Truman Signals Harmony to Top Future Agenda
President Truman hinted his administration would shift from campaign rhetoric to cooperative governance as he relaxed at the White House resort. He declined major changes for now, while planning late week talks with Democratic leaders and officials about pending staffing shifts including Lovett’s replacement.
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Mr. Truman
White House
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Alben W.rkley
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Fires Rage In California Canyons Forcing 600 To Flee
Gales swept Southern California canyons causing two forest fires to run out of control. About 600 residents of Silverado and Modjeska Canyons fled their homes as flames threatened foothill estates. The Santa Ana Mountains blaze stretched an 18 mile fire line and remained active.
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Calif
California
Santa Ana Mountains
Here
Silverado
Modjeska
Canyons
Orange
Hamilton Pyles
Cleveland National Forest
De Gaulle Win Reshapes French Political Landscape
French cabinet leaders discuss General Charles De Gaulle's election victory after his RPF party won the bulk of seats in the Council of the Republic. Observers foresee difficulty for the cabinet in securing a majority to block De Gaulle backed legislation. Pierre De Gaulle, elected to the Upper House, calls for new elections drawing rifts with Socialists and the MRPs.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Council of the Republic
Council
de Gaullists
Andre Marie
Marie
Pierre de Gaulle
Pierre
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
$1,000,000 Bond Purchase Funds UT Health Center Project
The State Board of Education bought $1,000,000 in revenue bonds to finance a University of Texas health center and hospital project, with bids on the $1,500,000 hospital to be reviewed by the University Board of Regents on December 15. The $1,000,000 issue will be repaid by a compulsory student hospital fee and backed by the Permanent School Fund first lien for $50,000.
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Austin American Capitol
State Board of Education
University of Texas Health Center
University Board of Regents
Harris County
Simmons
Jack Taylor
Board of Regents
Central Texas
Pecan Springs Common
Travis County
Thrall Independent
Thrall
Williamson County
Water Shortage Hinders West Texas Industrialization
Homer A. Hunter, engineering head of the Water Resources Commission, told West Texas Chamber of Commerce directors that an insufficient water supply is the only barrier to industrialization. He said the region has capital and material but requires dams to boost water supply.
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Abilene
Homer A. Hunter
The
Water Resources Commission
West Texas
Hunter
GOP Leader Forecasts Higher Taxes Under Democrats
House Speaker Martin says under Democratic control there will be more taxes for higher income groups and less relief for the poor may not come. He vows Republicans will act as loyal opposition while planning to step down next January as Democrats take over.
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House
Martin
R-Mass
Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Truman
Congress
Representative Arends
Arends
GOP
States Rights Official Denies Truman Move
Judge Meritt Gibson campaign director for the States Rights Democrats in Texas says no executive committee member is planning a Southern bloc to oppose President Truman in the electoral college unless his civil rights program is scrapped. The denial follows reports of a potential bloc against Truman.
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Washington
Truman
Meritt Gibson
Longview
Texas
Texas Panhandle cold front sweeps southward
A cold wave moved from the Panhandle through Texas with snow in Amarillo and a 19 degree drop in Dallas. Forecasts predicted 45 degrees for Austin Tuesday morning and highs near 58, with clearing skies after morning sprinkles.
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The
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Texas
Rockies
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Parley on China Held At State Department
A 45 minute conference at the State Department on Nationalist China’s situation and future American aid yielded only general discussion. Paul Hoffman and two assistants met with Under-secretary Lovett and stated no decisions were made.
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Washington
China
State Department
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Lovett
Buda Woman Suffered Severe Burns In Fire
Mrs. Annie Jordan, 48, of Buda, sustained third degree burns over her body Monday at Buda and was taken to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin in very critical condition. Details of the fire were unavailable Monday night.
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Buda
Austin
Brackenridge
Hos
UN group condemns Balkan trio over aiding Greek rebels
The United Nations political committee condemned Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aiding Greek guerrillas and violating the UN Charter. The vote backed by 47 of 58 members, with the Soviet bloc abstaining or voting no, and debates featured sharp exchanges led by Belgium's Paul Henri Spaak.
