House Members Move to Trim Foreign Aid Funds
Chairman John Taber of the House Appropriations Committee said a 590 million emergency foreign aid bill is too liberal and his panel would seek reductions. He planned to merge foreign aid funds with additional army occupation aid for Germany Japan and Korea and indicated the army request of 490 million might also be trimmed. Taber aimed to bring an appropriation bill to the House floor within a week to authorize the program without final funding yet.
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Washington
John Taber
House Appropriations Committee
New York Republican
House
Taber
Germany
Japan
Korea
France
Italy
Austria
Governor summons statewide highway safety conference
Governor Beauford H. Jester calls a statewide highway safety conference for March 19 to 30 in Dallas, tied to the Ninth Annual Texas Safety Conference. The event aims to reappraise the state traffic situation with committees forming in January to study and outline a program. Representatives from state and county governments as well as civic, business and industrial groups will attend.
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Austin. Tex
Beauford H. Jester
Dallas
Jester
Marshall challenges action on Germany by foreign ministers
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged the Council of Foreign Ministers to act now on fundamental Germany problems to end the current division. He challenged the ministers as they began the 10th meeting of the session and criticized Soviet statements urging an all German government.
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London
George C. Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Two Texas Stations Granted Class B FM Permits
The Federal Communications Commission granted Class B FM permits to Sky Broadcasting Service, licensee of KSKY Dallas, and KTBC Austin. The action also affected four other Texas broadcasting firms.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commit
Texas
Sky Broadcasting Service
KSKY
Dallas
KTBC
Austin
Steel Workers on Texas Coast Eye Wage Increases
James Dickerson, director of District 37 covering Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas, says about 10 000 steelworkers along the Texas coast will seek at least a 30 percent wage rise as living costs climb. The demands, to be filed early 1948, will be set at the district meeting in Houston. The CIO and Steelworkers have contracts with nine major firms in the area.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
James Dickerson
America
Dickerson
Oklahoma
Arkansas
CIO
Philip Murray
House Group Approves 2 Million Aid Bill for Hopi Navajo
The House Public Lands Committee unanimously backed a 2 million dollar aid bill for Navajo and Hopi Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. Funds would fund work programs and off reservation employment under Interior Department supervision aimed at urgent needs and expanded medical services for children and the blind and disabled.
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Washington
House Public Lands Committee
Arizona
New Mexico
Interior Department
Final Agreement on Migratory Labor Contract Reached
After 13 days of talks in El Paso, delegations from the United States and Mexico agreed on a new migratory labor pact to replace the expiring contract. Details were not released but an anti discrimination clause was expected. ratification by both governments is pending.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
Texas
Lone Star
House Demands Full Data on Shipments Abroad
The House approved a resolution directing Secretary Harriman to supply the Interstate Commerce Committee with full data on shipments abroad of scarce commodities and on unfilled foreign orders. The request covers farm machinery automotive equipment coal oil grain and building materials. Republicans oppose new inflation authority arguing current export policies raise prices.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Senate
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Committee
Government Issues Loyalty List of 78 Organizations
The government unveiled a master list of 78 groups branded as subversive by Attorney General Tom C Clark. Right wing and left wing groups appear, from the Ku Klux Klan to the Communist party and its fronts, to guide loyalty reviews for government employment.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Ku Klux Klan
The
Columbians
Communist Party
Clark
Truman
Ban on Christmas Carols Investigated in Brooklyn Schools
New York officials opened a probe into an assistant school superintendent's order banning certain religious Christmas carols and related items from holiday programs in 23 Brooklyn schools. The move affects about 20,000 of 30,000 district students amid the holiday display ban.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Isaac" Bildersee
Fox to Revise Forever Amber Amid Public Decency Protests
Spyros P. Skouras president of Twentieth Century Fox announced the studio would revise the film Forever Amber in response to protests by civic and religious groups who said the picture offended public decency.
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New York
Spyres P. Skouras
Twentieth Century Fox
Nine Deaf School Students Claim Abuse by Leader
The Texas School for the Deaf controversy enters its fifth day as nine students testify they were beaten or slapped by Superintendent Roger M. Powell. Supervisor F R Billingsley says he has seen Powell lose his temper but denies direct striking.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Control
Texas School For the Deaf
Roger M. Powell
Board of Control
Hall Logan
F. R. Billingsley
Billingsley
Powell
President Urged to Take Hand in Fight On Cattle Disease
Texas cattleman C E Weymouth told a House Agriculture Subcommittee that President Truman must use full government weight to secure Mexican cooperation against foot and mouth disease. He warned that if the disease reaches the U S border Texas land values could fall by about 1 9000000, and that entrance would imperil American livestock and meat supply.
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Washington
Truman
C. E. Weymouth
Amarillo
Tex
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Mexico
U.S
Texas
Weymouth
Cattle Industry
W. F. Mitchell
Albert, N. M
U. S
Air Secretary Symington tours western air bases
Secretary for Air W Stuart Symington continued his tour of western air force installations with stops at Alamogordo and White Sands New Mexico and Muroc California. He told reporters at Lowry Field the Air Force hopes to have 55 air groups in operational status by year's start.
