Egyptian Government Orders Shoot on Sight in Suez Fallout
Cairo reports say the Egyptian government ordered police to shoot on sight any British army vehicle entering the Suez Canal zone amid two days of clashes that left over 170 dead or injured. Rioting students and workers surged in Cairo as schools shut and a national state of emergency was extended. Strong guards ring public buildings and embassies across the capital.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Canal Zone
Garden City
Uncle Sam Plans Prosecutions of 12 Texas Gamblers
Dallas report says at least 12 Texans will be prosecuted for failing to buy federal gambling licenses. Bureau of Internal Revenue agent James N. Cooner cites evidence from November as the basis for action. Most defendants likely hail from Orange and Galveston, with others in Houston Dallas and San Antonio. Louisiana applications numbered 5035 and Mississippi 80.
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Dallas
James N. Cooner
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Intelligence Unit
Cooner
Orange
Galves
Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Opens 1417 Mile Line
Chica gos public works commissioner opened a valve linking Falfurrias Texas to Chicago sending the first flow of natural gas through a new 1417 mile 30 inch pipeline. Texas Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Co. activated the $135 million line at ceremonies with 300 guests. Gas will serve six midwestern states with over 6.5 million people.
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Joliet
Professor’s pickiness ends in California divorce
Mrs Gladys Wesley, 27, wins divorce from psychology professor Dr Silas Tedford Wesley of the University of Southern California after testimony he held nude trysts with other women but refused to kiss her. The judge granted the divorce amid details of his affair with an attractive divorcee.
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Los Angeles
Gladys Wesley
Silas Tedford Wesley
University of Southern California
Odessa Keeps Up Fight on Polio
Odessa city owned trucks haul wash and debris from the citywide cleanup as the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation pledges more aid to curb the polio epidemic. Three more cases were admitted to the hospital Tuesday, raising this year’s total to 64 with 52 since November 1.
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Odessa
Clothing Drive for Mexia State School Continues Thursday
Mexia Future Farmers of America chapter resumes a clothing collection for Mexia State School and Home. Last week residents donated 234 items. this Thursday the drive covers the area between Ross and McKinney and between Tyler and Grayson streets, starting at 7 p.m. Phone numbers 6453 or 86 accept additional donations.
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Mexia State School
Mexia
Future Farmers of America
Mexia High School
FFA
Ross and
McKinney
Tyler
Grayson
Christmas Bonuses To Penney Workers Across Nation
J C Penney directors authorize a year end payout equal to two weeks pay for full year 1951 employees and proportional amounts for part timers and those with less than a year. Over 50 000 associates nationwide to receive the bonus December 15 including 31 at the Mexia store.
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J. C. Penney Company
Penney
John A. Latham
P .C. Penney Company
Penney Associates
United States
A. W. Hughes
Asso
Fires Destroy 300 Bales of Texas Cotton in Two Towns
Two fires on Tuesday in the South Plains area caused about 300 bales of stored cotton to burn. Loss is estimated around 50,000 dollars. At Texas Compress and Warehouse Co in Seagraves about 200 bales burned, while near Hale Center sparks from a burr burning set off a blaze at the Paymaster gin consuming about 100 bales and some seed cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
US Official Quits Under Fire Amid Tax Probe
Charles Oliphant chief counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue resigns amid attacks and rumors. House subcommittee chair Cecil King says no evidence of official tax shakedown involvement. Caudle linked to alleged fixing via Frank Nathan. King criticizes Caudle for not rejecting Nathan.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Oliphant
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cecil R. King
House
California
Democrat
T. Lamar Caudle
Abraham Teitelbaum
al Capone
Caudle
Frank Nathan
King
Nathan
Christmas Decorations Going Up Tomorrow
Street decorations for Christmas will be put up tomorrow night by Mexia Jaycees, Boy Scouts, and volunteers. Thurman Kerr and Casan Ellington co chair the decoration committee coordinating greenery on light standards and other areas. Helpers gather at Flatt's stationery shop at 7 p.m.