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Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
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United States
France
Britain
China
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
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Spaak
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Juliusz Katz-Suchy
Bebler
Katz-Suchy
UN Special Committee On the
Unscob
Thomas E. Dewey
Assembly
Enace
United Nations
Burma
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Siam
Greece
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Trygve Lie
Gaza Expected To Fall Before Israeli Forces
Israeli forces in the Negev expect momentarily to capture Gaza the capital of the Palestine Arab government and last Egyptian stronghold. Dispatches report Egyptian retreating from Gaza near the Egyptian border as Israel promotes top officers and purges police amid graft charges with over 700 policemen questioned.
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Negev
Gaza
Palestine Arab
Holy Land
Senate Vote Contests Await New Congress
Senator Jenner said election irregularities in Texas West Virginia and Oklahoma Senate contests will be placed before the new Congress meeting in January. He noted the Senate subcommittee on privileges and elections will defer ruling to the new Democratic-controlled Senate rather than the current body.
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Jenner
Texas
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Oklahoma
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Congress
Labor Head Forecasts Demo Strength in 1952
Secretary of Labor Tobin predicted that if President Truman can push the New Deal program the Democratic Party will be stronger in 1952 than in the past 50 years. He also forecast repeal of the Taft Hartley law, including the ban on the closed shop, with Congress likely to write a just bill alongside repeal.
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Tobin
Truman
Democratic Party
Congress
Council Ponders Palestine Armistice Plan at UN Meeting
The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed session Tuesday to consider a joint plan by acting mediator Ralph Bunche for a Gaza style armistice in Palestine. The proposal aims to end fighting and set up demilitarized zones with phased Arab Israeli force reductions. A later open session will review a British plan for Israeli withdrawals from southern desert positions with US views undecided.
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United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Holy Land
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Council
All Palestine
United States
Truman Polls More Than Half of Votes
Returns from 135,460 voting places out of 141,046 nationwide show Truman leading with 23,671,479 votes and Dewey at 21,544,105 while Wallace has 1,116,390 and Thurmond 1,006,363. The data reflect early national totals as of Monday with nationwide totals not yet final.
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EOE
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Dewey
Wallace
Thurmond
Rail traffic resumes after bridge burn near Gonzales
Gonzales reports traffic on the T and N O Railroad line reconnecting with the Southern Pacific at Harwood was restored at 12 40 p m Monday after a bridge burned out Saturday two miles north of Gonzales.
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T&no
Southern Pacific
Harwood
Stolen Car Found After Twelve Years on King Ranch
In Corpus Christi on November 8, Palfrey Richter rediscovered his convertible coupe in the King Ranch where it lay half-buried with rotted top and upholstery. The insurance company had declared it stolen years earlier and paid Richter off, and he now contemplates what to do with the vehicle. The car had vanished in 1924 after a fishing trip, with the owner recalling a lost memory of its location.
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Corpus Christi
Richter
King Ranch
Texas Baptists Open Centennial Convention in Houston
Texas Baptists mark their 100th anniversary by opening their largest general convention in history. About 8 000 to 10 000 laymen are expected for the 6 45 p m session at the city auditorium, with hundreds more from the Houston area.
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Houston
Texas Baptists
Baptist Brotherhood of Texas
Woman's Missionary Union
Texas
Anderson
Grimes County
East Texas Firefighters Hope Rain After Fire Surge
East Texas firefighters hoped for rain as 29 new fires burned in the piney woods area on Monday. Crews had extinguished 39 blazes the previous afternoon in an intensified effort.
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Lufkin
Indicted for Payroll Padding in U S House Declares No Truth
Federal grand jury charges Representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey with conspiracy to pad his congressional payrolls by listing fictitious employees. The indictment covers 1940 to 1945 with four overt acts and accuses Thomas of false claims totaling 1693.37. secretary Helen Campbell named in the scheme faces similar counts, while Thomas vows to stay in office amid calls for resignation.
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J. Parnell Thomas
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George Morris Fay
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