Truman's S Appeal Triggers Mixed Capitol Reactions
In Washington a muted response to President Truman's radio appeal is reported by lawmakers left in the capital. Some telegrams arrive, with a White House tally showing about 500 responses, 80 percent favorable, while others label the address over or under friendly.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Morse
R-Ore
Taft
Ohio
Cahiy
White House
Charles G. Ross
Senate
House Labor Committees
Mary T. Norton
House Labor Committee
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Wired
Ross
O’daniel
Tex
Labor Walkouts Threaten Steel and Meat Packing
President urged intervention as fear of a nationwide strike grows. Steel workers plan a Jan. 14 walkout over a $2 daily wage rise while CIO Packinghouse Workers set Jan. 16 strike action for 200000 members. AFL meat cutters threaten to join if firms don’t offer by Jan. 11. A three man steel board seeks authority to expand inquiries beyond U. S. Steel.
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AFL
CIO United Packinghouse
Washington
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Edgar L. Warren
Chicago
Steel
U. S. Steel
Cat Uses Up Couple Of Its Nine Lives
DETROIT January 58 Carl Boehm in hospital with a bullet wound in his right leg believes his cat has nine lives and has used up at least two. Boehm planned to shoot the cat after an alley accident but the cat jumped as he fired injuring him instead.
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Detroit
Carl Boehm
Boehm
Stark testimony clues on prewar tensions and Pearl Harbor planning
The testimony covers early 1941 warnings to the Japanese threat, Roosevelt's potential lines in the Pacific, and doubts about committing to war. It notes Munson's reports on a Sunday Pearl Harbor attack and the debate over magic messages while Stark details Navy readiness and Secretary Hull's strategy.
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Japan
Stark
Ferguson
R-Mich
United States
Pepper
D-Fia
Boston
Navy
Pacific
Lucas
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Army
Roosevelt
China Sea
Equator
Michigan
Hull
Curtis Munson
State Department
Hawaii
Munson
Ellis Zacharias
White House
Ghormley
Committee
Congress
Atlantic
Britain
Tokyo
Honolulu
Plastic lenses in wartime optics eyed to rival glass
Postwar research aims to produce plastic lenses for artillery sights range finders and field glasses that equal glass in hardness and scratch resistance. Softness of earlier plastic lenses noted may be overcome to improve durability and performance in field use.
Solon Claims British Loan Facing Defeat
Rep. Gerald W. Landis says a confidential poll of House members before Christmas showed enough votes to defeat the proposed 4.4 billion dollar loan to Great Britain. Other lawmakers doubt a formal poll existed but share belief a pre holiday vote could kill the loan.
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Washington
Gerald W. Landis
Ind
Great Britain
Landis
Congress
United Press
Navy Demobilization Delayed By Replacement Shortages
The Navy reports combatant ships used to transport veterans home from the Pacific are near an end. The armed forces have removed ships with a capacity of 106,676 passengers from service and redeployed large numbers of personnel across Atlantic and Pacific theaters. McNarney outlines a liquidation and manpower board to cut 70,000 troops from the occupation force, with infantry emphasis and armored units as part of a new plan.
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Navy
Pacific
Army
War Shipping Administration
Atlantic
Eeaee
U. S. Army
Europe
Germany
High Point
McNarney
U. S
United States
Youth Confessions in Blattert Case Describe Drunken Escape
Wencel testified that after leaving a tavern with Mrs. Marsden he was very drunk. He said they went to a school where she argued and was intoxicated, then he struck her. A janitor found Mrs. Marsden the next morning, with a bruise on her jaw and a stocking slipped over her head.
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Blattert
Wencel
George W. Lott Dies at 70 in Lubbock Memorial Hospital
George W. Lott age 70 of 1604 Avenue G died late Saturday afternoon in Lubbock Memorial Hospital after several days illness. Survived by four sons Leroy Amarillo George Boise Milford Wilford overseas. six daughters Mamie Wallace Buck Tidwell Amarillo M L Hatfield Boise J D Wade Clayton N M Raymond Keith Elida N M H L McCarty Denver Colo. 11 grandchildren. Definite services not arranged.
