Operation Snowbound To Aid Dakota Areas
The 5th Army launched Operation Snowbound to deliver food and fuel to isolated communities in the frozen Dakotas. Ice storms hit Texas and New York City, causing deaths, power outages, and transportation disruption as snow and cold persisted in the Northwest. Mountainous, sled, and ski-plane efforts were organized to move supplies and evacuate the sick and pregnant amid record lows and heavy snowfall.
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Dakotas
New York City
Texas
New York
Paris
Dalies
Red River
Fire Army
Jamestown
Caota
Savannah
Illinois
Camp Carson
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Portland
Oregon
Picking Eels May Be Shocking Job
In Dallas on February 12 two electric eels from a 102 eel shipment totaling 60006 volts are being prepared for a selective sale. Aquarium director P A Fontaine plans to take two on approval and may need help from the power company to separate them before the rest head to Hermosa Beach San Francisco and New York.
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Dallas
Deltas Aquarium
P. A. Fontaine
Rio de Janeiro
Fontaine
Power
Hghbt Company
Hermosa Beach
California
San Francisco
New York
Atomic Experts See H-Bomb Test Before Year End
Officials say the AEC will advance rapid H bomb development while continuing current uranium plutonium bomb programs. Costs are projected between 10 million and 200 million dollars with no new plants needed, using heavy hydrogen and lithium scarce, but affordable. The weapon may be powerful yet not threaten the atmosphere or oceans.
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AEC
Congressional Atomic Committee
Gevetcn
Bikini
Parity prices up and down under new farm law
The Agriculture Department released its first parity report under the 1949 farm act. The modernized method raises farm wage rates and a recent five-year average, boosting some prices such as livestock and dairy while lowering others like cotton and grains. A triple standard applies in 1950, with a cap that no product’s parity may drop more than five percent from the old system.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Shivers Urgent plea for new tax on bread base
Governor Shivers pressed for emergency funding in a 30 day Texas legislative session. He urged immediate support for operating state hospitals special schools and correctional institutions and for a long range hospital building program funded by a temporary tax on bread base items and other goods. He warned of poor hospital conditions citing a U S Public Health Service ranking and urged action within the session.
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Boera
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U. S. Public Health Service
Lone Star
Meniel
Iowa
96 Per Cent School Taxes Already In
In 1948 there were 188637, an all time record. Exemption certificates usually pay about 25000 or 30000, which would bring the county voting strength up to about 185000.
Fund For Band Trip May Yet Be Short
To pay the band's way to the Chicago convention a deficit remains. Sloan said contributions received by solicitors but not yet turned in may cover a considerable portion of the shortfall.
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Chicago
Sloan
Stock Quotes Collate Diverse Ticker Names Across Sectors
A dense list of securities and company names appears, including automakers Chrysler Corp and Packard Motors, oil majors Texaco and Humble Oil, steel firms U S Steel and Bethlehem, chemical firms Dow and DuPont, utilities such as Con Edison and Gulf Oil, plus industry peers like General Electric and Goodyear Tire. The fragmentary OCR reflects market ticker references, percent stakes, and miscellaneous symbols.
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Allis Dial
Armco Steel
Woodens
Beth Steel Buddha Celanese Corp
Chrysler Corp Cities Service
Con Edison Reole Pet Dow
Gen Electric
Gen Motors
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Bus
Gilteitte
Gulf Stat
Util
Humble Oil
Nickel
L Steel Kirby
Libby McIt
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Net Steel
Ohie
Ous
Penneys Inc
Pure Oi
Packard Motors
Repub
Steel
St Regis
Ind
Stan
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Sunray Oi
Texas Co
Tex Gulf
Tidewater Corp
U.S
Woolworth Inc
March
W. O- Cotton
Livestock prices and minor Fort Worth notices summary
Livestock report from Fort Worth shows cattle and calves active with higher prices for good stockers and slaughter calves. beef cows and cutters mixed, stockers scarce. Sows and pigs steady with various weight ranges noted. Sheep offering none. Fort Worth officials receive candid advice from a 10 year old runaway at probation office. Vickie Lynn Sowder born January 30 at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. Bible term Selah appears with no authoritative interpretation.
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USDA
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Lynn Sowder
B. R. Sowders
Maryland
San Jacinta Memorial Hospital
Tibet Appeals For Aid Against China Red Invasion Threat
Tibet seeks international aid as reports from Bangkok say Thai Premier Pibul Songgram’s government foiled a Chinese Communist coup in Bangkok. U S denounces Ho Chi Minh as an agent of world Communism amid Russian recognition of the rebel Indo-Chinese regime. France condemns Moscow moves, noting Ho Chi Minh’s years in the Soviet capital and the Bao Dai government’s support.
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Indo-China
Siam
Burma
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Pibul Songgram
U. S
Washington
State Department
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Department
Michael St. McDermott
Moscow
France
Bao Dai
Ho Chi Ainh
Indo-Chine
Senate Moves to Raise 1950 Cotton Quotas
Senate discussions show plan to increase cotton quotas in 1950 amid wartime urgency. Senator Russell asserts the U S must not fall behind in an arms race with Russia, while farmers seek relief as Brannan pushes a surplus potato disposal plan unless Congress acts. Brannan asks to amend the eight hour workday rule to hire Ishorers and mechanics longer hours. Excluding farm workers from social security draws rural state opposition and raises aid concerns for the aged.
