Truce talks stall over prisoner exchange in Korea
United Nations accuses Communists of blackmail and demands talks on prisoner exchange begin Tuesday. Joy appoints subcommittee representatives as UN and Communist delegates prepare to meet. Weather and snow hindered operations as East-Central front saw routine patrols and Korean forces reported high enemy losses since Operation Rathole. American Sabrejets tracked MiG-15s but no air combat occurred.
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William P. Nuckols
Washington
Truman
Chiefs of Staff
Joy
United Nations
8Th Army
Korea
Global disarmament talks reach critical stage
United Nations General Assembly President predicts the 10 day disarmament talks report will have serious significance. The political committee will review it Tuesday amid cautious optimism for future east west participation in a new UN disarmament commission.
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Pais
France
General Assembly
Luis Padillo Nervo
United Nations
Groesbeck Fire Claims Five Year Old Victim
A five year old Black boy died in a Groesbeck house fire Saturday night in the Methodist Flat area. Two other children escaped with minor burns as flames engulfed a small frame residence just after 10 30 p m. Sheriff Bill Green says the cause is not yet known and the child was believed trapped in his bed. Funeral services for by James were held at Lone Star Cemetery with Connally Shelton Funeral Home handling burial arrangements.
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Groesbeck
Bobby Ames Dason
Jeff Davis
Bill Green
Largest and most valuable crop produced in Kentucky is corn
The statement notes that corn is Kentucky's largest and most valuable crop while a poetic line reflects stars dying out slowly, suggesting a contrast between agricultural reliance and fading celestial light.
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Kentucky
Funeral Rites Planned For Miss Helen Wright in Mexia
Miss Helen Wright of Mexia will be laid to rest tomorrow at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Madden officiating. Burial follows at Prairie Grove cemetery. Riddle Funeral Home in charge. Survived by four brothers G E Wright H E Wright J L Wright Earl Wright and sister Mrs T J Moody.
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First Baptist Church
Helen Wright
Mexia
Tom Madden
Calvary Baptist Church
Prairie Grove Cemetery
Riddle Funeral Home
Gene Womack
Blake Smith, Jr
Jack Phillips
Marvin Rogers
C. G. Roberts
Aubrey Franklin
Frank Beeson
Phil Karner
Miss Wright
Prairie Grove
Belton College
Baylor University
Wright Insurance Firm
G. E. Wright
H. E. Wright
Fort Worth
J. L. Wright
Denton
Earl Wright
T. J. Moody
Mexia Hosts Regional Band Clinic Draws 475 Students
Four hundred seventy five band students from 16 Region 3 high schools attended the Mexia regional music clinic held Saturday. Mexia High School director Ross Whitehead credited instructors from Bastrop La Vega Arlington State College Texas Christian University and Baylor for a successful event. A mass rehearsal featured 110 students with Tommy Johnson named to the All-State band roster for Mineral Wells February 6 to 9 and Dogie Wayne Curry chosen as snare drum alternates.
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Mexia
Ross Whitehead
Bastrop
la Vega
Arlington State College
Texas
TCU
Baylor
City Auditorium
Tommy Johnson
Mineral Wells
Dogie
Wayne Curry
Mexia Men Attend Farm Rental Clinic
Rex Carpenter and Ralph Jones of Mexia along with County Agent M. H. Brown attended a farm rental agreement clinic in Corsicana on Friday. The session covered division of rent on new crops developed through soil conservation practices in recent years.
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Rex Carpenter
Ralph Jones
Mexia
M. H. Brown
Corsicana
Cotton Crop Seen At 15.29 Million Bales For 1951
The Agriculture Department estimated this year’s cotton output at 15 290 000 bales down 481 000 from last month. Acreage in cultivation on July 1 put at 27 997 000 acres with abandonment at 4.6 percent. December state predictions and pre December ginnings are noted amid frost damage in Arkansas and Tennessee. A yield of 274.5 pounds per acre is projected.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Missouri
Bureau of the Census
Bible Class Meets Tomorrow Evening at Rev Corn’s Home
Tehaucana community Bible class gathers at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Rev. A. R. Corn’s home to study the lesson “God Gives the Law.” All are welcome. this will be the last lesson until after New Year’s. The class usually meets on Thursday nights.