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Mexia Jaycees
Boy Scouts
Thurman Kerr
Casan Ellington
Flatt
West Texas dust storm cuts visibility and damages property
West Texas dust storm spread to Central and East Texas with 45 to 60 mph winds reducing visibility to a quarter mile in Lubbock and snapping power lines. Cities including Midland Abilene and Childress bore the brunt while Handley near Fort Worth reported outbuilding damage. A Pacific coast storm then moved east bringing cooler air.
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United Preas
West Texas
Central
East Texas
Mississippi River
South Plains
Aucsuayaiecamuyu
Lubbock
Big Spring
Childress
Midland
Abilene
Handley
Fort Worth
Dallas
Mexia
Bi- Stone
New Orleans
Oregon
Coos Bay
North Bend
Reedsport
Military shifts and political moves across Europe
Jane's reports a Russian jet force in East Germany and expanded air control in Eastern Europe. Iran sees oil commission resignations over selling nationalized oil to Russia. Tito frees Archbishop Stepinac from prison for wartime collaboration. Britain mourns 23 cadets killed and 19 injured after a bus crash into a marching column.
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London
Europe
Jane’s
Jane's
Russia
East Germany
Tehran
Iran
Government
Oil Commission
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Alois Stepinac
Britain
Texan Seeks Eighth Altar in Greece Union
Clarence Hillman a 48 year old Texan cotton ginner with five divorces plans to marry Samara Vogiatzaki 27 in Greece on December 10 after a year of letters. He first wrote to the girl via a soldier’s address and will bring his bride back to Texas before Christmas.
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Victoria
Greece
Clarence Hillman
Samara Vogiatzaki
Hillman
Miss Vogiatzaki
F Pettey Dies Services Set In Luling Tomorrow
I F Petty, 64, former resident of Mexia, died at his home in Luling yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be held in Luling tomorrow at 2 p m. He was district superintendent for the Humble Pipe line in Mexia and had worked 32 years for the company. He resided in Mexia until March when he went to Luling on sick leave. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
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I. F. Petty
Mexia
Luling
Pettey
Humble Pipeline Company
Mexia Lions Hear Ross Elementary Music Program
Miss Beverly Hollingsworth and five Ross elementary students presented a noon program for the Mexia Lions Club. The Ross quartet Freddie Brown Don L Ragland Jerry Hathaway and Lynn Hammer sang songs such as On Moonlight Bay The Crawdad Song and My Blue Heaven. Joann Smith played accordion selections Whispering Hope and Ave Maria. Miss Hollingsworth sang Ballin the Jack with Gordon Tyner at the piano. President Ben Altman presided.
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Beverly Hollingsworth
Ross Elementary
Mexia Lions Club
Ross Schoolboy
Freddie Brown
Don L. Ragland
Jerry Hathaway
Lynn Hammer
Moonlight Bay
Joann Smith
Texas Democrats seek $18,000 fund for 1952 activities
Texas Democrats plan to raise 18000 dollars quickly to establish a state headquarters and arrange for 1952 conventions. The goal was announced after a luncheon between Gov. Allan Shivers and party financial leaders. The state Democratic executive committee already signals anti Truman leanings.
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Texas
Austin
Allan Shivers
Suez Canal Crisis Deepens as Britain and Egypt Clash
UP Foreign Analyst Harry Ferguson reports the Suez crisis escalates with no clear UK or Egyptian solution. Britain clings to canal control for trade and strategic power while Egypt laments colonial restraints. Riots and guerrilla activity surge as international law favors Britain’s 1936 treaty rights, though Egypt seeks withdrawal. The stalemate risks wider geopolitical shifts amid postwar anti imperial sentiment.