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Denver
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Department of Defense
Alamogordo
White Sands
N.M
Muroc
Cal
Symington
Lowry Field
Air Force
Possible East Texas oil field shutdown hinted amid price fight
H P Nichols of the East Texas Oil Association signaled a possible field shutdown as industry leaders debated Sun Oil Company’s 50 cent crude price hike. North Texas Oil and Gas Association head J H S Bonner praised Sun, while Shell Oil President H S M Burns rejected any need for higher prices citing strong demand and no oil shortage.
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas
Sun Oil Company
H. P. Nichols
East Texas Oil Association
Sun
John G. Pew
J. H. S. Bonner
North Texas Oil and Gas Association
Houston
H. S. M. Burns
Shell Oil Company
Burns
Standby Power to Ration Coal and Oil Sought by Chapman
Acting Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman asked Congress for standby presidential powers to ration and price coal and oil to prevent a national economic catastrophe. He urged extended authority to allocate transport and immediate funding of 750000 dollars yearly to study fuel conditions. President Truman was to launch a voluntary conservation drive.
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Washington
Oscar L. Chapman
Congress
Senate
House Economic Committee
Chapmin
Truman
Syrian Parliament Votes to Draft All 19-Year-Olds
Syrian parliament voted to draft all 19-year olds into the army. Draftees face 20 months of service, with the president authorized to extend the term in wartime. Some youths may be discharged after three months if they pay a government levy of one thousand Syrian pounds.
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Damascus
Syria
Groundbreaking Set Today for Grapevine Reservoir
Grapevine Texas holds groundbreaking ceremonies at 3 30 p m for the 12500000 Grapevine Reservoir on the Trinity River. Army Corps of Engineers oversees construction with thousands expected to attend the flood control project highlight.
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Grapevine
Trinity
Tarrant County
Trinity River
Army
Corps of Engineers
Marseille Overwhelmed as 10000 French Troops Enforce Strikes
In Paris the French Council prepared to pass a measure to curb sabotage as 10000 colonial troops moved into Marseille to quell strike violence. Guards secured St Charles station while civil service workers nationwide joined the stoppage thrashing the economy.
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Marseille
Paris
France
St. Charles
Strode Adoption Declared Void by 77th District Court
In Groesbeck Judge Fountain H. Kirby voided the adoption of four year old Elaine by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Strode of Mexia. The Strodes had received adoption papers on August 13, 1947. An appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals in Waco was announced once hearing preparations are complete.
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77Th District Court
Groesbeck
Fountain H. Kirby
Elaine
J. W. Strode
Strode
Council For the
Blizzard Strikes Northern States. Texas Sees Sunshine
Northern states endure season's worst blizzard while Texas enjoys sunshine and fair skies. Weather Bureau notes Texas remains largely unaffected aside from recent wet conditions from the northern disturbance.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Lone Star
Bagdad Riot Believed Set Off by Reds
The State Department reviewed reports that the destruction of the U S information services office in Bagdad was Communist inspired. Officials gave no comment on the reports but diplomats noted that Iraqi officials had raised the suspicion of communist agitation.
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Bagdad
Washington
State Department
U. S. Information Services
Information Office
Iraq
Horace K. Jackson Chosen Grand Master of Texas Masons
Horace K. Jackson of Gatesville was elected and installed as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas during a three day Masonic convention in Waco. The year includes plans to build a memorial Temple in Waco costing 1 716 000 dollars. Other officers elected were Hugh Craig Fort Worth Deputy Grand Master Albert Delange Houston Grand Senior Warden Gabe P. Allen Dallas Junior Warden J J Gallaher Waco Treasurer and George Belew Waco Secretary.
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Waco
Grand Lodge of Texas
Horace K. Jackson
Gatesville
Masonic Order
Jackson
Texas Masonry
Hugh Craig
Fort Worth
Albert Delange
Houston
Gabe P. Allen
Dallas
J. J. Gallaher
George Belew
Tel Aviv Attacked Amid Partition Protests in Palestine
In Jerusalem on December 5 Arabs attacked Tel Aviv during partition protests. Moslems across Egypt and Lebanon rallied against partition, praying in sabbath services as clashes spread. Armed Jews and Hagana clashed with Arab fighters. three Jews were killed and several wounded. Arab casualties also reported.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Lebanon
Palestine
Middle East
Jaffa
Hagana Defense Force
France faces broad civil service strike amid reform clash
Three groups of civil service workers began a five day strike protesting a government reclassification that raised wages but did not meet demands. Union adds 1.2 million to 2 million already out in France as security forces brace for possible violence in four southern provinces. Premier Schuman seeks anti strike measures with council approval likely. Strikes seize St Etienne area causing factory occupation and traffic control as authorities fear a broader uprising.
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France
Robert Schuman
Council of the Republic
Ariege
Pyreness
Orientales
Aude
Tarn
St. Etienne
Rhone Valley
Lyon
Texas Democrats threaten walkout over tidelands stance
At a called Texas Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Austin on December 5, party leaders debated submerged lands policy amid exchanges between Governor Beauford H. Jester and National Chairman J. Monard McGrath. Jester warned the state would withhold support if the national administration pursues invasion of states rights in tidelands.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
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