United States Maintains Hands Off China Policy
U S officials plan to keep the current nonintervention stance in China under Secretary of State nominee Dean Acheson. Washington rejects Chiang Kai-shek bid for great power mediation and signals little chance for a negotiated peace as Communist control appears likely.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Ashington
U. S
China
State Department
Dean Acheson
Senate
Robert A. Lovett
America
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
Chiang
Far East
New Cold Front Sparks Plains Weather Watch
A new Arctic blast from northern Canada threaten cold, clear skies and record lows across the South Plains tonight and Monday with temperatures dropping to around 20 degrees. Meanwhile a blizzard system sweeps Montana Idaho and Utah delivering heavy snow and wind across the northern U S with road conditions turning hazardous and snow depths reaching up to 15 inches in parts of Idaho.
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Icelands
Canada
South Plains
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Associated Press
Filion
Doren
Great Plains
Monina
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minot
Dickinson
Rioting in Durban Leaves Hundreds Dead and Homeless
South African troops with fixed bayonets restored uneasy calm in Durban as Zulus and Indians clashed, leaving at least 300 killed and 1,000 wounded. Defense Minister Erasmus says violence halted for now. air-borne and national guard troops aided a city-wide security push.
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Henry Duthie
INS
Urban
South Africa
Durban
Indian Ocean
F. C. Erasmus
Smut Raps
Gideon B. van Zyl
Big Spring Man Named to Texas Liquor Board
Gov. Beauford H. Jester appointed J. Gordon Obie Bristow of Big Spring to the Texas Liquor Control board. The announcement followed the resignation of G. N. Jack Little of Amarillo after a Fort Worth nightclub incident and related charges. Bristow, an independent oil operator and former Big Spring High School teacher and coach, must be Senate confirmed.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
J. Gordon
Obie) Bristow
Big Spring
Texas Liquor Control Board
G. N
Jack) Little
Amarillo
Little
Fort Worth
Jester
Jack Love
Bristow
Senate
Woman Dies from Auto Truck Collision in Pyote
Leta Faye Arnold 19 of Kermit died from injuries after an auto truck collision near Pyote around midnight Wednesday. Neva Rose Walker of Kermit is critically injured. The death was delayed due to ice storm communication failures.
Guaranteed watch repairs advertisement
King’s Jewelry offers guaranteed watch repairs with a four day service. The ad promotes prompt, reliable service for timepieces.
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King’s Jewelry
Adv
Outstanding Young Man of 1948 honored in Lubbock
Gene Quest received the Jaycee Award as Outstanding Young Man of 1948 at a regional Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet in the Hilton. Quest, 31, owns a company and was chosen from four nominees after extra judges aided the selection. He led scouting efforts as district commissioner and chaired safety drives that trained 2,000 youths.
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Jaycee Award
Gene Quest
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hilton Hotel
Jaycee
Quest
E. N. Jones
Texas Technological College
Horace Gearhart
Lubbock Jaycees
Melvin Evans
Bill Hams
Lubbock
Ernest F. St. Clair, Jr
Roy Bass
A. B. Watkins
Jaycees
Texas
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Victoria
Tex
State Jaycee
Wichita Falls
Jim Brown
Abilene
Regio
South Plains
Lions Club
Study of Cotton Quotas Pushed in Congress Debate
Rep Pace urged repeal of the Aiken farm bill in a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing. He argued the law's two core ideas threaten the economy by using bankruptcy to control farm prices and prompting shifts to other crops. Pace said the department will outline Jan 24 its acreage goals and program details with hearings slated to start Jan 26.
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Washington
Pace
D-Ga
Congress
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Department
Rep
Gatherings
D-Ark
Abernathy
D-Miss
Israeli Delegates Reported On Way To Lebanon For Armistice
Israeli delegates were reported en route to the Lebanese frontier for an armistice talk with Lebanon. The Arab front against negotiations appeared fractured after Egypt's Rhodes delegation. If an accord is reached, Lebanon may be invited by UN mediator Dr Ralph Bunche to join Rhodes talks.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Arab Front
Israel
Egypt
Rhodes
Ralph Bunche
Togliatti Says Atomic Bomb Not a Deterrent Now
In Bologna on January 15 Italian Communist Party chief Palmiro Togliatti declared the atomic bomb no longer a deterrent. He argued the United States and Britain could not wage war, predicting they would be defeated immediately if they tried.
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Bologna
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
United States
Britain
Stanolind Hosts Open House in Lubbock Building
Stanolind Oil and Gas and Stanolind Pipe Line plan a public open house Monday at their new two story district offices at 1628 Nineteenth in Lubbock. Officials from Tulsa including J L Burke J L Shoemaker C M Scott R W Ellison George Ewing P E Carrishers and A C Sailstad will attend and tour the city. The event runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with entertainment arranged by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.
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Stanolind
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Stanolind Pipe Line Company
Lubbock
Tulsa
J. L. Burke
J. L. Shoemaker
C. M. Scott
R. W. Ellison
George Ewing
P. E. Carrishers
A. C. Sailstad
Stanolind Oil Purchasing Company
Rural Road Plan Stirs Tax Issue
A Texas rural road program sparks tax debate as Rep. C. S. McLellan pushes for all weather roads beyond current plans. Gov. Jester seeks $9 million emergency funds for rural school aid amid bills requesting $20 to $40 million for rural roads.
