United States Divided Over China Recognition Stance
Secretary of State Acheson said the United States is not considering recognizing the Chinese Communist government at this time. He noted ongoing consultations with other nations before any conclusion, with no Senate or House Foreign Relations committee talks started yet. Diplomatic sources say India warns of eventual recognition and Britain and Commonwealth members may follow soon. The State Department is also seeking ways to secure the return of naval fliers held by the Reds.
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Benma
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Commonwealth
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Long Beach
California
Shivers Calls Pearl Harbor Day Talk Inadequate
Governor Allan Shivers urged Texans to go beyond flag waving and speeches to defend democracy. He spoke in Gladewater and planned stops in Grand Saline and Terrell as part of a Democracy program tied to Pearl Harbor Day observances. He stressed that words must translate into action and governance to keep democracy alive.
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Allan Shivers
Pearl Harbor
J Shivers
Inerstate Oil Compact Commission
Gladewater
Rogram
Grand Ssline
Terrell
Pround Town News Roundup From The Hospital to Social Notes
Prose style fragment reports A unnamed patient arriving at a hospital and others connected to social events and local figures. Mentions Virginia Meyer at home and Robert E Lee fundraiser efforts. References to a Mobile X ray unit assisting people and delays in a meeting. Several names with unclear roles appear in scattered lines.
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Arry Lancaster
Femmema
Tomy Cooker
Sima Dean Willams
Virginia Meyer
Piay
Sisson
Big
Missouri
Elms
Rise
Alien Rice
Peat
Dave Ara
Ek Boyd
Robert E. Lee
Yankeeland
Beenzweig
el Pishal Mobile
Lewis Signs Pact With Small Coal Operators
United Mine Workers head John L. Lewis signs a separate contract with small independent soft coal operators in Virginia and Kentucky securing a 95 cent four day wage rise and a 25 cent ton industry welfare payment. The deal adds two new welfare fund trustees and consolidates control over welfare spending, while big operators call terms unthinkable and marginal producers dubbed quick-dollar operators representing less than one percent of the industry.
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New York
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Kentucky
Lewis
Mejor
Washington
UAW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Charles L Dawson
Styles Bridges
New Hamp Shire
West Virginia
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Cook Producers Association
Seven Billion Needed To Put Schools In Top Shape
Oklahoma Democrat Tom Steed told reporters a seven billion dollar federal effort is needed to upgrade the U S school system. He cited rapid enrollment growth and base-related pupil increases as urgent factors and urged action in the next session. He warned many districts lack funds to rebuild after disasters and predicted 40 percent more school age children by 1950.
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Washington
Tom Steed
Oklahoma
Steed
House
Southwest
West
United States
Congress
Ele
Lions Split On Mile Of Dimes Debate Over Band Trip
Lions Club split on whether Mile of Dimes funds should finance the Robert Lee Band trip to Chicago. A 33 to 30 vote accepted Breswell's motion to reserve funds for the club sight conservation program next year and use the rest for the band. Opponents argued to keep projects separate, fearing jeopardizing future camp aims.
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Robert — Lee
Chicago
Lion Frank Breswell
Brasweill
Whic
Sam Paine
Paine
Yekrs
Gillette
Hersia Keown
Paylor Gerber
Iris- Weil
R. T Kerr
Theo Wilbur
J. B Hollaery
Herbert Frazier
Ray Ban
Milton Kelley
W. H. Bridges
W. D. Hinson
Floyd Bigginbotham
Christmas Is For The Kids Goodfellows Help Make 'Merry'
Chief Goodfellow outlines Baytown area Goodfellows drive to aid needy children this Christmas. He explains no active fundraising drive is used, asks for voluntary contributions via mail to Baytown Sun or in-store milk bottle drops, notes $16 raised so far from Jack Furbee, and states about $1000 is still needed to ensure toys and candy reach children.
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Goodfellows
Eastown
Baytown
Baytown San
Parent-Teacher Association
Baytown Sun
Jack Furbee
Eisenhower to Speak at Houston Chamber Meeting
About 15000 expected to fill Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston for a Chamber of Commerce gathering headlined by Dwight D. Eisenhower former wartime general now Columbia University president. He travels by car from San Antonio as weathered by last minute changes while aides arrange a noon briefing for reporters.
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UU PI
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Chamber of Commerce
Dwight, D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Liseshower
San Antonio
Ike
Commerce
Eizenhower
Defense Secretary Urges Preparedness Against New Attack
Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson called on American industry to lead in all munitions categories to deter a potential Pearl Harbor replica. He warned a second attack could come tomorrow and urged mobilization of industry and forces, highlighting air power as the key counterstrike.
