Congress considers blocking portal pay gains policy shift
Senate actions shape US China policy with Vandenberg urging a non Communist coalition backing the new constitution. Byrnes asserts ongoing strength and cooperation to secure peace while Marshall prepares to succeed him.
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Congress
Associated Press
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
China
Byrnes
Council On World Affairs
Senate
Vandenberg
George C. Marshall
Strong U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Security Council
Marshall
Senate Labor Bills Move Ahead Weekend Hearings Ahead
Washington January 11 The Senate Judiciary subcommittee opened hearings on bills to wipe out roughly 4 billion dollars in union portal pay suits as House and Senate labor panels plan early action. Senator Ball promotes bills banning the closed shop and industry wide bargaining while Harold Stassen warns these measures may go too far. Donnell chaired hearings with Cooper and Eastland listed as members. Public testimony will be filed in advance as seven major measures draw focus in the nation’s labor debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Mall
Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Wernesday
Bitte
House
Senate Labor
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Ball
Sen
Stassen
Cooper
Rtenn
Eastland
D-Miss
Arnall Resigns Georgia Post
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall resigns effective immediately after the lieutenant governor's qualification. The move aims to block Herman Talmadge’s succession and ensures M. E. Thompson becomes acting governor upon sworn in as Georgia’s first lieutenant governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney Wheeler
Associated Press
Tlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Gene Talmadge
Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Herman
Arpmall
Thompson
Arnall
Armall
Ben Fortson, Jr
Rainfall in Lubbock County Noted Above Normal in 1946
Texas Experiment Station records show Lubbock County received 20.14 inches of rain in 1946, a 0.91 inch above the 36 year mean of 19.23 inches. Don L. Jones notes rainfall distribution shifted after the growing season aiding sub soil moisture for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas Experiment
Don L. Jones
Jones
Gruen Curvex Executive Diamond Dial Ad
An advertisement from King's at 1020 Broadway promotes Gruen Curvex Executive diamond dial watches. The brief notice highlights a luxury timepiece aimed at discerning buyers seeking precision and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruen Curvex
Diamond Dial
King’s
Opening Texas Legislature Faces Postwar Demands
The 50th Texas Legislature convenes at noon Tuesday in Austin with many young members and 84 new House members nine in the Senate. Veterans and inflation pressures push for higher appropriations to fund schools pensions and state services while debates over revenue and taxes loom as Gov elect Beaufort H Jester pledged no tax increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Cheavens
Presse
Astin
Texas
House
Senate
W. O. Reed
Dallas
Beaufort
G. C. Morris
Greenville
A. M. Aikin, Jr
Paris
Baby Born On Plane Delivers Aboard Airliner
An airline pilot turned obstetrician delivered a baby mid flight between Miami and Puerto Rico. Kenneth Stockman, aboard a flight over Andros Island, assisted in the birth of a child to a Puerto Rican passenger as the plane carried about its course two hours southeast of Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Miami
Puerto Rico
Tonig Air Export-Im Company
Kenneth Stockman
Andros Island
Albania Rejects British Demand Over Mine Damage
The Albanian note released today rejects London s demand for an apology and compensation for mine damage to two British destroyers and the loss of 44 sailors. Sir Alexander Cadogan will press for an early airing of Britain s charges against Albania at the United Nations Security Council as the arms talks proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W
Associated Press
Lake Success
N. Y
London
Alexander Cadogan
United Kingdom
United Nations Security Council
Albania
Britain
Council
Three Dead In Blast At Coke County Home
Fire from a kerosene can burned a Coke County family eight miles southwest of Robert Lee. O K Rabb, 50, a Seabees veteran, and two daughters Madeline 12 and Thelma 9 died. Mrs Rabb suffered severe burns while trying to tear away burning garments. Larry 3 escaped while outside as the four room Rabb home burned. The family was rushed to a San Angelo hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Coke County
O. K. Rabb
The
Seabees
Madeline
Thelma
Legislators See Hot Issues For Texas 50th Session
Area lawmakers Sterling J. Parrish and Preston Smith head to Austin for the 50th Texas Legislature opening Tuesday. They call the teacher salary crisis a shame and plan to push action while noting two rival plans to fund higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Slagle
Avalanche-Journal
Ducation
Texas
Lubbock
Austin
Sterling J. Parrish
Preston Smith
119Th
Chiang Kai-shek Seeks Liberal Support for New Constitution
Chiang Kai-shek promotes a new constitution aiming to win liberal and non Communist backing, while Communists reject it. Senator Vandenberg suggests the U.S. should shift from treating Communists on equal footing with Chinese nationalists, signaling policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang - Kai-Shek
Vandenberg
United States
Texas school leaders seek boosts for public education
Texas administrators at a conference urged unified action for increased funding for public schools. They backed a $2,000 minimum teacher salary and raise the per pupil apportionment from $35 to $55. They called for new taxes and community support to fund the rural program and teacher training efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas State Teachers’ Association
H. W. Stillwell
Texarkana
Ation
State Department of Education
Teachers Rewarded With 20 Percent Pay Rise In Odessa
Murry Fly, superintendent of Ector County schools, announced a 20 percent raise for all employees and a minimum salary of 2400 dollars for school teachers in the Odessa area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Murry Fly
Ector County
UMW Blast Against Fines and Court Ruling in Strike Case
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers challenge the contempt convictions and 3.51 million dollar fines tied to the 1946 soft coal strike. They argue public hysteria and political expediency shaped the case as the Supreme Court prepares for oral argument Tuesday. The government defends the penalties as appropriate given damage to the United States and the wartime use of seized facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Union
Justice Department
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Norris-LaGuardia
Sonnally
Clark
Goldsborough
Italian Socialist split sparks warning of civil war
In Rome the anti Communist wing of the Socialist party seceded, led by Giuseppe Caragat who warned that without independence from foreign pressures the party could trigger civil and international war. Premier Alcide de Gasperi dismissed civil war fears as ridiculous while abroad.
