Santa Claus to Visit Mexia for 1947 Parade
Santa Claus will ride down Commerce Street in Mexia at 3 30 p m Thursday for a grand Christmas parade hosted by the Mexia Chamber of Commerce. More than twenty clowns will distribute candy from over 10 000 sticks Zz floats from 86 business houses churches plan biblical scenes with prizes of 15 10 and 5 dollars for the top church floats leading the procession by the Mexia Black Cat Band.
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Santa Claus
Commerce Street
Mexia
Edwards
First Methodist
Ben Jackson
Fort Smith
Sparks Jenkins
Mexia Black Cat
Ralph Burford
Salvation Army
Riots erupt in Palestine and Paris crisis deepens
Arabs and Jews clash in the Jaffa Tel Aviv area with seven Arabs and three Jews killed and many wounded as British troops attempt to quell the battle. Jewish Agency plans to boost Jewish immigration to Palestine to 10 000 monthly with British cooperation. In Paris, 80 000 reservists mobilize amid fears of communist unrest tied to a train wreck near Arras and a planned march on the National Assembly.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Egypt
Cairo
United States
America
No Man's Land
Paris
Arras
National Assembly
Assembly
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Assebly
Major Oil Firms Not Meeting Sun Oil Price Move
In Dallas on December 3, traders reported that no other large buyers had matched Sun Oil Company's 50 cent per barrel price rise. Market sentiment suggested postings would not reach Sun Oil's new $2.65 level set last Friday.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Sun Oil Company
Sun
Selected Stocks Report Includes Major Movers
American Airlines 74 percent AT&T 152 percent Anaconda 34 percent Chrysler 60 73 Comw & Son 25 6 Gen Motor 57 54 Phelps Dodge 44 4 percent Phillip Pet 55 Pure Oil 24 percent Sears Roebuck 37 percent Sinclair Oil 15 44 Sun Ray Oil 9 percent Tex Pac Co & Oil 41 percent Humble Oil 67 34 Lone Star Gas 20 percent
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American Airlines
At&t
Anaconda
Chrysler
Comw & Son
Gen Motor
Phelps Dodge
Phillip Pet
Pure Oil
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sun Ray Oi
Tex Pac Co & Oil
Cures Humble Oi
Lone Star Gas
Markets At A Glance
Stocks slip in quiet trade as bonds show mixed results. U S governments did not trade. Curb and Chicago stocks move irregularly. Silver remains at 745.5 cents in New York. Cotton futures steady while grains in Chicago show irregular moves in wheat corn oats and barley.
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U S
Chicago
New York
Jester Sacks Full Quail Limit From Texas Hunt
Gov Beauford H Jester returned to Austin with a full bag of quail after two days in south Texas He began the season on the Mills Bennett Ranch near Falfurrias and reached the legal limit of bob whites in two and a half hours the first day and again yesterday.
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Austin
Tex
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Mills Bennett Ranch
Falfurrias
Bob Whites
Jones May Be Asked to Testify in RFC Probe
House Investigating Subcommittee led by George Bender may summon Jesse Jones former head of the Reconstruction Finance Corp to answer questions about wartime operations and possible irregularities in RFC wartime contracts. If needed Jones will be called to testify.
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Jesse Jones
RFC
Washington
George H.bender
House
Reconstruction Finance
Ohio Republican
Jones
Bender
Escape Convicts Hit Multiple States In Flight From Hospitals
In Springfield Missouri a two place Aeronca plane was stolen this morning. police link the theft to Charles McIntosh a 24 year old escapee from a Missouri mental hospital. In Kansas City three men robbed a filling station as authorities chase nine escapees from local institutions. Police say the convicts fled last night toward Arkansas with two dressed in women’s clothes.
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Springfield
Aeronca
Charles McIntosh
Kansas City
Highway 50
Here
Koensas
Missouri
McIntosh
Indiana
Arkansas
Medical ‘Center
Truman Arrives in Key West for Five Day Vacation
President Truman arrived in Key West Florida for a five day vacation during which he will dedicate the new Everglades National Park on Saturday. His DC 4 Sacred Cow landed at Boca Chica NAS at 1 pm after a four hour 48 minute flight from Washington. Weather was sunny with morning showers. Truman and staff had departed Washington at 8 12 am EST.
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Key West
Fla
President Truman
Everglades National Park
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Washington
Mr. Truman
Rails Ask Boost In Freight Rates
The nation’s railroads seek a three per cent freight rate increase, the third rise since July, lifting rates to 20 per cent above current levels. In five months they have asked for 17, 10, and 3 per cent hikes, while the Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 10 per cent temporary boost pending study of the first two requests.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Catholic Archbishops Bishops Named In Vatican Appointments
The Vatican named Msgr. Patrick A. O Boyle executive director of Catholic Charities in New York as the nation’s first Catholic Archbishop. Also appointed were Msgr. Louis J. Reicher of Galveston to head the new Diocese of Austin and Msgr. Wendelin J. Nold of Dallas as coadjutor bishop with right of succession to Galveston.