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New York
Louis A. Johnson
National Association of Manufacturers
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Johnson
Chinese Reds At Nationalist Capital Gates
Refugees arriving in Hong Kong report Communist guerrillas near Kunming the capital of Yunnan waiting for regular troops to reach the border from Kweichow. Guerrillas aim to seize Kunming and its airfield once the troops arrive. Meanwhile officials flee to Chengtu and more are expected.
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China
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Claire L. Chennault
Yunnan
Kweichow
Ane Nan
United Press
Hoihow
Hainan Island
Chengtu
Prague
National Assembly
Alexe
France
Belgium
Portugal
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Yugo Slavia
Kostov
Haas Reelected Scout Chief at East Harris District Meet
D a Haas was reelected chairman of the East Harris District of the Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America for the coming year at the annual meeting of Scout adult leaders held at Grace Methodist Church. New officers named are L A Bale as vice chairman and W Wood as district commissioner with trustee chairmen to be named later. Rev Wayne McCleskey of St Mark's Methodist Church was the principal speaker, urging strengthening the arm of liberty the 1949 slogan of Scouting. He noted the Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedoms and cited about 89 Scout workers in the area.
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D. A. Haas
East Harris
Sam Houston
Soviet Atomic Bomb Tops 1949 News Poll Worldwide
New York December 7 1949 editors in most parts of the world except Russia named President Truman’s disclosure that the USSR had tested an atomic bomb as the biggest news story of 1949. The vote by United Press in their annual poll highlighted the event, first reported September 23, with wide newspaper front pages and a note on the Cold War’s shift.
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United Press
Asid- Earl J. Johnson
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Our
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Teau
China
Sov
Marshal Tito
Cardinal Mindszenty
Barkley Marissauri
Officers Work To Curb Limousine Strike Fights
Houston dispatch reports the Harris County grand jury and Houston police coordinating to curb violence in a two month limousine driver's strike. Witnesses were to appear before the jury as police boost readiness after a second night of clashes including a pistol shot at a bus station. Special Deputy Wilber Landers, guarding Airways Limousines, figures in the coverage amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Houston
Harris County Grand Jury
B. W. Payne
Jesse” King
Wilber Landers
Landers
Airways Limousines
AFL
Council Weighs Bids Then Buys Nothing At Meeting
About 20 contractors attended as council members spent three hours reviewing bids for city equipment but did not purchase any items. Mayor Ward halted bids on trucks for tax details and specs, while bids on air compressor and tractor were tabled for more study. Police car plans moved to immediate specification work.
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Water Department
J. A. Ward
Fahy Ledkey
Hemphill Pontiac Company
J. B. Hollaway Motor Company
Buck Furner Chevrolet Company
Higginbothem A Motor Company
Thad Felton
Ford
Houston
Bigs
McKee
Hemphills Pontiac ‘Company
Texas Assembly To Meet In February
The Texas legislature plans a February special session to consider the 1950-51 operating budget hospital-building program and revenue measures. Delays in survey reports on mental institutions and special schools push the timing past late January, with reports now likely ready by December and January for presentation to regulators. Governor Allan Shivers will restrict the call to the budget and cash needs while awaiting the survey conclusions.
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Dec
Allan Shivers
Regilators
Texas
Sta
Manus
Groves says Soviets got nothing useful on atomic bomb
Army wartime chief Lieutenant General Leslie Groves testified before the House committee that Russian spies failed to obtain valuable atomic secrets, and he cleared former officials Henry Wallace and Harry Hopkins of intervening on behalf of the Russians. He denied pressuring for shipments and said only one small atomic materials shipment, about 125 pounds, may have occurred.
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Geral Leslie R. Groves
American Atomic Project
Henry 4. Wallace
Harry L. Hopkins
House
Tn American Activities Committee
Groves
Wallace Pui
Hopkins
Russia
An Groves
1 Lewis, Jr
Air Committee
Francis E. Walter
Pennsylvania
Jordan
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White House
Hokins
Jordan Aid
Harry Hopkins
Surprise Witnesses In Trial Of Aven Conway Williams
In Houston December the district attorney expected to bring in two surprise witnesses in the trial of Aven Conway Williams charged with criminally harming a 11 year old girl from Port Arthur. The witnesses to testify include the 10 year old blonde girl who says he lured her from the Port Theatre and invited her twice before she escaped and sought help. Moody jurors were examined and excused for scruples about the penalty and opinions formed.
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