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Richard B. Russell
D. Georgie
United States
Russia
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
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Charles F. Brannan
Congress
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Dimes For Polio Still Coming In
A polio survivor, Miss Carpenter, recalls paralysis last June on the left side and returning to work with residual muscle weakness. The March of Dimes and National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis helped pay hospital bills, enabling her to walk again, and she pledges to support the campaign.
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West Main
National Foundation For
Foundation
Miss Carpenter
Ed Baccus to Speak on Hoover Report Radio Series
Ed Baccus of the Jaycees Operation Economy will host a daily radio series explaining the Hoover Commission economy report. Programs air at 5:15 p.m. on KREL and 5:45 p.m. on KRCT with varied Jaycee talks and round-table discussions.
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Jaycee
Baytown
Hoover Commission
KREL
KRCT
R. J. Gillette
Nat Pace Jr
Chinese Reds Invade Into Indo China War Report
Taipet Formosa February 1 official Chinese sources assert Chinese Red units crossed into northern Indo China to join Ho Chi Minh guerrillas harassing French posts. Dispatch from Hoihow says several thousand Communists invaded at Chinnan Kwan as part of Lin Pao's 45th Army. Also note birth of Deborah Kay Toups at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital January 30.
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Indo-China
Bo Chi Minh
Hoihow
Hainan Island
Chinnan
Kwan
Lin Pao
Stork
W. J. Toups
Morrell
Deborah Kay
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Martha Circle meets for mission study in Cedar Bay
The Martha Circle of Cedar Bay Methodist WSCS met at the homes of Mrs. Alice Mae Fowler and Mrs. Annetta Burms. Devotional readings began the session and lessons from Japan Begins Again were led by Mrs. Roberta Woods and Mrs. Effie Ellender. Refreshments for 21 members and five new guests were served. The next meeting is set for February 7 at Mrs. Rose Fowler's home. College students Peggy Miner and Barbara Johnson, home guests from Mason Texas, have returned to Abilene Christian College after holidays. In Baytown they enjoyed a luncheon from Mrs. B. F. Oliver, a Coke party by Mrs. J. C. Dodd, and a luncheon from Mrs. J. L. Sanders.
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Annetta
Burms
Japan
Roberta Woods
Effie Ellender
Pearl Hart
Annie Scote
Rosé Fowler
Peggy Miner
Hew
Barbara Johnson
Marn
Texas
Abilene Christian College
Defense Cuts Threaten U S Safety Says Airman
An airman warns that defense cuts erode U S safety by reducing protection against modern air power. He argues distances no longer deter attack and cites the tight flight time from Waco to Moscow as illustrating vulnerability in the nuclear age.
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Waco
Texas
Moscow
Russia
Missouri Reports For Duty After 15 Day Freeing
Thousands cheered as the USS Missouri signaled underway from the Mississippi River. Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith announced selvage operations while Captain William W. D. Bronn, who faced a grounding, returned to the bridge exhausted but relieved as the ship floated free.
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Allan E. Smith
Selvage
Mighty Mo
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Misouri
William W. D. Bronn
Norfolk
Brown
Fred
Girl 13 is shot after telling friends of boy's habits
WINNETER DL Feb 2 A boy shot a 13 year old girl in a school corridor claiming she caused him to lose all his girl friends. Nancy Fenfield 23 daughter of a former mayor from Evanston Illinois was wounded in the cheek but not in danger. The shooter fled then surrendered after telephoning police.
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Wancy Fenfield
Evanston
Clinois
Hore MacDonald
Rex Andrews
Nancy
Andrews
Song Writer Faces Morals Charges
Dallas prosecutors charged songwriter Harry Revel with morals offenses after his arrest in a Dallas hotel room. District Attorney Walter Collie said two teenage boys were involved, one present during the arrest. Each sodomy count carries a possible 5 to 15 year term. Revel posted bond and was released. Revel co wrote hits with Mack Gordon including There’s a Lull in My Life and Never in a Million Years.
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Dallas
Feb. Lge
Harry Revel
Walter Collie
Revel
Hollywood Tunesmith
Mack Gordon
Search For Missing C-54 With 44 Aboard Goes On
WHITEHORE, Feb. 1. The search for a U. S air transport that disappeared six days ago with 44 aboard resumed as two nations’ planes fanned out. Royal Canadian Air Force Commander Castella said long-range B-29s would scan the St Etias Tenge peaks while three planes kept vigil through the sub Arctic night hoping to spot flares or bonfires.
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Crazed dog injures students at Philadelphia parochial school
A crazed dog rampaged outside a Parochial School in Philadelphia district injuring 37 students as they returned from lunch recess. Police and motorists pursued the animal but it escaped, causing chaos until students were returned to classes.
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Ampr Cchial School
Cy Dren
He's Parochial
Car overturns injures Miss O Dear on Decker Drive
Miss Jerry O'Dear of 1104 Hast DeFee suffered two sprains when her car overturned on Decker Drive near San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. She was taken to Lillie-DeKe Hospital by private car for treatment. Washington reports new talks in telephone contract dispute with slim chances to avert a February 8 strike.
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Hast
DeFee
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