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Rome
Socialist Party
Bolters
Giuseppe Caragat
Constituent Assembly
Italian Socialist Party
Italy
Cleveland
Ohio
Prempier Alcide de Gasperi
United States
1500 Superfortresses in reserve storage announced
The Army Air Forces will keep about 1,500 B-29 Superfortresses in ready storage to bolster its bomber fleet in the coming years. The aircraft are undergoing a cocooning process to protect against weather damage.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
AAF
Six Survivors Located In Antarctic Plane Wreck
The burned wreckage of a Byrd expedition Martin Mariner was found ten miles inland from Roosevelt sea in Antarctica. Six of nine crew survived after 12 days. a Pine Island rescue plane prepared to fly in and evacuate the survivors. The first plane reported signals and fuel for a multi hour stay while Navy officers coordinated the rescue plan.
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Antarctica
Roosevelt Sea
Discovery
James L. Ball
Anson
Tex
Martin Mariner
Ellsworth Land
Roosevelt
Navy
Henry Howard Caldwell
Loomis
Calif
Pine Island
Robert Quackenbush
Hughes and Cary Grant Safe After Nationwide Search
Howard Hughes and Cary Grant, both unreported after leaving Nogales, were found en route to Mexico City aboard Hughes aviation plane. The nationwide hunt by Air Materiel Command followed their disappearance for 12 hours after a prior crash left Hughes injured.
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Associated Preas
Nogales
Ariz
Howard Hughes
Cary Grant
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Mex
Arizona
Air
Wright Field
Plumbers End Short Walkout in City
After a one day stoppage by Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 620 AFL, work resumes Monday as negotiations continue on a proposed 150 clause contract. The dispute centers on wage rises from 1.75 to 2 dollars per hour and arbitration looming within two weeks. Two trucks were found missing from Bell Plumbing after Friday night incidents.
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Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 620
AFL
W. W. Weeks
California
Ed Dillard
Bell Plumbing Company
One Dead In Wreck North Of Plainview
J Paul Lynn of Amarillo believed killed when his automobile struck gravel and turned over into a lake six miles north of Plainview around 10 45 tonight. Injured Mildred Dickerson 26 of Amarillo suffered broken fingers and cuts and is in Plainview hospital. Lynn was dead on arrival. H I Lynn of Lubbock is a cousin of the deceased.
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Plainview
J. Paul Lynn
Amarillo
Justice of Peace
C. BE. Lynn
Lubbock
Here
Mildred Dickerson
Plainview Hospital
Lynn
H. I. Lynn
Program Shows Results In Juvenile Delinquency Decline
City officials say 1946 juvenile delinquency cases dropped to 441 from 1386 in 1944, the wartime peak. Officers credit parental guidance community cooperation and youth programs, with Boys Club and Scouting efforts noted as key factors in steering youths away from delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Weddle
Avalanche-Journal
Ith
John W. Wilson
City County
Nancy Green
Wilson
Salvation Army
McCormack backs tax cut while attacking it as unsound
Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts acknowledged probable House passage of a 20 percent income tax cut, criticizing it as unsound and urging a study of exemptions to ease the burden on the little fellow. President Truman’s budget estimate of 37.5 billion dollars in the new fiscal year drew Stassen’s attack as wasteful and padded, with a plan to cut five billion dollars from the budget.
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Washington
Rep
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ways and Means
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Mr. Truman
Congress
Weather Summary for Lubbock Region and West Texas
Fair conditions continue across Lubbock and vicinity with little change in temperatures Sunday and Monday. West Texas and the New Mexico area show similar fair weather with minimal temperature shifts. Official readings from the municipal airport and Texas Experiment Station report maximum 63 and minimum 36 degrees, with various hourly observations recorded.
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Lubbock
Vicinity
West Texas
Srvnew Mexico
UO. B& At
Texas Experiment Station
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Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harold Knutson
House Ways and Means
Eugene D. Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Finance
John Taber
House Appropriations
KFYO
Avalanche-Journal Station
United Nations
Russia
Cadogan
UMW
Antarctic
U. S. Mount Olympus
Byrd
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