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Tehaucana Community Bible
A. R. Corn
Corn
Winter Weather Sweeps Texas Cooler Temperatures Spread
The United Press reports a cold wave in Texas easing after lows near 13 to 34 degrees in parts like Amarillo and Mexia. Cloudy skies and scattered light rain affected Central and South Texas with forecasts for continued cold and a low around 32 tonight in the Corsicana Mexia area.
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Weatherman
Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Amarilla
Mexia
Waco
Bryan
Austin
San Antonio
Cotulla
del Rio
U. S
Dallas
Corsicana Mexia
Fire prevention program at Mexia Lions club
A fire prevention information program will be presented at the Mexia Lions Club tomorrow at noon by delegates from the North Texas Insurance Field Club in Dallas. Phil Karner serves as program chairman for the week.
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Mexia Lions Club
North Texas Insurance Field Club
Dallas
Phil Karner
Truman Experts Map Korea Policy Amid Tax Scandals
President Truman summoned top advisers and Joint Chiefs to plan strategy for breaking the Korean armistice deadlock and prisoner exchanges while facing a growing tax scandal crisis. Atty. Gen. McGrath to visit. possible bipartisan clean up of the Internal Revenue Service discussed to restore public confidence. Police secrecy surrounded White House meetings. no policy decisions announced. Caudle testified about an alleged $500,000 tax shakedown plot involving Abraham Teitelbaum and others.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
James E. Webb
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
White House
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Coolidge
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Defense
Robert A. Lovett
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Joseph Short
Korea
Rey. West
Toay
Atty
T. Lamar Caudle
Chicago
Abraham Teitelbaum
Caudle
House
Ways and Means
Frank Nathan
Florida
Nathan
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
Fla
Teitelbaum
Violent Deaths Rise to Seventeen in Texas Weekend
A high speed crash near Kilgore killed two, lifting weekend violent deaths in Texas to at least 17. Boating deaths at Lake Texoma left four missing. eight traffic victims, two plane crashes, two fatalities by fire, and five other causes. Eunice Eaton died trapped by home fire. Bert M Adams perished in Sicana fire, believed smoking started it. In San Antonio, Howard G Williams, 41, was shot by home intruder suspect W B Osborn. Kilgore victims were Willie Williams and Mable Hilburn. Missing West Texas youths from a Texas boat capsize. one survivor. Plane victims include RAF pilot unnamed after Goodfellow crash and Maj G M Webb dies near Amarillo in snow.
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Kilgore
Texas
Lake Texoma
Eunice Eaton
Fort Worth
Bert M. Adams
Cor- Sicana
San Antonio
Howard G. Williams
W. B. Osborn
Tander
Willie Lee Williams
Mable Hilburn
Williams
Funeral Services Held In Mexia For Jaye E. James
Funeral services were conducted at the Corley chapel Mexia for Jaye E. James 67 lifelong Bi Stone area resident who died in a Tea gue hotel Saturday morning. The Rev J I Patterson of the First Methodist church led the rites with Springfield Masonic lodge in charge at the grave in Prairie Grove cemetery. He was born February 26 1884 at Shiloh son of the late Mr and Mrs Meredith James pioneer Shiloh settlers. Surviving are a daughter Mrs J S LaFevere Coleman a sister Mrs W S Curlee Fort Worth an aunt Mrs C W Delo Mexia and two grandchildren. Virginia has 4092 miles of rail roads West Virginia 3696 miles.
