Shivers Feels Traffic Safety Crisis Needs Public Action
Gov Allan Shivers at an emergency safety conference says highway deaths could end without stronger laws enforcement and warning systems. He urges a cultural shift to make deadly car killings as socially unacceptable as murder with a gun. Several Mexia leaders attend the meeting with local business and civic officials.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
United States
Texas
Shivers
Mexia
Ernie Deane
Mexia Daily News
D. F. Smith
C of C Safety Committee
James Stanford
Jaycee Safety Committee
Gordon Tyner
The
Jaycees
Thurman Kerr
C of C
Bill Eckhart
Wortham
Draft Board Fired After Refusing To Summons More Men
WOLF POINT Montana U P reports a three member draft board suspended after defying orders to induct Roosevelt county men Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey National Selective Service director ordered a five day investigation Chairman B Reid Taylor 50 labeled the action a heartache and mutinous reactions poured in praising his backbone The board had refused to draft until the nations full resources including the atom bomb were used in Korea marking the first draft board rebellion since the Korean war began
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Wolf Point
Mont
B. Reid Taylor
Roosevelt County
Taylor
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selectuve Service
Korea
Mexia Pioneer Dr Rice R Jackson Dies in Dallas
Dallas death of Dr Rice R Jackson pioneer resident of Mexia noted with funeral services set for 10 a m in Dallas and burial at Mexia cemetery at 2 p m Carley funeral home of Mexia handling arrangements Also a Lime Stone district Scouters banquet planned in Waco tonight with Gene Womack Limestone chair attended by about 40 Scouters.
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Rice R. Jackson
Mexia
Dallas
Carley
Funeral Home of
Limestone
Ge O Nae Ot
Waco
Gene Womacs
Limeston Chai
Couple stunned as wife billed gangland queen revealed
Kalamazoo Michigan chain of events centers on pharmacist C H Witters learning his wife Norah Mackie later known as Norah Fugger from Wichita Kansas is a fugitive safecracker and former gangland leader. Police say she headed a gang and was sought for assault robbery and parole jumping.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Kansas
C. H. Witters
Big Nora” Fugger
Wichita
Kan
Big Nora
Jai
Witter
Norah H. Mackie
Cleveland
US May Be Forced To Mobilize More Nat's Guard Units
US officials warn Korea reverses may necessitate mobilizing additional National Guard units. Speculation points to four or five infantry divisions and as many air groups, tied to forming a joint NATO army for Western Europe. Eisenhower expected as supreme commander amid broader guard deployments.
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Washington
Korea
Europe
U. S
Britain
Dwight ‘D. Eisenhower
Mart Soldier Killed in Action in Korea
Mr and Mrs Bert Shinault of Mart have been notified by the War Department that their son Pvt Bert Shinault was killed in action in Korea He had been reported missing in action last month while serving with the 24th Infantry division
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Mart
Spl
Bert Shinault
War Department
Pvt
Ko- Tea
24Th Infantry
Collins Optimistic on Korea After Tokyo Talks
Gen. J. Lawton Collins meets with President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee in Washington after visiting Korea and Tokyo. He says UN forces can endure without further serious losses and both leaders reaffirm no appeasement or aggression, focusing on European and Asian defense, economic ties, and stopping materiel shipments to cominform countries.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Truman
Britain
Clement Attlee
Korea
United Nations
Collins
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Europe
First Aid Classes In Limestone County Delayed
American Red Cross first aid courses scheduled for Limestone county begin this week but are postponed until after Christmas. Enrollment remains open with about 120 already registered. Classes will start in Mexia Groesbeck Coolidge and at the Mexia State school after January 1 with instructors Rip McKenzie Jack Schuh Mrs Edna Grimes Crawford Jesse McElroy and Mrs Lucille Estes.
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American Red Cross
Limestone County
A. W. DeGuire
Mexia Groesbeck
Coolidge
Mexia
Red Cross
Limerstone County
Rip McKenzie
Jack Schuh
Edna Grimes Crawford
Jesse McElroy
Lucille Estes
Mexia State School
MacArthur named governor of Ryukyu islands
All Around The World reports General Douglas MacArthur has assumed the post of governor of the Ryukyu islands in southern Japan per U S Joint Chiefs of Staff orders. A Nationalist conscription drive is cited in Formosa and Chiang Kai-Shek offers to lead a UN backed assault on mainland China to aid Korea. Britain France and the U S seek talks with Russia on world problems. Venice reports a heat tide flooding St Mark's Square with rising water and gondoliers enjoying business.