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Washington
Patrick A. O'Boyle
Catholic Charities
New York
Vatican
Msgr
Louis J. Reicher
Galveston
Tex
Austin
Wendelin J. Nold
Dallas
Sasima
New CIO Wage Drive Provokes Alarm in Congress
The CIO wage push alarms Congress as Republicans cite inflation risks and Democrats link it to the anti inflation program. CIO President Philip Murray pledged substantial wage increases, saying workers face a deepening inflationary crisis and denouncing claims that raises cause the crisis. While some lawmakers showed sympathy, overall reaction was cautious and unsettled.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Truman
Philip Murray
Murray
House
Senate
Molotov Charges U S Demos Invasion of Delaying Treaty Work
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov accused the United States of stalling the German peace treaty and urged the Big Four to submit draft treaties within two months. The proposal was dropped after no support and Big Four chairman Bidault called it outside today’s agenda. In Austin, Gov Beauford Jester warned Texans would not back the administration and the Democratic party if it pushes “invasion of states rights” over tidelands.
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London
V. M. Molotov
United States
Council of Foreign Ministers
Molotov
Georges Bidault
Austin
Tex
Beauford H. Jester
Democratic Party
Jester
J. Howard McGrath
Tidelands
Supreme Court
California
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Meyers' Dupe Questioned in Grand Jury Probe
T E Readnover the self styled dupe who accused retired Maj Gen Bennett E Meyers of war profiteering was called for questioning today at the Grand Jury inquiry into Meyers wartime business deals. The Brewster Hughes feud appears ready to flare again as the Senate war contract investigation continues.
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Washington
T. E. 'Readnover
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
Owen Brewster
Hollywood
Howard Hughes
Brewster-Hughes
Senate
Missing C-47: Search Continues Over Fractured Border Woods
In Frankfurt an overnight chase covered woods along the French border for a U S C 47 missing since Friday with 20 aboard. American and French planes quit the air search due to a storm after faint radio signals were reported. A prior location near Bitehe proved false as dense terrain hindered the hunt. The aircraft, carrying 19 military personnel and one civilian woman, departed Pisa last Friday en route to Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Bitehe
Pisa
Italy
Wholesale Food Prices Reach New High Mark
The Dow Jones style wholesale food price index rose to a new all time high in the week ending December 2. The index climbed to 7.117 from 7.06 the prior week, beating the 1946 corresponding level of 6.39 and surpassing the prior peak of 7.12 set on September 16. The index’s low was 1.49 on January 31, 1933.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Mexia Woman’s Father Dies in Bryan Funeral Held
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in Bryan for A. C. Capps father of Mrs. A. C. Brotherton of Mexia.
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Bryan
A. C. Capps
A. C. Brotherton
Mexia
Beat McGregor Pep Rally Plans In Mexia Thursday
Mexia High School students and locals organize a 6 00 p m downtown rally in front of J C Penney to march to Mexia City Park led by the Black Cat band. A bonfire and songs accompany the celebration before fans travel to McGregor Friday for the bi district title game at 7 45 p m.
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Mexia High School
Mexia
McGregor
J. C. Penney and Company
Mexia City Park
Black Cat
Bus Accident Near Marlin Injures Eight People
A northbound Greyhound bus skidded on wet pavement, overturned in a cotton patch fourteen miles south of Marlin between Reagan and Bremond. Driver Charles Ross Duke of Houston and four injured passengers were taken to Bryan hospital. eight people overall were injured, none seriously.
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Marlin
Here
Greyhound
Brady Pamplin
Reagan
Bremond
Charles Ross Duke
Houston
Dallas
Duke
Bryan
Prison Official Carl Basland Resigns in Texas System Shakeup
Huntsville Texas December 3 Integrating changes in the Texas Prison System Chief Basland director of Classification resigns effective December 31. He leaves to seek other work as the new General Manager D W Stakes may appoint his own staff. Stakes indicates further resignations possible.
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Huntsville
Deg
Carl Basland
Bureau of Classification of
Texas Prison System
Basland
D. W. Stakes
Stakes
O. B. Bilis
Tennessee
Pert
Willesugenedy Stakes
Basldad
PHSGH
Government seeks help in Tokyo Rose treason case
The Justice Department urged Pacific veterans to identify Mrs. Ivan T. D Agino as the Tokyo Rose voice. They asked ex GI s to contact the FBI to aid in establishing a treason case.
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Washington
Tokyo
Use of RFC Funds For Europe Opposed
A government auditor opposed a proposal to spend 100 million dollars of Reconstruction Finance Corp funds to aid Western Europe until emergency aid is organized. Theodore Herz testified to a House subcommittee stating RFC would need treasury borrowing as it has no own funds and owes about 9 billion dollars.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Europe
Congress
Theodore Herz
General Accounting Office
Corporation
House
RFC
Herz
Treasury
No Attempt to Separate Siamese Twins in Indiana
Doctors announced that no separation surgery will be attempted on two baby boys born joined at the top of the skulls to a Bedford, Indiana couple. The twins, reported in Indianapolis, are believed to be the only such Siamese twins.
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Indianapolis
Io A
Bedford
Ind
National Maritime Union challenges Taft Hartley provisions
The National Maritime Union CIO asked Federal District Court to declare illegal the Taft Hartley act provision requiring union officials to file affidavits denying communist affiliation before using National Labor Relations Board services. In Amarillo Texas George W. Truman and Clifford E. Evans plan to depart for Oklahoma City after a four month world flight in their Piper Cub. their journey began in New Jersey last August and covered 22 foreign countries.
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Washington
National Maritime Union (Cio
Federal District Court
National Labor Relations Board
Amarillo
Tex
George W. Truman
Clifford E. Evans
Oklahoma City
New Jersey
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