Oil Tests Stoke Optimism in Bi Stone Area Drilling
Three oil well tests in the Bi Stone region offer hopeful signs this week with activity near Teague and in the Oletha field. Texas Company's No. 1 Georgia Cox tests below 7300 feet after gas distillate shows in Pettit and Dodessa formations. No. 1 White drills below 12200 feet with a sulphur gas show in Smackover. Pure Oil No. 1 Rufus Howard west of Teague reports gas and distillate from Pettit and Travis Peak. Pure Oil plans a second well nearby. Humble No. 1 Fred Marberry near Kirvin continues drilling past 8600 feet. Carter-Gregg No. 1 J T Kent near Eureka reports casing at 6932 feet after oil shows.
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Bi- Stone
Teague
Oletha
Texas Company
Georgia Cox
Pettit
Dodessa
Oretha
Travis Peak
Pure Oil Company
Humble Oil Company
Fred Marberry
Kirvin
Humble
Anna Watson
Freestone County
Carter-Gregg Oil Company
J.T. Kent
Eureka
Navarro County
Presbyterian Men Hear Church Talk in Mexia Meeting
Opinions of pastors and lay men from Texas Presbyterian churches on extending church work were discussed by First Presbyterian Mexia men after a talk by Rev. Warren R. Hall Jr. The monthly meeting, presided by Frank Connell, followed by a church supper. J. G. Coman was the program chairman.
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Texas
First Presbyterian Church of
Mexia
Warren R. Hall Jr
Frank Connell
J. G. Coman
Rain Increasing Generators Set At Eleven Points
Water Resources Development Corp of Denver coordinates an experiment to seed rain clouds across eleven sites in Central Texas. The Central Texas Rain Increasing Corp formed with Wyatt Hayter and others on its board seeks funds from farmers, ranchers, and businesses to support Limestone County’s share of the program.
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Water Resources Development Corporation
Denver
Colo
Central Texas People
Central Texas Rain Increasing Corp
Wyatt Hayter
Mexia
D. S. Long
Groesbeck
B. 0. McReynolds
Coolidge
Jim Hering
Methreger
J. S. Nussbaum
Ballinger
Brady
Bryan
Goldthwaite
Cuero
Austin
Llano
Kerrville
San Antonio
Junction
Waco
Limestone County
Red Cross Chapter Donates Gifts for Disabled Veterans
Limestone county American Red Cross chapter will collect and deliver Christmas gifts to disabled veterans in Waco and Marlin hospitals. Donors may contact the Mexia Red Cross office or bring items to the Mexia chapter to supply six pipes seven pairs of socks sizes 11 11 1 2, six handkerchiefs six neckties three boxes of stationery four medium and four large T shirts and related items.
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Limestone County
American Red Cross
Waco
Marlin
A. W. DeGuire
Red Cross
Communists Propose Neutral Observer Nations for Korean Armistice
Panmunjom reports indicate UN and Communist negotiators failed to discuss a prisoner exchange. Maj. Gen. Turner proposed a sub committee, but Lt. Gen Nam IL produced no instructions. Communists named five neutral states Denmark Sweden Switzerland Poland and Czechoslovakia as acceptable observers and debated ports of entry for monitoring truces. UN jet forces claimed ten Russian made planes destroyed or damaged as battle front showed a lull.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Howard M. Turner
Reds
Nam IL
Red
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
North Korea
Manchuria
Siberia
United Nations
Masons Of Texas Open 116th Annual Communication In Waco
Thousands of masons convene in Waco for the 116th annual Grand Lodge of Texas session. Grand Master W J Burris opens proceedings at the Grand Lodge temple as Haslett Platt Burke of Colorado Supreme Court delivers the day’s address. Gill Gilchrist of Texas A&M will become the new grand master.
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Waco
Grand Lodge of Texas
Springfield
Mexia
W. J. Burris
McAllen
Grand Lodge
Masonic Order
Haslett Platt Burke
Colorado
Maceo Gang Trials Set for December and January
Ten of 23 indicted on gambling charges are slated for trial December 17 with the rest on January 7 in Galveston. Court officials expect continuances due to a heavy docket as most defendants are linked to the Maceo empire.
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Maceo Gang
Galveston
Maceo Empire
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