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George W. Lott
1604
Ave. G
Lubbock Memorial ‘Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Leroy
Amarillo
George
Boise
Idaho
Milford
Daily Market Reports Leades Drought Recovery Struggles
Many leaders slid into slight losses while market activity remained light with about 500,000 shares transferred. Companies prominent in trading included Goodrich Goodyear Bethlehem Chicago and Eastern Illinois Ohio Youngstown Sheet Montgomery Ward General Motors and American area Consolidated Edison. New York trade and mill buying kept a steady undertone as deferred cotton futures rose briefly amid export prospects to China. futures closed with mixed moves. In New Orleans middling 18 and 15/16 inch cotton averaged 24.46 cents per pound, down 0.15 cents from prior day. 30 day average and related figures noted.
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New York
Jan
Goodrich
Goodyear
Bethlehem
Chicago & Eastern
Tllinoils
Youngstown Sheet
Montgomery Ward
General Motors
American Area Consolidated Edison
General c. Bonds
China
United States
New Orleans
Postage Meters Boost Efficiency and Revenue
Postal machines sort quickly for early dispatch and give inspectors cashiers and clerks automatic control with non negotiable postage. Meter counters are readable like utility meters. Originating 25 years ago with Pitney Bowes, meters collected about 200 million dollars last year, roughly one fifth of U S postage revenue from business firm meters.
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Pitney- Bowles Company
U. S
Houston University Coed Attack Victim
Police seek two suspects after a 21 year old University of Houston student was assaulted in a heavy downpour near her home. She was treated for shock and injuries at a hospital. her 13 year old brother and mother heard cries as the assailants fled. A raincoat found in a vacant lot ties to the attack.
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Houston
U.P
University of Houston
At A Glance Stocks and Commodities Brief
New York stock activity mixed with narrow price changes. Bonds show irregular small variations. Cotton steady with trade buying. Chicago wheat unchanged to higher, corn steady near ceilings. Rye 1 to 2 percent higher with strong demand. Cattle steady. Hogs fairly active with 10 to 15 cents lower, top 14.45.
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New York
Chicago
Fort Worth and Kansas City Livestock and Grain Report
Fort Worth markets show weekly tops for cattle with choice 1200 lb steers at 17.35 and fat calves to 14.35. hogs and sheep vary with stockers and bulk sales. Kansas City cattle and calves prices range across good and choice grades. hogs down from Friday, sheep mixed. Chicago grain futures rise on steady demand amid rains. wheat near unchanged, corn steady, oats higher.
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Fort Worth
USDA
Kansas City
Chicago
Great Plains
Official Records Marriage Licenses Listed
Official records show marriages for Clifford Breaud and Maguyneta Thompson both of Texas and New Mexico pairs William Wampler with Marty Swendil both from Lubbock. Clifford DeSaultell with Norene Deautell. George Hardenbrook and Lucille Dearley from Fort Worth. H B Duncan and Hazel Gates Pratt from Midland.
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Clifford Joseph Breaud
Gramercy
Maguyneta
Ruth ‘Thompson
Lubbock
William Wampler
Marty Ruth Swendil
Clifford O. DeSaultell
Monte Vista
Colo
Norene Deautell
George B. Hardenbrook
Lucille Dearley
Fort Worth
H. B. Duncan
Hazel Gates Pratt
Midland
Divorce actions and foreclosure listed in district and county court
99th District Court Judge G V Pardue presiding, Jewell Graham vs James Graham divorce, Betty Davis vs D D Davis divorce, John Edgar Forbes vs Imogene Forbes divorce, Bonnie Fay Easley vs Jackie Easley divorce. County Court Judge Walter Davies presiding, O O Miracle vs Clovis Haymes foreclosure.
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99Th District Court
G. V. Pardue
Jewell Graham
James Graham
Betty Davis
D. D. Davis
John Edgar Forbes
Imogene Forbes
Bonnie Fay Easley
Jackie Easley
Walter Davies
Clovis Haymes
Victory Loan Sales Almost Double Quota
Treasury figures show Victory Loan sales totaling 21.144 billion dollars, 192 percent of the 11 billion goal. Individual purchases reached 6.776 billion dollars, 169 percent of the 4 billion quota, with Ebond sales at 2.204 billion dollars, 110 percent of the 2 billion target.
