Dry election efforts spark Taft Hartley legal debate
Senator Wayne Morse urged President Truman to appoint a fact finding board to settle the coal contract dispute. Morse argued the Taft Hartley emergency provisions cannot be used to force a three day week, while some producers urge invoking them for an 80 day period. Government considerations include possible rail coal transportation reductions and broader industry tension as winter supply concerns mount.
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Washington
Wayne &. Horse
Oregon
Truman
John L Lewis
Coe
Ational Sster Relations Board
Lewis
Hergsin
Pnless
Morse
Senate
Kenneth So Wherry
Nebraska
Taft-Hartlay
Southern
Houston Police Officer Kills Wife And Self
A Houston police officer killed his wife then fatally shot himself at their home. Lieutenant W. P. Brown used a pearl-handled revolver to fatally wound his wife Sarah before turning the weapon on himself, a tragedy discovered by Brown’s sister who heard four gunshots and fled to the home of Brown’s brother.
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Houston
Geo
W. P. Brown
Sarah
Brown
Ethel -Ber
Stutenant Brown
W. W Tiouston
Houston Flier Dies Trying To Get Help
The frozen body of John Anderson a 25 year old Houston flier was found near his crashed plane two miles from Devil Step Mountain in Crossville Tennessee. He died of exposure shock and a broken leg after attempting to reach a country road and fashion a splint. A rock message and a burned plane seat indicate his failed effort to summon aid. He had a suitcase of Christmas gifts for Bristol Tennessee relatives and worked for a Houston toll firm, with prior flights on the route.
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Crossville
Tenn
Dec
Texas
John Anderson
Houston
Anderson
Bristol
Tennessee
Fhee
Honuston
Highlands Couple Injured In Wreck
A Highlands rancher C E Wiss 25 and his wife 22 are in critical condition at an Alvin hospital after a two car collision on Highwer 335 in Brazoria County. Wise Farms manager suffered serious head injury and broken leg with pelvis fracture suspected. Wise brother Wise 25 injured, Ed Pitts 20 suffered shock. Genoa resident Fred Meyer 51 chest injuries. Officers report the German vehicle turned left off the highway near a roadside gate as the Wise car came from the south. Meyer was northbound.
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Highlords
Alvin
Wise
Highlands
Highwer
Brazoria County
C.E. Wiss
Wise Farms
Mrs. Wise
Ed Pitts
Fred Meyer
Genoa
Germa
Meyer
Egyptian King Denies He Will Wed Girl 16
Press adviser to King Farouk dismissed rumors of an engagement to a 16-year-old Egyptian civil servant's daughter as baseless. The denial follows prior reports of Farouk's romance with Narriman Sadek, a commoner once linked to Zaki Hashem, with Egyptian censors clearing the dispatch.
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Carn
Pi— Kerim Tabet Pasta
Farouk
United Press
Egypt
Narriman Sadek
Zaki Hashem
United Nations
Around Town 2D: Local notices and social snippets in a mixed town column
In a fragmented town page, residents are noted for personal events and local happenings. Mentions include Mrs. Beulah Miles fashion, Mrs. Patty Reamer returning to work, Dr Gordon and family after a Christmas visit, Charles broken hospital, and Ethel Hen near Aves, plus real estate chatter with Pete Salley and others.
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Cleveland
Dusty
Huggins
Youngblood
MS CT
Showell
Ea Ct
Beulah Miles
Windene
Patty Reamer
Charles Reah
Brookshire Disfares
Pete Salley
Oent
GA. Lillie
Gordon
Ora Taig
Memorial Bap
SSS
Educational Direstor
E Martin
Tommy Roore
Nis
Fequest
Ethel Henown
Myrtle Rich
Buell i
Scott
Bob
Nabor Says Eaeing About Us In Brief Quip
In a terse missive the author named Nabor comments on their relation to the addressed party. The note implies a personal or informal stance and signals a conversational tone without asserting concrete actions or events. The source shows fragmented phrasing and unclear context. The intended message remains ambiguous.
Goodfellow Chief Delivers Final 1949 Baytown Report
Chief Goodfellow presents the final Baytown Goodfellows tally for 1949. Gifts totaling 1718.27 are listed with 31101 from prior efforts, plus 5 from A N Johnson, 112.17 from milk bottle donations, and 3.50 fruit returns. Expenses reached 1121.30, leaving a 100.37 balance after party costs. A reserve of 812.99 remains in Herris County Federal Building and Loan.
