Industry urged to boost munitions output for defense
United Press reports Secretary Louis Johnson tied U S industry to Pearl Harbor anniversary urging ramp up in all sectors for an all out war production drive. He warned a possible future attack could occur at 4 p m and vowed no successful strike would go unanswered with swift counter measures by Army Navy and industrial mobilization.
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United Press
Louis Johnspes
Pearl Harbor
National Association of Actorers
Astoria Hotel
New
Joint Chiefs of
Tomor
Army
Navy
bat“Arizona
Pacific Picor
E. B. Harp
Paul
Minnesota
Ives
Ward
Court docket lists trials for Tuesday and Wednesday
Violations of state liquor laws are charged in cases set for trial Tuesday December 13 34 including Ashlock Richmond Pend Jaynes Shorty Ash liquor sale possession and related charges. Wednesday docket includes Hollis Tilly Clyde Harold Dinkins sale and possession of liquor with several defendants named.
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Robert Richmond
Pend Jaynes
Shorty Ashtale
John A. Charley Butler
Lester Salon
Iquor
Simmons
T. G. Hollis
Tilly
Clyde Harold
Dinkins
Raymond Jay- Charlie Farris
Bonham Temperatures Dip Overnight
Weather note from Bonham records a temperate drop overnight with lows around 74 degrees during Tuesday. Output reflects readable fragments from the OCR text.
Pear Tree Produces Tiny Pear Crop in Fort Worth
Courthouse custodian C. R. King owns a pear tree in Fort Worth that, after a warm fall, blooms in December yielding tiny nubbin pears. The unusual season shift is noted as a weather oddity in a Fort Worth weather note.
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Fort Worth
Courthouse
C. R. King
Farmers to vote on cotton quotas in Fannin County
Farmers in Fannin County will vote on Thursday December 15 to approve cotton marketing quotas for the 1950 planting season. Twenty polling places statewide open 9 am to 7 pm include PMA offices in Bonham and towns such as Bailey Leonard Trenton Randolph Gober Sutton Center Ely Savoy Ector Ravenna Ivanhoe Telephone Lamasco Selfs Honey Grove Windom Dodd City and Ladonia.
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Fannin County
PMA
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Bonham
Bailey, Leonard
Trenton
Randolph
Gober
Sutton Center
Ely
Savoy
Ector
Ravenna
Ivanhoe
Telephone
Lamasco
Selfs
Honey Grove
Windom
Dodd City
Ladonia
Pearl Harbor Day Observed in Texas With Proclamation
Governor Shivers led the eighth anniversary observance aimed at promoting democracy over communism. He spoke at Gladewater noting readiness requires church, schools, civic responsibility, and daily citizenship, with about 600 American Legion Posts planning programs statewide.
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United Press
Shivers
Gladewater
New Orleans
Texas Department of the American Legion
Pearl Harbor
Special Session of Legislature Due in February
Austin observers expect no special session before February due to delays in survey reports. Governor Shivers plans to restrict the call to the 1950-51 operating budget, a hospital-building program, and revenue measures to fund it.
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Austin
Shivers
Downtown real estate values slide over ten years
In a ten year period property values in the downtown area fell as traffic congestion and related factors reduced demand and pricing. Analysts note a near four decade low in capital values amid shifting commercial activity and urban development pressures.
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Aukane Papchation
Lewis Wins Demands From Independent Mine Owners
John L. Lewis announced new contract terms after signing with Kentucky and West Virginia independents representing under one percent of the coal industry. The deals include 95 cents daily wage raises, 15 cents per ton for welfare, control over pension fund spending, and retention of the willing and able clause, enabling strikes or short weeks. Contracts run to September 1, 1951 and take effect January 1.
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John L. Lewis
Kentucky
West Virginia
Lewis
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Atomic Energy Plant
First Trials Set At Crosbyton For Robbery Suspects
A trio of robbery suspects tied to at least six Texas counties will be tried first at Crosbyton. William Leeman James Scrivner and Talmadge Bonham face charges of robbing a grocery store and wounding its owner. Orville Mann is being handed to Lubbock county for robbery charges.
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Dallas
Dee 7
Texas
Crosbyton
Crosby County
Fay Addison
William Leeman
James Scrivner
Talmadge Bonham
Orville Mann
Lubbock
Bonham
Houston
Corsicana
Fort Worth
Sherman
Denison
Greenville
Commerce
Leeman
Scrivner
Bitter Cold Grips Northern States From Coast to Lakes
A sweeping cold wave blanks the northern United States with subzero readings from the Pacific Northwest across the upper Great Lakes to the East. Snowstorms lash the Midwest and Northeast as Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and the Dakotas report temperatures below zero with a harsh wind chill.
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Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Upper
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Dakotas
Santa parade in Benham draws large crowd Thursday
All set for Santa Claus visit in Benham with a Christmas parade led by Santa in a reindeer driven sleigh at 2 p.m. at Main and Second Streets. Floats bands and candy to children. Bonham Style Shop to give a $3.95 bedroom linen dresser set to the Santa Gift Hunt.
