Australians Oust Their Socialists
Australia swung right in a general election, ousting the eight year Labor government as Liberal and Country parties gain a clear majority of 68 seats in the 123 seat House. Prime Minister Joseph E Chiefley had not conceded by Sunday night, with Liberal leader Robert G. Menzies set to form the new government.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Labor
Liberal and
Country
House of Representatives
Liberal-Country
Communist Party
Britain
London
Winston Churchil
CST
Joseph E Chiefley
Robert G. Meade
Robert G. Menzies
Ordination Service At First Christian Church Sunday Evening
Newly elected elders, deacons, and deaconesses will be installed at a Sunday evening ordination service led by Dr. A. B. Horn of Corsicana. A song service at 6 p.m. precedes the rites. Elder emeritus WB Kendrick and honorary deaconess Mary Adamson receive installation. Other elders include Gran Barnett, J. E. Barnes, Fred Deitemeyer, David Fowler, Carl Noles, Tom Truelove, Don Quillen. Deacons are Ball Fowler, Val Horn, Hal Ivan, Earl Speer, Ross Whitehead, with deaconesses Mrs. Tom Truelove, Mrs. Hazel Burnett, Mrs. Fred Deitemeyer, Mrs. Mary Fowler, and Mrs. H. D. Forsh.
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First Christian Church
Paul E. Farrell
A. B. Horn
Christian Church
Corsicana
Teague
WB. Kendrick
Mary Adamson
Qran Barnett
J. E. Barnes
Fred Deilemeyer
David Fowler
Carl Noles
Tom Truelove
Don Quillen
Ball Fowler
Val Horn
Hal Ivan
Earl Speer
Ross Whitehead
Hazel Birnett
Fred Deitemeyer
Mary Fowler
H. D. Forresh
Capone prosecutor slain in apparent ambush
Cicero, Illinois June 45 year old Frank Christenson a former Cook County assistant state attorney who helped challenge the Capone syndicate was shot to death in what police termed a gang style ambush near his home in a Chicago suburb.
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Cicero, Jr
Capone Syndicate
Frank Christenson
Cook County
Attourney
Chicago
Milam Death Story Through Her Father's Eyes
Annie Milam died in her father's arms after a shooting in Mexia. M J McDonald says the killer, James Rudasill, should face the death penalty if found guilty. He describes waking to a car, finding his daughter bleeding, and her dying words inaudible. Dempsey wounded, Rudasill jailed without counsel, trial date unset.
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Annie Milam
Daily News
Annie McDonald Milam
Mexia Daily News
M. J. McDonald
James Rudasill
Mr. McDonald
McDonald
Glendale Street
Rudasill
McDonald House
Bill Green
Dempsey
Brown Hospital
Mexia
Milam
Special sale of 75 to 100 milk cows in Mexia Tuesday
Between 75 and 100 milk cows will be sold Tuesday afternoon in Mexia, announced June de Cordova of Groesbeck Mexia Live Stock Sales. The event precedes the regular cattle sale with buyers from across the country attending, starting at 1 p.m. Rain reduced receipts recently, but sales in Mexia and Groesbeck showed higher prices, with strong demand for cows with calves by side.
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Mexia
June de Cordova
Groesbeck Mexia
de Cordova
Arrest of Bolton for 67 manhole covers theft
COVERS FOR JUNK LITTLE ROCK ARK The sheriff's office announced the arrest of B J Bolton 22 on charges of stealing 67 manhole covers He said he sold them for junks for 300 They cost the city 4142 to replace.
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Little Rock, Ark
ULP
Sheriff's Office Today
B. J. Bolton
UN General Assembly Ends Its Session With Big Budget
Flushing New York United Nations closes its 12 week session with a 59 49 641773 budget covering the coming year and an eight million dollar boost for Jerusalem. President Romulo and Secretary General Trygve Lie praised the assembly as a town meeting of the world and urged continued cooperation despite profound global problems led by US delegate John Sherman Cooper who stressed patience hard work and unity for peace and well being of all people.
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Flushing
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Comnation
Jerusalem
United States
Romulo
Assembly
Trygve Lic
U. S
John Sherman Cooper
Warren R. Austin
Smithwick Trial Opens Monday in Belton Court
Ex deputy Sam Smithwick, 61, facing murder charges in the shooting death of Bill Mason, a crusading radio commentator. The event occurred near Alice after Mason had denounced Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Office and implicated Rancho Alegre nightclub owner Smithwick.
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Belton
Sam Smithwick
Bill Mason
Alice
Mason
Jim Wells County Sheriffs’ Office
Rancho Alegre
Smithwick
Texas Congressman Warns U S Schools About Red Bulletin
Washington report notes Rep. George H. Mahon of Texas urging action against a slick pamphlet sent by the Russian embassy to U S school libraries. U S Education Commissioner McGrath says he cannot prevent it. local authorities must act. A side note mentions 17 year locusts with a W on their wings.
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Washington
George H. Mahon
Texas
Earl J. McGrath
U. S
McGrath
Norther Heads Toward Texas With Blizzard Forecast
A norther headed for Texas may bring the coldest weather of the season to the Panhandle and El Paso area with rain turning to snow. Skies were overcast with drizzle and fog across Texas as blizzard conditions and severe cold were forecast for the Great Plains from Oklahoma to Montana and Wisconsin, with temperatures sinking to five below in parts of Montana and the Dakotas.