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Corley Chapel
Mexia
Jaye E. James
Bi-Stone
Teague
J. I. Patterson
First Methodist Church
Prairie Grove
Springfield
Shiloh
Springfield Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
J. S. LaFevere
Coleman
W. S Curlee
Fort Worth
C. W. Delo
First Automobile Death in U S History
The 1899 death of Henry H. Bliss in New York marked America’s first automobile fatality. The incident occurred September 13 when Bliss, 68, was struck by a car while helping a companion off a trolley. A century later the toll nears one million, mirroring a long rise in vehicle fatalities.
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N. Y
Henry H. Bliss
Midtown Manhattan
Bliss
Wall Street
Miss Lee
Harlem
Garrick
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4Th Street
United States
Arthur Smith
New York Herald
America
U. S
Rich Widow Faces Trial In Shooting Of Second Husband
Mrs Rebecca Doswell 52, widow of Dallas oilman Tom W. Doswell, indicted for murder with malice over his August death in a Cadillac behind a city hotel. She claimed the pistol fired accidentally while in the car for protection. Doswell’s will left most of the estate to his brother. she had been previously widowed once before.
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Rebeccah Doswell
Tom W. Doswell
Dallas County
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Swank
Will Fritz
Dosweill
Houston J. Doswell
Weatherford
Parren M. Morgan
Morgan
Mexia Woman's Mother Dies. Services Set at Whitney
Mrs. Fannie Hart, 96, died in a Whitney hospital last night. She was the mother of Mrs. Lee Ferguson and great aunt of Mrs. L. Tripp of Mexia State School and Home. Services are planned tomorrow at 3 30 p m in Hillsboro.
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Fannie Hart
Whitney Hospital
Lee Ferguson
L. Tripp
Mexia State School
Abdullah Learns To Compromise In Egyptian Marriage
In Calro Egypt Abdullah King of Texas says he has found harmony by letting his 12 day bride Egyptian belly dancer Samia Gamal take charge. Samia declares the woman should always be the boss and heads the family. Blood donors urged for an ill Mexia hospital patient. A type or A and B donors requested by Limestone county Red Cross. Miss America 1951 Colleen Kay Hutchins to ride on a world peace float with foreign born girls in Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade on New Year day.
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Calro
Egypt
Sheppard Abdullah King
Texas
Samia Gamal
Samia
A. W. DeGuire
Limestone ‘County
Red Cross
Brown Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Pasadena
Miss Hutchins
America
Maceo Gang's Gambling Trial Delayed To March
Galveston awaits the next March for felony gambling charges against 16 Maceo empire members and three others after a docket crowded with 74 cases. A Galveston county grand jury returned 24 indictments following a two month probe into gambling and vice. In Texas City, a motion for a new trial on 320 stripped slot machines is set for December 17 as the state contests the judge's ruling on their status as gambling devices.
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Maceo Empire
Raymond Magee
Magee
Galveston County Grand Jury
Texas City
Justice of the Peace
G. P. Reddell
Texas
Ingers
Mexia Christmas Decorations Torn Down By Vandals
Vandals damaged downtown Mexia holiday decor tearing bows and greenery from lamp posts over the weekend. Merchants and Chamber of Commerce urge the public to report vandalism to Mexia Police and help protect decorations as stores plan Family Night shopping.
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Mexia
Boy Scouts
Chamber of Commerce
Bombings Prompt Tightened Miami Jewish Area Patrols
Police in Florida ordered heightened vigilance as patrols guard Jewish houses of worship in Miami after an unsuccessful dynamite attempt near a synagogue in Coral Gables. The suburban area earlier faced the same security concerns amid the surge in incidents.
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Miami
Fla
Sub
Coral Gables
Smooth talking survey man harasses San Antonio women
A man posing as a telephone survey taker calls San Antonio housewives asking embarrassing questions and using obscene language. A woman says his manner seems gentlemanly while he claims to survey lingerie preferences. The article notes Tennessee’s area of 42 246 square miles.
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San Antonio
T. J. Turner
Better Business Bureau
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