Austin Prepares for Coldest Weather of Season
An arctic norther moves into Central Texas bringing the coldest air yet this season. Temperatures fall from Saturday night into Sunday with upper 30s by Sunday morning and continued chilly conditions into next week as showers pass and skies clear later.
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Austin
Pacific Northwest
Texas
United States
Canada
Arctic
Montana
Jack Frost
Austin Weather Bureau
Three Year Old Shot by Brother While Unloading Rifle
A three year old, Wesley Lee Nauert, was shot in the back by his 11 year old brother while unloading a 22 rifle at home. The bullet exited near the right hip. he is in good condition at Brackenridge Hospital. Alto Nauert had retrieved the gun from rafters. father says it was an accident. Bobby Ross, a playmate, was present.
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Wesley Lee Nauert
George Nauert
Route 1
Brackenridge Hospital
Alto Nauert
Lee R. Johnson
Alto
Obert Sunberg
Manor
Bobby Wayne Ross
Johnson
Bobby Cobb
R. D. Cobb
Whiteoak
Texas
Bobby
Santa
Lee Mitchell
Suits Aim to Block Oil Field Shut-Ins in Texas
In 98th District Court seven suits seek to bar the Railroad Commission from shutting in fields over alleged wasteful gas flaring. Plaintiffs include Texas Pacific Coal and Oil and Magnolia Petroleum among others, targeting the Fullerton, Slaughter, Levelland, and Heyser fields with hearings set for early next week.
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98Th District Court
Railroad Commission
Texas
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
Fullerton
Andrews County
Honolulu Oil and Gas Corporation
Slaughter Field
Hockley
Terry Counties
Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation
Levelland
Flour Bluff Oil Corporation
Flour Bluff
Nueces County
Humble Company
Tijernia-Canales-Blucher
Kleberg
Jim Wells
Magnolia Petroleum Company
la Gloria
Brooks
Sterling Oil Company
Heyser
Calhoun
Victoria
Charles O. Betts
Tijernia -Canales-Blucher
la Gioria
Nueces
Kieburg
Gotham Dock Workers Vote Against Pact
Opposition to a tentative wage agreement grew as 2,000 AFL longshoremen in Brooklyn rejected the pact with a vote set for Saturday. The Brooklyn locals total about 13,000 workers, and their stance, joined by delegates from Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore, threatens to derail the proposed 13 cent hourly raise for 65,000 East Coast AFL longshoremen and halt steps toward resuming normal harbor operations.
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New York
Brooklyn
AFL
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlantic
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Blind elderly woman dies in home fire
A blind elderly woman, Mrs. Joe Mayfield, about 70, burned to death in her kitchen after clothes ignited from a heater. The body was found by Eldon Powell Florist manager Steve Ejcchelberger in a cottage behind the shop. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cook Funeral Home.
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Joe Mayfield
Guadalupe
Steve Ejcchelberger
Eldon Powell Florist
Louise Williams
Sabine
Eichelberger
Clyde L. Metsinger
Eldon Powells
Mrs. Mayfield
Cook Funeral Home
Charles Sumners
Oakwood Cemetery
MacArthur Quietly Controls Coverage of Tojo Hangings
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur’s headquarters assumed control of all news related to General Hideki Tojo and the six war criminals sentenced to die. Four gallows were erected at Sugamo Prison. executions expected soon under tight American guard and restricted access. Press protests urged public reporting, while officials indicated daily notices at 10 a.m. local time.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
MacArthur
Tojo
Sugamo
Red Bloc Attacks US Greek Aid at UN Assembly
UN Assembly sides with the United States on ERP aid to Greece while Soviet and Yugoslav delegates denounce US policy as an economic cold war. Polish backed critics urge rejecting aid and countermeasures. Willard Thorp defends ERP.
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Paris
United States
Europe
United Nations Assembly
Hector McNeil
Britain
Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia
Eece
Bebler
James van Fleet
Greek Defense Council
United Nations
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Special Commission On the
Balkans
Unscob
Oscar Lange
Poland
Lange
Vladmir Clementis
A. A. Arutiunian
Russia
Arutiunian
Willard L. Thorp
Assembly
Glos Ludu Attacks American Reporters as War Cheerleaders
The Polish Communist newspaper Glos Ludu labeled American editors as miserable rats who profited from sensational war coverage. It accused editors of urging harsher U.S. policies and a new conflict, claiming they benefited financially while the war against Hitler raged.
