OPS to Allow New Price Hikes Across Clothing and Meat
Washington outlines further OPS actions to lift ceilings for many items as part of the new controls regime. Retail food prices rose by over one percent in early November, the December index showing sharp gains since 1935-39 baselines and preKorean outbreak levels. The Capehart Amendment authorizes manufacturers to adjust ceilings to cover cost increases tied to the Korean War period up to July 26.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Price Stabilization
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mexia Prepares Downtown for Yale Holidays Decorations
Clerks and scouts mobilize to dress Mexia for Christmas. A community tree funded by Mexia State School stands near the First Methodist church as Garden Club members under Mrs. Hubert Newberry arrange lights. Jaycee, Boy Scouts and others hang bows and greenery under Miss Dasa Ellington and Thurman Kerr. Tred Henderson wiring lights for Commerce Street stars. lights expected to glow this weekend.
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Mexia State School
First Methodist Church
Garden Club
Hubert Newberry
Jaycee
Boy Scouts
Dasa Ellington
Thurman Kerr
Miss Ellington
Cattle Disease In Freestone County Is Under Control
The white muscle disease that killed over 35 head of cattle in Freestone County over two weeks is nearly under control with grain feeding. Only four or five head were lost this week. Rain totaling about three inches aided pasture grasses, and Dr. C. M. Patterson of Texas A&M urged feeding corn wheat and grain sorghums to combat the disease to a group of about 325 farmers and stockmen.
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Freestone
J. H
Prize County
C. M. Patterson
Extension Service
Texas A&m
Mobilization Effort Praised by Defense Production Watchdog
Washington based congressional watchdog committee on defense production called the mobilization effort "an outstanding job" in a sharp nudge to the Senate Preparedness subcommittee. The praise underscores bipartisan support for rapid defense mobilization measures.
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Washington
Congressional
Committee On Defense Production
Senate
Homeowners Demand Air Force Move Base From Denver
Angry residents urge relocation of Lowry Air Force Base to reduce crash risk near homes. Citizens packed Graland Elementary School citing near misses and a B 29 crash that killed eight airmen and destroyed multiple houses.
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Air Force Move
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Wein Vues
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Lowry Air Force Base
Little Graland
Big Four Cooperation Sought by Mexico Leader
Paris dispatch reports President Luis Padillo Nervo of the United Nations General Assembly plans private talks with all four powers to bridge disarmament differences. The moves aim to ease strains among the Big Four during ongoing discussions in the capital.
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Berlin
Paris
Jules Moch
France
Philip’ Jessup
Andrei Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
NEA Telephoto
Luis Padillo Nervo
United Nations General Assembly
Too Many Men Blamed On Personality in Texas Court
Fort Worth report says a 23 year old woman with too much personality was ordered by a judge to drop one of her two husbands and to dismiss a third admirer. The ruling stems from a domestic dispute involving the multiple partners and public interference.
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Fort Worth
Claude Williams Dies in Mustang Community
Claude Williams 82 prominent farmer and lifelong Kosse area resident died at home. Funeral 2:30 tomorrow at his home with Rev. T. Barger of Teague officiating. Interment Kosse cemetery. White Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife, son Lionel of Houston, four daughters Neva Williams Alice Williams Ila Yates and Wilmer Pamplin.
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Teague
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Buck Williams
Ike for President drive picked up by Senate sponsors
The push to nominate Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the 1952 Republican presidency gained speed as Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas, after a European talk with Eisenhower, arranged a conference with Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to broaden the campaign. The U.S. Patent Office functions by congressional act as authorized by the Constitution.
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Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Eisenhower
Europe
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
U. S. Patent Office
Congress
Bombers Enduneventful 5000-Mile Nonstop Flight
At Carswell Air Force Base airmen returned from a 5000 mile nonstop mission from Sidi Slimane in French Morocco. Col Thomas Gerrity led the squadron with his plane among the last to land as crews debriefed in flying gear. Capt Clement Maloney described the voyage as uneventful despite 30 hours in the air and fatigue.
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Sidi Slimane
French Morocco
Africa
Lewis W. Rohr
11Th Bombardment Wing
Carswell
Morocco
Thomas P. Gerrity
Chicago
Col. Gerrity
Clement Maloney
Jacksonville
Til
Maloney
City Commissioners Move To Improve Mexia Water System
Mexia city commission approved issuing $50 000 in time warrants to fund water system upgrades and street maintenance. They will buy a pump and equipment for a new water well near the Ney water station and replace a pump at the Belknap plant. Bids for drilling the 450 foot double cashed gravel well will open in January.
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Sweatt
Ney
Belknap
Auarentee
Frank McKinney
E. B. Mosley
Gene. Womack
Howard Mace
James
R. Truett
World News Roundup From Multiple Fronts
Shipping bread to Alaska in insulated boxes with dry ice teases a global food trade note while Mt Hibok Hibok erupts in the Philippines and evacuations rise. Iraq Iran and Suez tensions flare as Kelly Mossadegh and Tehran clash with nationalist forces. US arms aid to Italy accompanies postwar power shifts as Churchill hints at British use of US atomic bases.