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Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Baytown
A. N. Johnson
Herris County
Russians Aid Chinese Communists For Formosa Invasion
Hong Kong dispatch reports Russian military advisers expanding influence in Communist China and aiding plans to invade Formosa. Sources say 100 planes and 36 warships plus 180000 troops and a coasted amphibious assault are being prepared, with pilots and sailors training in Manchuria and Shanghai shipyards staffed by Russian engineers.
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Danube River
Pacific
China
Peking
Bsa
New China
Formosa
Maainland
Teng Chao
Hsiang
Chungking
Chen Yi
Shanghai
Chekiang
Ata
Manchuria
Klangnan
Economic Cooperation Administration
Nationalization Seizes Foreign Firms in Hungary Over 10 Employees
Budapest reported December 23 that Hungary’s Communist government ordered the nationalization of all industrial firms employing more than ten people, taking over hundreds of factories and firms including US and other foreign companies. Companies cited include Standard Oil, Shell Oil, ITT, and Standard Electric Works, with several executives jailed or expelled for alleged sabotage. Minister Erno Gero claimed foreign imperialists used these undertakings to run spying and sabotage rings.
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Budapest
Hungary
Standard OD
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Standard Oil
Shell Oil
New, York
European Gas and Etii Company
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Riaert
Erno Gero
Manurt
Standard Electric Works
It&t
United States Asked for Formosa Defense Advisers
Washington reports say the Chinese Nationalist government asked the United States for military advisers to aid Formosa defense against Communist China. The National Security Council met at the White House to discuss the issue and potential new Asia policy while State Department and White House declined comment on a published report.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
National Security Council
Wahle House
Formiosa
Amosa
Chiang Kai-shek
State Department
White House
Prima
Asia Formosa
Copia
Far- East
Cisinawa
Philippines
Excise Tax Cut Hopes Rise As Retail Slump Eases
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer reports prospects for a tax cut appear good while retail sales struggle. He says excise taxes on furs jewelry luggage and admissions harm buying but overall business prospects are cautiously optimistic. The White House received a 15 000 word survey after six months of study detailing recommendations and views from business labor and government officials.
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Washington
Congress
Commerce
Chearies ‘Sawyer
Tru Tuan
Sawyer
Truman
Mr. Truman
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Alassechusetts
Rhode Island
Ways and Means
White House
Pay City Taxes And Save Deduction Warns Baytown Officials
City Manager C D Middleton urged Baytown property owners to pay 1949 taxes before January 1 to keep them deductible on 1949 income. The tax office will stay open to Saturday noon. Through Tuesday the city had $124,343 current taxes and $28,836 delinquent taxes collected, with an expected total around $310,000 for the year. Owners demolishing buildings must obtain a permit. otherwise the property may appear on the 1950 tax rolls.
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C.D. Middleton
Baytown
Ascle
Middleton
Babson Forecasts for 1950 and 1950 outlook
Babson predicts total business volume will drop from 1949 due to labor conflicts, harming consumers. The outlook lists wage trends, Taft Hartley effects, industry shifts, and a strategy of lower prices, debt reduction, and cautious inventories for 1950, with emphasis on production efficiency and farm sector guidance.
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Theneese
Rmay
Earea
Judge Seeks DA Ruling On East Harris Co1 Petition
To Winborn County Judge Simon A Perry asked the district attorney to rule on petitions seeking a see dry election in East Harris County. Perry said the attorney must decide if the petitions, timed to the district attorney, can proceed with hearings involving Beyou Huffman Crosby Sheldon and other small communities.
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Harris
Huffman
Crosby
Sheriff C V Kern Leads Crime Battle in Harris County
Sheriff Kern releases a report showing 6279 crimes reported and 6597 cleared in his first year outside Houston. one murder out of 63 remains unsolved, with 52 assaults and 83 percent clearance, burglaries 333 of 496 cleared, and notable arrests including the Vellone murder case weapon recovery.
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C. V
Buster) Kern
Harris County
Kern
Houston
Vellone
Thomas
M. Lamp
Lamb
San
Essault
Violent Earthquake Shakes Manila
A violent earthquake struck Manila today just before noon local time, rattling the city for more than two minutes. Buildings were damaged and several injuries reported as tremors rattled the capital of the Philippines.
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Manila
Philippines
Elty
Selty
Nine Seek Posts In Water Election
Nine candidates will seek positions on the board of supervisors for Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 3 at Woo ste in an election to be held Tuesday. Five of them will be elected.
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Niva
Harris “County
Wooste
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Nicholas Pastoret
St. Paul
Minnesota
C. H. Wise
Alvin Hospital
HI Nabor
U.S
Ray Dempsey Gardner
Utah State
Death
Salt Lake City
Babson
By Roger W. Babson
Atrikas
Buster
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