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United Press
Texas
Dallas Weather Bureau
John Zimmerman
Panhandle
el Paso
U. S. Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Montana
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Extradition Sought For Woman From Groesbeck
Sheriff Bill Green seeks extradition of Agnes Newton a former Groesbeck boarding house operator indicted for passing 141 dollars in bad checks. Newton is believed in Bossier City Louisiana near Shreveport. Green travels to Austin to obtain the extradition request from Governor Allan Shivers then to Baton Rouge to seek Governor Earl Longs approval.
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Groesbeck
Agnes Newton
Louisiana
Texas
Bill Green
Newton
Green
Bossier City
Shreveport
Austin
Allan Shivers
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Morris Seeks Texas Sex Crime Curb in Special Session
Acting Lt. Gov. G. C. Morris backs emergency legislation to curb sex crimes in Texas and hopes to bring the issue before a special session tentatively set for late January.
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Austin
Texas
G. C. Morris
Morris
Turncoats Seize Kunming and Yunnan for Communists
Nationalist forces fell to Communist control as they captured Kunming and the entire Yunnan province. Twelve Americans and three American aircraft reportedly escaped the area.
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Hong Konk
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Truman Planning Another Stumping Tour Across Nation
President Truman likely will carry his state of the Union message into the next Congress with a cross country stump tour. The aim is to bolster Democratic majorities in the 1950 by elections and shift support for his policy agenda.
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Key
Est
Fla
Truman
Congress
Adoption Drive for Little Dale Attracts Calls From Nine States
Across nine states a flood of calls and telegrams arrives for the Mexia Red Cross effort to place 19 month old Dale. Rev A W DeGuire and the Limestone county Red Cross screen applicants through a five member committee before inviting interviews. final selection will be kept private.
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Swamp Red Cross
Little Big Stone Boy
Dale
A. W. DeGuire
Limestone County
The
Red Cross
Mexia Daily News
Mexia
New Braunfels Band Dazzles at Friday Halftime Show
A 116 member band and a 72 member pep squad from New Braunfels performed at halftime for the Black Cats versus Mexia game in Waco. The two groups formed large letter shapes across the field, spelling Mexia and Unicorns before swapping to spell New Braunfels and Black Cats.
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New Braunfels
Black Cat Unicorn Grid
Waco
Mexia
Unicorns
Black Cats
Despondent father kills son and himself in Wichita Falls
In Wichita Falls a Department of Public Safety employee, despondent over a division transfer, shot his four year old son Raymond in the home’s living room then killed himself. Coroner H M Newmans ruled murder and death by own action in the deaths of Joe Edward Powell, 36, and son Raymond, four.
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Wichita Falls
Department of Public Safety
H. M. Newmans
Joe Edward Powell
Raymond
Powell
Abandoned search for Texas plane missing after departure
The Civil Air Patrol has abandoned search for a plane reported missing on a flight from Houston to Amarillo after it could not establish the aircraft’s departure point.
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Dallas
Civil Air Patrol
Houston
Amarillo
Prince Charles Recovers From Tonsillitis
Buckingham Palace said Prince Charles one year old son of the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth has recovered from an attack of acute tonsillitis suffered while his parents were away in Malta. A Sicilian volcano Mount Etna has killed over 100000 people since records began.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth
Malta
Mount Etna
Mexia Claws into State Class A Semi Finals 26-6
Mexia Black Cats overwhelmed New Braunfels Unicorns 26 to 6 at Waco Municipal Stadium to claim an undefeated season and reach the State Class A semi finals. Coach Ty Basin’s team dominated the line, limited Merlyn Murphres to 17 yards after a 1,134-yard season, and featured standout runs by Bruce Outlaw and Derrell Carlile. Carlile intercepted three passes and returned a kickoff for a score as Mexia seized control early and rolled to a decisive victory.
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Lawrence Davis
Billy Felt
John Moss
Mexia Black Cats
New Braunfels Unicorns
Wacos’ Municipal Stadium
Central Texas Power
Black Catine
Mexia
Merlyn Murphes
New Braunfels
Unicorns
Cats
Bill Kneuper
Black Cats
Bruce Outlaw
Black Cat
Derrell Carlile
Outlaw
Carlile
Tobert Castion
Ah-District
Harold Fisher
Lou Myers
Felines
Garland Cain
Bobby Duke
Eddie Cannon
Cain
Cannon
Average American spends about 40 dollars on Christmas gifts
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota The average American will spend about 40 dollars this year. Twenty percent of this goes to toys leaving 15 and under year olds with a pile of presents under the tree. The survey shows total Christmas expenditure will not break families. annual purchase totals about 1 600 000 dollars, unchanged from 1947 and down from 1946.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Tion
Uy Mus
Muc
T. House
Investigators Probe Heavy Water Shipment to Washington
Investigators said recent records confirm a 1000 gram shipment of heavy water, shipped to Washington during 1943 under the wartime ban. The committee learned only that the water reached Russia by late 1943, and that its use could aid reactor experiments for atomic research. General Graves favoured halting such shipments.
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Washington
Satur
le R. Groves
House
UN America Fief
Russia
Graves
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BIG New Braunfel
General Assembly
Norther
Sheriff Green
China
Mexia Line
Self
Supt. C. &. Hereford
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Uvalde
Cashion
Galveston
Houston Hospital
Eddie Klovinski
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Robert Cashion
Braunfels
Mage
Succi
House Investig
HI Nabo
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