5 cent per deck tax on playing cards. The measure argues the tax has become a burden on necessities and contributes to the cost of living and inflation.
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Senate
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Chicken Production Surges in South Atlantic Region
The South Atlantic region now raises broiler chickens at a level five times higher than the 1935 to 1939 period, signaling a major expansion in poultry output across the area.
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South Atlantic
Local inventor files drawings with Cook County recorder
An inventor submitted drawings to the Cook County recorder for a device powered by metal balls that drop into cups around a wheel rim, outlining the mechanism and design.
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Cook County Recorder’s Office
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Phil Edward Simmons
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March of Dimes
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Juvenille Shoes
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