Reubens HALF ACRE By DAVE SHANKS
N Oliver Cox will retire after 24 years as Bertram Enterprise publisher editor on Aug 13. He recalls publishing misses in 1933, his only vacation with wife at Carlsbad Caverns. The Enterprise circulates about 1075 subscriptions and began under W C Chamberlain at Burnet Bulletin.
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Austin American Agricultural
N. Oliver Cox
Bertram Enterprise
N. Oliver
Cox
Enterprise
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Forrest Newton
Burnet Bulletin
Burnet County
W. C. Chamberlain
Japanese Voters Choose 466 Diet Representatives
Japanese voters chose 466 representatives to the Diet in a quiet Sunday election. The outcome remains uncertain as results will not be known until Monday.
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Toyko
Diet
Price of Meat Decline Aids US Housewife
The American housewife saves about $5.50 monthly on a family of four as wholesale meat prices fall. Consumers pay about $200 million less monthly than last September, with January wholesale levels $11 to $13 below September and top pork prices down from 70 to 40 cents per pound. Farmers receive lower prices as packers forecast $475 million for meat animals this month, about 22 percent below two years ago. steer, hog, and lamb prices all decline at Chicago and across markets.
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Chicago
Boston
Burnet Pen Chat Club Plans Hobby and Antique Show
The Burnet Pen Chat Club sponsors an antique and hobby show January 26 at the remodeled home of Dr. and Mrs. Joe Sheppard. Members are urged to exhibit hobbies or antiques with background notes and visitors may join in. The club started similar exhibits last year at the courthouse, prompting a dedicated venue.
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Burnet
Burnet Pen Chat Club
Joe Shepperd
Court House
University of Washington dismisses three faculty for Communist ties
The Washington Board of Regents terminated Herbert J. Phillips Ralph Gundlach and Joseph Butterworth over Communist Party affiliations and placed three others on two year probation after they admitted past membership. Dismissals take effect Feb. 1 as a push to curb Communist influence. Oregon State College student leader Thomas House warned that communists are active on campus to convert students.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Communist Party
Washington Board of Regents
Herbert J. Phillips
Washington
Columbia University
Ralph Gundlach
Raymond B. Allen
Gundlach
Joseph Butterworth
Harold L. Eby
Garland Ethel
Melville Jacobs
Communist Party Now
Phillips and Butterworth
American Association of University Professors
Oregon State College
Thomas House of
Portland
The
Associated Students
Oregon State
Scandinavian Conference Extends Talks On Defense Pact
In Copenhagen on January 23 delegates from Norway Sweden and Denmark extended the Scandinavian Conference to a second day due to differences on a common defense system. Premier Hans Hedtoft cited divergent views of the international situation as the impasse. Sweden reportedly seeks neutrality based terms not tied to the Western European Union or North Atlantic alliance, while Norway favors a pact allowing weapons and guarantees from Western powers.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Hans H
Revue Small Wonder and Columbia’s I Can Hear It Now
Magazine trends show Life spotlighting Small Wonder and Mary McCarty as the show folds after 134 performances. Columbia’s I Can Hear It Now captures 1932–45 events with voices from Rogers to MacArthur and Murrow, selling 105,000 copies in two months.
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Life Magazine
Broadway
Life
Tom Ewell
Ewell
Raymond Loewy
Loewy
Small Wonder
Mary McCarty
Texas
McCarty
J. R. Reed Music
Will Rogers
Gen. MacArthur
Greece Censorship Rules Limited to Military News
War Minister Panayotis Kanellopoulos said the new censorship order in Greece will not apply to outgoing dispatches by foreign correspondents. It covers only military news published in Greece, following Generalissimo Alexander Papagos announcement approved by the Cabinet.
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Athens
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Greece
Generatissimo Alexander Papagos
Hiss Calls UN Best Peace Hope in Report
Alger Hiss, in a Carnegie Endowment report made public Sunday, said the United Nations remains the one best hope for peace. Hiss, president-on-leave of the endowment, was indicted last December on perjury charges in a grand jury probe of subversive activities.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
United Nations
Hiss
Endowment
I Can Hear It Now captures world war memories in sound
The piece highlights Ed wards speech and listeners recalling their wartime impressions. It praises the collection for its unforgettable, spontaneous recordings including Arthur Godfrey at Roosevelt's funeral and Herbert Morrison's Hindenburg broadcast, noting Morrison's dramatic exclamation and its lasting impact.
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Hitler
Arthur Godfrey
Roosevelt
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Lakehurst
N. J
Last Day Showings at Town Theaters
The schedule lists final showings for Belle Starr’s Dadah with George Montgomery and Ruth, A Southern Yankee with Peter Skelton, Tobacco Road with Gene Tierney, Luxury or Poison, Irene Dunne in a Texas feature, and The Rope with James Stewart at Montropolis Drive In.
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Belle Starr
George Montgomery
Ruth
Montopolis
James Stewart
Hoover Commission weighs drastic shift in defense power
The Hoover Commission proposes centralizing authority in the Secretary of Defense, creating three service undersecretaries and a fourth general manager to reduce direct presidential appeals by Army Navy and Air Force chiefs. Hearings on broader government reorganization start in the House, with the commission due to report in two weeks.
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Hoover Commission
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Commission
House
Truman
Executive Expenditures Committee
Hoover
Commission On Organization
Executive Branch
Congress
Air
Defense Secretary
China Hopeful Communists Will Remain True Chinese
In Nanking the political analysis argues Chinese Communists should remember their heritage to avoid harsh peace terms. It notes Chiang Kai-shek’s possible comeback, Li Tsung Jen’s fragile negotiating position, and warns that overplaying concessions could backfire, with sympathy shifting to Nationalists.
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China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Li Tsung-Jen
Philippine Legislature Opens 100 Day Session
MANILA Jan. 23 The Philippine Congress opens Monday for a 100 day session. Most of the 24 senators and 97 representatives are expected for President Elpidio Quirino's opening address on the State of the Republic. A presidential spokesman said relations with the United States would be a feature.
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Manla
Philippine Congress
Elipidio Quirino
United States
Mrs Whigham Hosts Llano Bridge Club
Mrs C J Whigham was hostess to her bridge club at her home Friday in Llano. Guests included Mrs George Riddell and Mrs John Dodgen along with Mesdames Dick Patton Bailey Ratliff Edgar James Moss Eugene Atchison Crawford Winfrey Otto Neid John Dodgen and George Riddell.
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Llano
C. J. Whigham
George Riddell
John Dodgen
Mesdames
Dick Patton
Bailey Ratliff
Edgar James Moss
Eugene Atchison
Crawford Winfrey
Otto Neid
Fire Destroys Providence Business Block
A two alarm fire Sunday caused $20,000 damage to a three story block at Weybosset and Snow Streets in Providence. The blaze broke out in the business district causing extensive damage while crews fought the flames into the night. No injuries were reported.
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Providence
R. IL
INS
Weybosset
Snow Streets
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