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Washington
Treasury
Longtime Idalou Resident Dies After Illness
G L Dennis 68 who came from Bosque county 29 years ago died in Lubbock Memorial hospital after a period of delicate health. Survived by his wife two sons O L Dennis of Idalou and Barney Dennis of Roswell NM and a daughter Mrs G D Young of Silver City NM. Services and burial planned in Idalou per Rix funeral home of Lubbock with time to be announced.
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Idalou
G. L. Dennis
Bosque County
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
O. L. Dennis
Barney Dennis
Roswell
N. M
G. D. Young
Silver City
Rix Funeral
Lubbock
Collision damages two cars with house trailer near Brownfield
A Saturday night crash on the Lubbock Brownfield highway half a mile from Level Land junction injured three people. A. H. Stoecker of Amarillo drove the car and trailer toward Brownfield while B. J. McGowan and Mrs. McGowan of Brownfield traveled toward Lubbock. Patrolman L. W. Wilhite said about bruises were sustained and investigation is underway.
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Lubbock Brownfield
Levelland Highway
A. H. Stoecker
Amarillo
Brownfield
B. J. McGowan
Woman Who Died In Poverty Left Will Of $600000
Sarah E. McGregor aged 86 died in a small frame house with no electricity or comforts leaving an estate over 600000. The will bequeaths about 100000 to churches friends and relatives, with the remainder to her legal heirs.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Sarah E. McGregor
Texas Goes Over Top In Victory Loan Drive
Texas state war finance officials announced the Victory Loan drive surpassed quotas. E-bond sales reached 92.4 million dollars toward a 90 million goal, while total sales totaled 658.4 million, with 232 counties over the overall quota and Harris County lagging at 89.8 percent.
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Texas
Associated Press
Dallas
Harris
Houston
Bexar
San Antonio
Tarant
Ort Worth
Mercy Flight To Aid Paralyzed Army Vet
A paralyzed Army veteran, William N. Adams, lay in an iron lung in Vernon Texas as a military plane rushed to transport him to the Veterans Administration nerve center at Bay Pines Florida. VA officials arranged a hospital plane from Topeka to Cincinnati to pick up an Army portable respirator, with a doctor and nurse aboard, expected to reach Shepard Field Texas around 6 a.m. Sunday.
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Washington
Vernon
Tex
William N. Adams
Veterans Administration
Bay Pines
Fla
Army
Texas
Adams
Surgeon General
Topeka
Kas
Cincinnati
Shepard Field
Two Fort Worth Teens Confess Slaying of William Baker
Two 15 year old Donald Maples and 16 year old Richard Steel confessed to the New Year Eve killing of William B. Baker in Fort Worth. They described firing the shot and disposing of the body in a storm sewer and manhole after alleging Baker had molested them for two years. They faced murder charges in Justice court and were released to parents without bond. The DA计划 will seek grand jury exoneration.
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Fort Worth
William B. Baker
W. R. Parker
Donald Maples
Richard Steel
Richard
Baker
Parker
Justice of the Peace
Gus Brown
District Attorney’s
Construction Shows Increase In Texas
Texas total construction awards for 1945 reached 245 438 277 up from 152 795 810 in 1944. War construction 39 540 932 non residential 139 641 191 residential 23 726 727 engineering 42 529 427. Materials have become scarce and prices have boosted to unprecedented amounts.
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Austin
Texas
Construction News Weekly
Record-breaking sales for Nevin's The Rosary hit five million
Reports indicate over 5,000,000 copies of Ethelbert Nevin's The Rosary have been sold, marking a major milestone for the popular melody. The figure reflects widespread popularity and enduring appeal across audiences.
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Ethelbert Nevin
Crisis in Shidehara Cabinet Over War Guilt Purge
Tokyo reports the Shidehara cabinet faces a crisis as General MacArthur orders a purge of public officials linked to Japan's wartime actions. The Social Democrats demand resignations while papers urge responsibility and removal of several ministers. Officials draft ordinances to comply with the purge.