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Seattle
Alaska
Anchorage
Postmaster Blair Advises Holiday Mail Curb Delays
Postmaster Blair warns of heavy holiday mail volume as Mexia post office expected to rise from 3125 to 4250 pieces daily and peak near 12025. Windows open Saturday 4 AM to 1 PM. Christmas cards and out of state packages due by December 11 with local items due a week before Christmas.
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Blair
Mexia Post Office
Houston Population Forecast Surges in 1951
A metropolitan Houston survey estimates a total population of .874,000 for the metro area by January 1, with about 640,000 within the city limits. Harris County totals reach 806,701 and Houston city population 596,163 as of April 1, 1950.
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Houston
Harris County
Inco Halston
Falling Tree Kills Man Near Groesbeck Rites Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Roland Kent 32 will be held at the Shelton chapel in Groesbeck tomorrow at 2 30 p m He was killed yesterday when struck and trapped by a falling tree The accident halted bystanders from transporting him to Groesbeck hospital where he died two hours later Kent survived by his wife his mother Mrs Grace Kent Groesbeck two brothers D Kent and Norris Kent both Groesbeck and Dallas and two sisters Mrs Beatrice Shockley Groesbeck and Mrs Effie Mae Spikes Bryan The tree 20 inches in diameter at the base was moved by a wrecker and ambulance after a four mile run to the nearest road.
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Roland Kent
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David Helms
Grace Kent
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Norris’ Kent
Dallas
Forest Glade School To Present Program Friday Night
Forest Glade School will present a program of music singing fiddle playing and comedy by radio stars Friday night at the school to raise funds for school activities. The program starts at 7 30 p m and the public is invited.
Shiloh Singing Scheduled Sunday
Shiloh will host its regular second Sunday singing this Sunday afternoon starting at 2 o clock. Billie Sterling, president, invites all to attend.
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Billie Sterling
Archbishop Stepinac Freed After Five Years In Prison
Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, freed after serving more than five years in a Communist Yugoslav prison, said he would resign only if Pope Pius asked. He spoke after a first mass as a free man in Zagreb and denied details of prison life while criticizing radio depictions.
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Yugoslavia
Aloysius Stepinac
Pius
Graystone
Zagreb
Water Works Course Underway in Mexia City Hall
Mexia and surrounding towns enroll 26 water and sewage department employees in a water works short course at Mexia City Hall. C. A. Sanders and Aubrey Morris lead the classes earning 20 hours toward Texas sanitary licensing requirements. Marvin Turner of Austin to speak at a Central Texas Water and Sewage Association barbecue and meeting hosted by Mexia.
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Mexia
Aoenene
C. A.sanders
Nater
Tex
Aubrey ‘Morris
Central Texas Water and Sewage Association
Marvin’ Turner
Austin
Daniels
Oil Paintings By Mexia Children On Display Downtown
A window display in Mexia features oil paintings by seven to ten year olds taught by Mrs. Ralph Petty. Artists include Bobby Goodman Buddy Baty Walter Seyffert Royce Shamm Dickie Flatt Ann Matkin and Betty Withrow. Walter Seyffert contributed a self framed gold dust finish on his small picture.
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Ralph Petty
Withrew Company
Mexia
Mexia Welcomes New Church Minister Lawrence Crum
Evangelist Lawrence Crum of the McKinney Street Church of Christ is joined in Mexia by his wife and their four month old daughter. Mrs. Crum had been in Mississippi since the baby’s birth. Crum was named minister of the Mexia church two months ago and came from Baton Rouge.
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Lawrence Crum
McKinney Street
Reds Reject Discussion On War Prisioner Exchange
UN command charged Communists use Allied prisoners as hostages to extort concessions during truce talks at Panmunjom. North Korean General Lee Song Cho refused to discuss prisoners while the armistice issue remains unsettled. Allied pilots reported fighting in Mig Alley with several jets shot down or damaged as forces clash along the east-central front.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
Lee Song Cho
Cel Howard
Levie
International Red Cross
Wind erosion threat hits four million acres in Texas Oklahoma
Nearly four million acres in western Texas and Oklahoma face potential wind erosion danger with 178 500 acres already damaged. Louis Merrill of the Soil Conservation Service warned that recent dust storms signal more erosion through the winter, mainly in the Lubbock and Big Spring regions across parts of 20 southern high plains counties.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Louis P. Merrill
Soil Conservation Service
Lubbock
Big Spring
High Plains
Polio Epidemic Spurs Cleanup and Aid in Odessa
Odessa reports two new polio cases as medical aid arrives. The infantile paralysis epidemic has afflicted 68 people with nine deaths this year. Citywide cleanup cuts through miles of trash, burning about 3000 truckloads of rubbish. The text notes unusually high metal content in salvage.
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