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Santa Claus
Benham
Santa
Main
Second Streets
Fannin County
Rotarians Mark 8th Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Bonham Rotary Club observed the eighth anniversary of Pearl Harbor with Billy Barr, program chair, noting the day and sharing 1948 Southwest Conference football highlights. Barr, Texas A M student, recalled campus turmoil and cited 96 of 500 in his class killed in Europe and the Pacific, warning of current arms racing and uncertain future.
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Pearl Harbor
Bonham Rotary Club
Billy Barr
Barr
Texas A & M
Europe
Pacific
Urges Step Up in Cotton Program
State Senator George Moffett of Chillcothe urges accelerated cotton research to avert creeping depression in the South. He criticizes recent 1950 cotton acreage cuts as highlighting the need for intensive research and new outlets, noting only pocket change has been spent so far in the program.
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Austin
Dee 7
South
George Moffett
Chillcothe
Moffett
Market Update Fort Worth Livestock Report
Fort Worth markets show cattle at 1800. Beef steers and yearlings dull and weak with cows and bulls steady. Stockers and feeders active with some grades unevenly higher. Calves 1200 head. slaughter calves 19.50 to 24. stocker calves 18 to 24. hogs 800 head with butcher hogs mainly 25 to 50 lower than Tuesday.
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Fort Worth
County Attorney vows strict enforcement of anti lottery laws
George T Avery, County Attorney, announces to all county officials that raffles and lotteries will be prosecuted beginning January 1, 1950. He cites Texas Penal Code articles and constitutional provisions, urging cooperation by elected and appointed officers to uphold state laws against lotteries and gift enterprises.
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Averys Guvemrent Reede
Texas
George T Avery
Census Bureau Begins Hiring 157 264 Workers
The Census Bureau started a massive hiring drive to fill 157 264 temporary roles for the 1950 census. Officials anticipate a about 150 million population count and a shift toward more women workers, with questions on home conditions and income privacy sparking GOP criticism.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Ohio
Clarence Brown
Letresan
Bureau
New Cold Snap Brings Frost Across Texas Panhandle
A fresh cold snap moves into Texas with frost expected in the Panhandle and Noctt tonight. No severe cold anticipated tomorrow morning. temperatures may dip lower than this morning. Readings ranged from 20 degrees at Clarendon to 62 at Brownsville with Abilene and Lubbock in the 30s and 39 respectively.
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Colt
Texas
Panhandle
Noctt
Clarendon
Brownsville
Lubbock
Abilene
Salt Flat
Childress
Wink
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth Man Robbed of $500
Two armed men robbed Fort Worth cafe owner Joe Smith of more than $500 at his driveway, tied him to a tree, and escaped in his car using adhesive tire tape. Police investigate the billiard shop robbery details and description of suspects remain limited.
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Fort Worth
Joe Smith
Smith
Parking Meters Free Thursday in Bonham Christmas Gift
The city will offer free parking on Thursday as a Christmas gift. Sacks will cover parking meters to indicate free use for Santa Claus day in Bonham.
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Bonham
Trials Open in Balkans Area in Sofia Bold Plot Case
In Sofia 11 alleged Titoists stand before seven judges charged with plotting to overthrow the communist government. Traicho Kostov and Marsa Tat are named among defendants amid a 200 word indictment read at the trial start. The proceedings unfold as officials detail the alleged conspiracy with Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union noted in the case.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Marsma
Soviet Union
Strike ballots mailed as 50 000 phone workers vote
Union leaders plan a nationwide action after no progress in talks with Southwestern Bell. Ballots return by December 20 on a proposed wage increase and cost of living changes for workers in Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and part of Illinois.
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ST Louis Mi
Strilas
Southwestern
Steetes Vadotte
Foner Brann Boonergan
Poss
Lonergan
Southwestern Hell
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Alahoma Terxas
Tllinois
Dillard Named Road Officer in Texas Rural Road Association
The Texas Rural Road Association appoints Robert A. G. Dillard of Austin as executive director, succeeding Gilbert Smith who resigned to join the Texas Railway Association. Smith left the post effective January 1.
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Austin
Texas Dee 7
U.P
The
Texas Rural Road Association
Robert AG. Dillard
Dillard
Gilbert Smith
Tuxee Railway Association
Groves Reveals Soviet Contacts Behind Atomic Shipments
Lieutenant General Les Groves testified to the House committee on wartime atomic matters about reports of atomic materials and secrets reaching Russia in 1943. He said spies operated in Washington before Oak Ridge and that concerns of a possible U S security breach influenced postwar actions.
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Washington
Leslie Groves
House
American Activities Committee
Russia
Grooves
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Groves
Fhouse
Prassians
Reese
Eadie
Roiton Lews
Peschert
Weather update for Far and Bonham Texas coastal areas
A colder trend affects the region with a high near 28 degrees in Bonham area and light frost tonight. Winds shift from south to northeast along the coast, with a mix of partly cloudy skies inland and on the upper coast.
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Texas
Bonham
State school lands lease bids top 61 million in Texas
The General Land Office in Austin reports high bids for leases on 304 tracts of state public school lands totaled more than 61.378 million. Land Commissioner Bassam Giles notes a six acre tract in Rastbbe tagged Bay drew the largest bid in the opening round.
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Wiley State Scheol
Austin
Texas
General Land Office
Bassam Giles
Rast
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