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Tokyo
Shidehara
MacArthur
Social Democrat Party
Yomiuri
Asahi
MarcArthur
Japan
Diazaburo Tsugita
Tsug
Schoolmaster Testifies to Jap Atrocities at War Crimes Trial
Filipino schoolteacher Buenaventura Bello testified at Lt Gen Masa Hiro Homma's war crimes trial that he was threatened with bayoneting and shot through the groin after refusing to tear down American and Filipino flags. He showed the ripped flags in court, one donated by Justice Murphy and another by President Osmeña.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Buenaventura Bello
D.s
Pearl Harbor
Bello
Frank Murphy
Philippines
Prese
Sergio Osmena
Victory Clothing Collection Planned
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson designates January 7 to 31 for a Victory Clothing collection urging organizations to aid overseas relief. He notes bombed lands lack clothing worsening hardships for babies children students and adults as factories are limited. Texans donated over 5.3 million pounds last spring for Europe China and the Philippines.
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Austin
Jan
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Victory
Reief
Europe
China
Philippines
Nebraska shifts in newspaper mix over 15 years
The state now hosts more daily newspapers and fewer weekly editions than fifteen years ago, reflecting a shift in publication frequency and regional media needs across Nebraska.
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Nebraska
McCandlesses Welcome A Son At Porter Sistrand Clinic
Mr and Mrs J D McCandless of route 6 celebrate the birth of a son weighing 10 pounds at 940 pm Friday at their home near Porter Sistrand clinic. The father is a mechanic.
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J. D. McCandless
Route 6
Porter- Sistrand Clinic
Overseas Troop Arrivals Listed For New York Post
Scheduled arrivals of overseas troops in New York include Pfc Alonzo Jr and T/4 John Cooper of Marshall with the 26 due Jan 5. At New York on the George Leonard Saturday were S/Sgt. Bynum P Ward and Pfc. William D Holt, both of Lubbock.
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New York
Pfc
Alonzo Jr
John Cooper
Marshall
George Leonard
Bynum P. Ward
William D. Holt
Lubbock
War Crimes Case On Tojo Being Prepared
Tokyo reports the war crimes case against Hideki Tojo and his Pearl Harbor cabinet is shaping up while the tribunal composition remains undecided. Indictments are expected soon with judge candidates from civilian and military backgrounds, including C. S. Salter of the Texas Supreme Court.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
International Tribunal
MacArthur
Courrse
F.r
Tojo
C. S. Saltern
Texas Supreme Court
Eastern Gunmen Suspected in Hollywood Robbery Case
Five eastern gunmen were believed involved in a $15 000 New Year’s Eve Hollywood robbery. Investigators said arresting them won’t help unless victims admit the theft. Betty Grable and others provided few details as witnesses refused to talk and the illegal gambling house did not report the crime.
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Hollywood
Betty Gravel
Harry James
Kansas City
St. Louis
Miss Grable
Bowles Plan Opposed Sparks Farmer Profit Debate
A farmer argues for higher crop prices, saying 28 cents per pound is fair given living costs. He suggests 20 cents per pound with half a bale per acre could satisfy growers, noting production costs are similar across yields so low ceilings hurt in lean years while good years barely break even.
Coconut palm cited as world’s most useful nut tree
The coconut palm is described as the most useful nut tree globally. It yields over 200 products including candles toddy and high quality paper knife handles, highlighting its versatility and economic value.
Mohair Goat From Humboldt County With Hair Five Feet Long
A. Pierce of Humboldt County California raised a mohair goat noted for its extraordinary hair length measuring five feet from tip to tip. The sight drew attention from local residents and livestock enthusiasts during the season.
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A. Pierce
Humboldt county,Calif
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Texas Chiropractic College
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Victory Clothing
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Great National LP
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Ates Weep
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Taran
IFE Insurance Co
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Sida
Victor H. Lindsey
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Ralph Brock
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Lubbock, Texas
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