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Toxkyo
Douglas MacArthur
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Korea
Venice
Italy
Wage-Price Ceilings Studied by US Officials
Washington reports price controls may be prepared for use if needed but no immediate wage price freeze. Di Salle and Valentine hint action against GM and Ford if price increases persist. Auto makers meet next week to justify boosts of about 5 percent for GM and 5 to 7.1 percent for Ford. Federal Reserve chair McCabe notes installment restrictions helped curb inflation.
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Washington
Micheler
di Salle
Toledo
Alan Valentine
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Valentine
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
House
Senate
Committee On
Cotton Production for 1950 Falls to Half of Last Year
Washington reports the 1950 U S cotton crop at 9 884 004 bales about half of 1949 and above the November forecast Weather and insect infestation blamed for the short crop and a possible 1952 shortage unless farmers hit a target of 16 million bales The Novi 1 estimate for 1950 was 9 8 million bales and last year produced 16 128 000 bales with large surpluses creating a carryover of 8 800 000 bales.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Senate urged to defer excess profits tax
Business groups led by the National Association of Manufacturers and the U S Chamber of Commerce asked the Senate Finance Committee to reject or delay the 3.4 billion excess profits tax approved by the House. They urged deferral until a new Congress next year and proposed a flat corporate tax increase instead. The session also noted a House vote to exempt servicemen on furlough from the 15 percent federal tax on transportation tickets.
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Business and Industry
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Elsworth C. Alvord
Chamber
Congress
NAM
Release of American Prisoners Was Commie Propaganda Action
In Tokyo AP dispatch reports Chinese and Korean Communists used prisoner releases as propaganda. POWs were treated then sent back to lines with mimeographed sheets and hostile chatter about democracy, Roosevelt, and MacArthur. Soldiers recalled attempts to label leaders as war mongers and mock U S figures.
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Commie
Tokyo
Korea
Oliver B. Frawley
Pittsburgh
Russia
China
William T. Werner
Wichita Falls
Tex
U. S. 25Th Division
Mexia Students Win District FFA FHA Talent Show
Mexia High School students captured top honors at the District FFA and FHA talent show held in Corsicana High School auditorium. Acts included Giena Taylor's pantomime The Doctor's First Operation with Rosemary Lightsey on piano, Nelda Brunson and David Garner singing with Bubba Thompson on accordion, and Thompson's ventriloquism with Elmer.
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Mexia High School
FFA
FHA
Corsicana
Mexia
Giena Taylor
Rosemary Lightsey
Nelda Brunson
David Garner
Bubba Thompson
Young Thompson
Elmer
S. G. Orand
Sadie Jo Black
Sam Sowers
McKeith Displays New Pontiac and Gives Away Turkey
Earl J. McKeith Pontiac dealer shows the new 195? Pontiac at his 208 East Main street showroom and gives away a 15-pound baby beef turkey as a door prize.
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McKeith
Earl J. McKeith
East Main Street
Peggy Purcell Remains in Serious Condition
Peggy Purcell is still in a very serious condition at Scott and White hospital in Temple. Her father Ray Purcell said today she has received two blood transfusions and doctors expect another today. He noted she is suffering from disseminated lupus, a rare blood ailment.
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Peggy Purcell
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Ray Purcell
Purcell
Stop light planned after fatal Groesbeck wreck
A stop light will be installed at the Highways 14 and 164 intersection in Groesbeck after a deadly accident there. Denton, 10, of Fairfield, died in the Wednesday collision, according to reports from Groesbeck.
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Groesbeck
Spl
Rescue drive closes six miles from safety in Korea
In northeastern Korea a 20,000-strong U.S. Marine and infantry column trapped behind Chinese lines for over a week moved six miles from safety amid snow and air support. A second U.S. aid division column pressed from the south toward Hamhung as Chinese forces struck toward the escape route. Jet battles above Hamhung and reinforcements from Belgium Thailand and the Netherlands joined the multinational front as both sides tested positions near Pyongyang and the Hamhung corridor.
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Pyongyang
Seoul
Koto
U. S
Hungham
Chosin Reservoir
Chinnampo
Cros
Taedong
8Th Army
Wonsan
Tokyo
Korea
Navy
Marine Corsairs
Mamhung
Hamhung
Sinhing
Sinhung
Hamhung Complex
St. Ad
Handhung
1St Marine Division
7Th Infantry
Samdung
8Th
Thailand
Teague Lumber Company to Rebuild After Fire
The South Texas Lumber company, damaged by a recent fire, will be rebuilt at its Teague yard, part of a Houston based chain. Company officials announced the plan to restore the Teague location.
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Teague Spl
South Texas Lumber ‘Company
Teague Yard
H Houston Suston Firm
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