Another Day in Mexia Weather and Parade Report
Dust clouds swept Texas with a triangle of low visibility from Austin to Corpus Christi. Temperatures dipped in southwest Texas with Salt Flat at 18 and Lubbock at 2. Santa Claus parade featured Black Cat Band, Mt Antioch float, and Mexia Fire Department truck with Santa arriving by air.
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Brownsville
East Texas
Santa Claus
Santa
Black Cat
Mexia State School
Mt. Antioch Baptist Church
Point Enterprise Girls
Mexia Fire Department
Friendly Aid Gent
Nationwide Weekend Weather Death Toll Reaches At Least 20
Icey winds and heavy snow across the Midwest and beyond caused at least 20 deaths in weekend weather accidents. Nine perished in plane crashes as the storm moved from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, bringing icy highways, downed lines, and widespread property damage.
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Iowa
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Death of J L Thompson to be observed in Mexia
Funeral services for J L Thompson 84 will be held Tuesday at 2 30 pm from the Mexia funeral home chapel conducted by Rev A W De py and Rev E L R Guire. Burial in City Cemetery with Riddle Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife two sons six daughters and many grandchildren. long list of relatives in Texas Oregon and Mexico. Pallbearers include grandsons J L Northcutt H F Adlam Malcolm Radley Henry G Miller Jr Fred Marcus Adlam Darwin Connell L D Morrison Jr Billy Gene Anderson. Thompson married to Mary Jane Rice in 1881 and lived in Mexia 39 years.
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J. L
Jake) Thompson
E. Rusk Street
A. W. Depy
Elr
Guire
Gordon
Riddle Funeral Home
Thompson
Jacob Levi Thompson
Menia
John Herm - Thompson
Salem
Oregon
C. F
Cleburne
Edna Patton
Poersonville
Mary Jane Rice
Personville
Mexia
J. L. Northcutt
Houston
H. F. Adlam
Lockhart
Malcolm Radley
Cleveland
Henry G. Miller
Fred Marcus Adlam
Darwin
B&PW Meeting With Mrs Don Brannan Announced
News service announced a public meeting with Mrs Don Brannan chairing and urged all members to attend a 7 30 pm session this evening.
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B&pw
Don Brannan
News Serice
Civil Rights Dispute Tests Truman in Party Strategy
The Civil Rights clash threatens to shake the Democratic Party as President Truman weighs premature action versus concessions. Southern Democrats seek limits on the plan, Republicans push full rights legislation, and minority groups urge strict platform promises, with the federal fair employment act a potential flashpoint.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Truman
Congress
Four East Texas Service Stations Robbed in One Night
A white male about 28 led a string of holdups at four East Texas stations totaling 507 dollars. Robberies occurred in Terrell Wills Point Palestine and Athens with 80 22 100 and 305 dollars taken respectively before a car matching the suspect's was found abandoned near Ennis as dawn approached.
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Texas
Highway Patrol
Terrell
Dallas
Wills Point
Palestine
Athens
Berlin power rift follows anti Communist resignations
Labor defiance by Berlin electrical workers forces Hans Witte to resign from the Board of Directors as Berlin’s municipal power administration splits between Soviet and Western sectors after a strong anti Communist vote in West Berlin. Western powers warn Security Council Berlin crisis remains unresolved.
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Paris
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Unclear fragment on Soviet power and ballot results
Vague OCR reading reports a ballot count with figures like 86.2 percent and 37 156 valid votes and references to Social Democrats and a 853.1M vote percentage amid election context.
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Bedet Im Pal
Santa Claus to be reached by phone in Mexia area
Mexia Daily News reports Santa will be available to area children by telephone. Call 924 at Mexia starting Tuesday night December 7 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each evening to speak with Santa directly and ensure he knows your requests.
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Santa Claus
Mexia
Red Radio Claims 22 Nationalist Divisions Trapped Near Nanking
Chinese Communist radio counters government reports near Nanking 130 miles away stating nationalist divisions are trapped and isolated while Chiang Kai-shek forces push Communist troops northwest toward the Yangtze defenses as reports of captured positions spread from the front.
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Nanking
Chinese Communist Radio
Nanking Teaay
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Chiang Kai-shek
Red Cross Honor Given to Texan for Meritorious Service
A Red Cross officer announced a Texan received the December award for meritorious service. The citation noted dedication and contribution to relief efforts.
Welles Advises Against Publishing Some Stolen Documents
Former Undersecretary Sumner Welles told House spy investigators that publishing certain stolen State Department microfilm could harm the nation. Welles spoke to Robert Stripling as hearings near, while State Department reps came to check the material. Whittaker Chambers and Agger Hiss faced a federal grand jury over copies found on Chambers Maryland farm.
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Hils Chambers
Uh Activities Committee
Washington
Time Magazine
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N. J
Donald
Fille Kay
Srt
Striplieft
Wiliam A. Wheeler
Ventura
California
Robert Appell
Baltimore, Md
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NEA
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Sumner Welles
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House Un-American Activities Committee
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Ager Hiss
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New York Federal Grand Jury
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Hearnes
Habet AL Lovett
Richard Moo Nixon
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Local Negro Charged With Murder After Fatal Stabbing
Mose Middleton, 63, died of a knife wound after a Saturday night fight in Mexia. L. C. Rhodes was charged with murder and attempted murder after wounding Middleton’s daughter Katie Lee Middleton. Rhodes and the girl received minor cuts and were jailed in Groesbeck.
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Mexia
Justice of the Peace
Ray Kirton
Kurton
Mose Muddleton
Trom
Katie Lee Middleton
L. C. Rhodes
Rhodes
Kirton
B. P. Lankford
Groesbeck
Lankford
Kirt
Kitteen
Limestone County Scouters Meet Tuesday Night
Jim Gaskin announced a Limestone County Scouters meeting for Tuesday night December 7 at 7 30 p m in the Ame Legion Room of the Mex Hall It will be the last meeting of the year and attendance is urged Rotary Directors will meet tonight at 7 30 p m in the National Theater offices chaired by Ryland Avcock Rotary President and directors to convene this evening.
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Jim Gaskin O. Waco
Limestone County
Ame Legion
Mex Hall
Rotary
Ryland Avcock
National Theater
Plane Crash Toll Feared to Rise to 22
United Press reports at least 13 people died in weekend plane crashes with authorities fearing the toll could climb to 22 as investigations continued.
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United Press
Expressman uses odd town names for Christmas tale
A Strange as It Seems feature narrates a Christmas story built from unusual U S town names. The Expressman lists places such as Noel in Utah old Style hamlets and many others from Texas to Mass to Missouri, weaving a peculiarly local holiday vignette that climaxes with a joke punchline and a nod to See EXPRESSMAN page 4.
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Expressman
U. S
Mexia Music Study Club Sponsors Christmas Cantata
The Mexia Music Study Club will sponsor a Christmas Cantata featuring church choirs. The event, directed by Charles Enlee and featuring the First Baptist and First Christian choirs, with Mrs Gran Barnett as pianist, is set for Tuesday at 7 30 in the community center.
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Mexia Music Study Club
Mexia Music Study
Wace
Lew
Metropoli
Charles Enlee
Aretta
First Baptist
Heather
A Charlesman
First Christian
Qran Barnett
Wn Methodist
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