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Warsaw
Poland
Glos Ludo
State Department
Fourteen Nazis Hanged at Landsberg Prison in Germany
In Landsberg Prison fourteen German war criminals were hanged for slaying captured American airmen and imprisoning camp inmates. Since mid last month 87 of 139 convicted by US War Crimes Courts have been executed, with 48 of 52 remaining under sentence of death awaiting review.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Karl Adam Kirschner
Albert Hammer
Heinrich Baumann
Wuerzburg
Andreas Ingerbrand
Hubert Krautwurst
Buchenwald
Oskar Doendler
Mauthausen
B17 Brakes Fail At Houston Airport
A B17 Flying Fortress from Elgin Field Florida landed and skidded off the runway at Houston Municipal Airport into a wire fence when brakes failed. Eleven crew members aboard escaped injury. Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Albert C. Haley attributed the mishap to faulty brakes.
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Houston
Municipal
Elgin Field
Fla
Albert C. Haley
Chiang Kai-Shek Asked Not To Visit White House
President Truman rejected a proposal by Rep. Sol Bloom to invite Chiang Kai-Shek to the United States to describe China's plight. Bloom and Truman differ on obtaining firsthand information while Madame Chiang plans a visit to seek more U S assistance in the civil war.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
White House
China
Truman
Sol Bloom
United States
Bloom
Chiang
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Madame Chiang
State Department
Hoffman Ordered To Use All ECA Money By April 2
President Truman ordered full use of the Marshall Plan funds with 4 billion dollars available by April 2 to accelerate European recovery. The move shortens the appropriation period by three months and prompts a supplemental request of about 1.25 billion to cover through June 30. Hoffman said spending will slow next year, with ongoing efforts to boost European production and exports.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Economic Cooperation
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Hoffman
Treasury
China
Senator Sees US Aid Could Help Chinese Nationalists
In Shanghai and other cities Senator George W. Malone urged that prompt US military support could prevent a Nationalist collapse in China. He cited Chiang Kai-shek leadership, called for US control of munitions, and warned of Europe commitments shaping the aid debate.
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Shanghai
China
George W. Malone
Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
K. C. Wu
Malone
United Press
Europe
Neutrals Open New Parleys On Berlin Blockade
Six neutrals of the United Nations Security Council opened talks Friday night on a new compromise to end the Berlin blockade. They debated Soviet and Western replies to five questions from Juan Bramuglia about the Berlin currency issue and how the Moscow agreement of August 30 would function. The Soviet reply upheld the mark as Berlin’s only currency, while Western powers urged a four power financial commission to supervise the bank issuing marks and for Berlin’s city administration to license civilian trade under that oversight.
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Paris
Security Council
Berlin
Juan Bramuglia
Soviet Union
Germany
France
United States
Financial Commission
Fourpower Commission
South Carolina Democrats Ordered to Allow Black Members in Primary
Federal Judge J Waites Waring issued a nine page ruling that the South Carolina Democratic Party must admit Black members as full participants in primaries. He stated white Democrats deliberately pursued racial discrimination in primary elections and that the illegal policy must end.
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Charleston
J. Waites Waring
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Waring
Israel Presses Armistice Talks as 1200 Egyptians Trapped
In Paris on Nov 26 Israel demanded Egypt accept armistice talks before freeing 1200 trapped Egyptian troops at Faluja in the Negev. Israel backs UN resolutions for negotiations while Egypt accuses Israel of defying council orders. Bunche reports on withdrawals as food convoys reach Faluja. A UN working group is formed to coordinate Palestine resolutions with eight nations represented.
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Paris
Israel
Egypt
Faluja
Negev
Aubrey S. Eban
Security Council
Palestine Committee
Holy Net
Mahmoud Fawzi
Council
Gilieed
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Committee On Progress
Beersheba
Bunche
Majdal
Assembly
United States
Britain
Guatemala
Australia
Colombia
Poland
Russia
Syria
Venezuelan diplomats resign in protest from U S posts
Caracas informed Venezuelan inspector general of consulates Carlos Blank said Ambassador Gonzalo Carnevali in Washington and four other consulate officials in the United States resigned. Julio Bocaterra in New York Victor J Lopez in Galveston Pedro Leon Arderche in Miami sent telegrams declaring quits. They cited opposition to the dictatorship.
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Miami
Fla
Carlos Blank
Gonzalo Carnevali
Washington
United States
Blank
Julio Bocaterra
New York
Victor J. Lopez
Galveston
Texas
Pedro Leon Arderche
Venezuela
Baby Found Frozen To Death on Doorstep
A newborn baby boy was found frozen to death on a Cheyenne doorstep. Coroner Wesley Schrader said the infant had been left in a pasteboard box on the porch of the Wyoming Children's Home Society, dressed in a shirt and nightgown with bare legs and covered by a blanket.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wesley Schrader
Wyoming Children’s Home Society
Schrader
Two Yanks Believed Dead in Punjab Crash
A Pakistan Airways plane crashed Friday at Vehari in West Punjab on the Karachi to Lahore route. Reports say 21 persons are believed dead, including two American crewmen.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Pakistan Airways
Vehari
Punjab
Lahore
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