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Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Austin
House
Jester
Senate
McLellan
Eanes Resigns State House Seat Over Ill Health
Gov. Jester accepts the resignation of J. R. Eanes of Comanche from the 104th district citing ill health. Eanes, elected last November to replace W. E. Heatly, will have a special election once a proclamation is issued. Kane's district covers Comanche and Mills counties.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
J. R. Eanes
Comanche
Eanes
W. E. Heatly
Jester
Kane
Mills Counties
Body Of San Angelo Man Found In Plane Crash
The body of J. W. Thomas Jr., 35, of San Angelo, was found beneath his badly wrecked plane on a ranch near Albany. He was chief observer for a Stanolind Oil and Gas Co. field crew and had departed from San Angelo last Sunday toward Tulsa during a West Texas ice and snow storm. Sheriff Charles H. Arendt said the plane lay in a canyon between two hills and was discovered by Vaughn Moore and G. P. Crutchfield while hunting on the Jim Nail ranch eight miles north west of Albany.
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Albany
J. W. Thomas, Jr
San Angelo
Thomas
Vaughn Moore
G. P. Crutchfield
Jim Nail
Liberal Leaders Score Bevin Over Palestine Policy
In London on January 15, Liberal leaders attacked Foreign Secretary Bevin at a rally, urging immediate recognition of Israel and backing Israel’s UN membership bid. Sir Andrew McFadyean, party president elect, said Bevin’s policy shows intense dislike of the Jews.
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London
INS
Bevin
Britain
Israel
Andrew McFadyean
Palestine
Former Progressive campaign manager seeks police protection
William Clifford Holmes a 30 year old former Progressive party campaign manager appealed for police protection in Newark New Jersey saying he has received threats from Communist leaders. Essex County detective chief Clarence Merrell said Holmes asked for a guard for his wife and infant son.
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Newark
N. J
Progressive Party
Essex County
Clarence Merrell
William Clifford Holmes
Meeting Is Set Monday for Capital Welfare Moves
Leaders place school aid and rent controls at the top of the post inaugural congressional agenda. Senator Lucas says a White House meeting with President Truman will outline a schedule, with rent controls and export import limits seen as urgent. Hill predicts Senate action on a $270 million education aid bill and a push to revise Taft-Hartley after committee clearances.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Ashington
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
White House
Truman
Taft
Hill Td-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Hill
House
Thomas
Utah
Sparkman
D-Ala
Driver Booked On Six Charges After Auto Runs Wild
A Louisville driver struck two children and several vehicles before bystanders captured him. Patrolman Sherman Rasmer booked the driver on two assault and battery charges and four counts including reckless driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Sherman Rasmer
Five Injured In Traffic Mishaps
Five persons were injured, none seriously, in three Saturday traffic mishaps. Cyril Unger, 7, suffered a broken tooth, fractured nose, and lip cut after a 2300 block Main collision and was taken to St Marys hospital. A youth darting from a parked car was struck by Annielee Clark, 44, of 2711 Twenty first. Another pedestrian, 18 year old Herman Laxon, was treated at West Texas hospital after being struck by Max B. Stegar, 18, of 2809 First Street while walking to avoid mud on North First Street. Page 10.
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Cyril F. Unger
Main
McDonald
St. Mary's Hospital
Annielee Clark
Herman Laxon
Lubbock
Amarillo Man Charged With Murder After Ozona Shooting
Olin Northcutt 44 of Amarillo faces murder charges in the fatal shooting of J. D. Freeman 40 in Ozona at 11 p m. Freeman worked for Freeman plastering crew on the new Ozona Methodist church. Northcutt bound over to the grand jury with $5 000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing. Sheriff Earnest noted a prior argument over a wage dispute.
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Ozona
Olin Northcutt
Amarillo
J. D. Freeman
Freeman
Northcutt
Bill Johnigan
W. O. Earnest
Earnest
New Ozona Methodist Church
Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture named for Jones
Don L. Jones, superintendent of the agricultural experiment station, is selected as 1948 Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture by Progressive Farmer. Editor Eugene Butler cites Jones foresight and leadership in mechanizing cotton harvesting, developing power driven strippers, and breeding storm proof cotton to cut labor costs on the High Plains. See Jones Page 10.
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West Texas
Don L. Jones
Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas
Progressive Farmer
Dallas
Eugene Butler
Jones
High Plains
Chinese Reds Capture Tientsin Threatens Government
The Chinese Communists seized Tientsin, intensifying pressure on Chiang Kai-Shek's government amid calls for surrender terms. Nanking prepared an emergency session as Pengpu fell and rail routes to the Yangtze were opened to Reds. Officials moved gold and personnel to FosmoSA and Hengyang as foreign efforts for peace faltered.
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Seymour Topping
Associated Press
Anking
Tientsin
Executive Yuan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Pengpu
Huai River
Defense Ministry
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Manchuria
Yangtze River
Formosa
National Defense Ministry
Hengyang
Foreign Office
Two Men Jailed On Theft Charge
Two 23 year old men Rufus Doyle Eady of San Angelo and Shirles Roy Belt of Sweetwater were held on $1000 bond each for theft of property valued over 50 dollars. They allegedly stole a car from Leon Jones of 1608 Broadway Friday night. Police arrested them near Nineteenth and Jefferson early Saturday after Jones notified police his car was missing.
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Rufus Doyle Eady
San Angelo
Shirles Roy Belt
Sweetwater
LeRoy Boling, Jr
A. W. Salvars
Leon Jones
Broadway
D. W. Robertson
Robertson
Roy A. Thompson
Robert Brasher
Nineteenth
Jefferson
Jones
Second Largest Per Capita School Payment Made
A $10 million plus payment was issued to Texas schools today from the available school fund. It totaled $7 per capita for 1,524,128 students, the State Superintendent said, marking the second largest per capita payment in history and the fifth payment of the year under the $55 per capita authorization.
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Austin
Texas
L. A. Woods
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