Truman Will Base Civil Rights Fight On FEPC
President Truman plans a 1950 civil rights push centered on a federal fair employment practices law. While not officially announced, aides say he will seek FEPC in his State of the Union and move fast in the 81st Congress, aiming to counter elections pressures with a strong anti discrimination measure.
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Truman
FEPC
Key West, Fla
White House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
East Texas Chamber Urges Texas Government Streamlining
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce derides state government as an organized disorganization urging streamlined operations to cut the number of agencies and boards. It cites 198 agencies in 1949 with 140 boards, 282 treasury accounts totaling 171 million, idle funds near 1 million in the oil and gas enforcement fund, and calls for tax reform through efficiency rather than a special legislative session.
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Longview
East Texas
Treasury
Or and Gas Enforcement
Court delivers quick verdict in Houston rape case
In Houston a district court jury took three minutes to convict and pass a penalty on Edward Exnoeal Johnson, a 30-year-old Black man accused of raping an 11-year-old white girl who testified he lured her from a school playground on November 19. It marked a second passing penalty for a man charged with harming a child in Harris County within five days.
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Houston
Edward Exnoeal Johnson
Harris County
Sailors Save Survivors of Plane Crash in Potomac
In a foggy rain landing, a Capital airliner crashed into the Potomac. Navy sailors Robert V. Hensley and Jeff C. Buchanan helped rescue survivors, aiding overwhelmed airmen and passengers. Four people died and seven of the injured were in critical condition.
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Washington
Potomac River
Robert V. Hensley
Abilene
Kans
Jeff C. Buchanan
Laurel
Miss
Norfolk
Washington National Airport
Potomac Corp
Kenneth Rutkowski
Chicago
Bolling Field
Pleune
Rutkowski
Plan to defend Formosa amid expected communist assault
Chiang Kai-Shek drafted defense plans for Formosa as the mainland expected to mount an amphibious attack.
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Taipen
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Merchants Notice Ad to List Closures in Mexia Daily News
On instruction of several Mexia business firms the newspaper will publish a listing of establishments closed Friday. Firms not yet contacted should notify the advertising department at phone 491 before 9 am tomorrow.
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Mexia
Mexia Daily News Advertising Department
U. S. Ports Vulnerable To Atomic Bomb Attack
A Daily News report notes James Rudasill will not provide a written confession for murders and shootings. Sheriff Green plans ballistics tests on a pistol and bullets linked to Milam and Dempsey while Dempsey recovers in a Mexia hospital.
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U. S
Rudasill
James Rudasill
Annie McDonald Milam
Melvin Dempsey
Bill Green
Daily News Today
Green
Norton Fox
Carl Cannon
Groesbeck
Houston Bus Strike Could Hamper Holiday Shoppers
A CIO spokesman for 1500 Houston Transit Co. employees warned a city-wide bus strike may disrupt thousands of Christmas shoppers by week’s end, signaling widespread travel disruption and economic impact across Houston.
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Houston
CIO
Houston Transit Co
Man Surrenders After Slaying in Levelland
Albert Herrera 28, charged with the street slaying of Henaree Gonzales, Brady cotton picker. Herrera walked into the sheriff office and surrendered his gun.
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Levelland
Albert Herrera
Henaree Gonzales
Charlie Bullack
Herrera
Limestone county PMA elects eight children for committees
County and community committeemen for 1950 were announced by J. D. McCreary administrator of Limestone county Production Marketing administration. Jim S. Denman of Thornton is county chairman Crystal Jones of Oretha is vice chairman and Herman McKenzie of Groesbeck is the third member. Community members named for Prairie Hill Coolidge Mart Woodland Mexia Ben Hur Groesbeck Big Hill Thornton Rosse Oretha Personville with listed leaders and members.
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J. D. McCreary
Limestone County
Jim S. Denman
Thornton
McCreary
Crystal Jones
Oretha
Herman McKenzie
Groesbeck
Prairie Hill
Callie C. Spivey
George W. Whiddon
John T. Archer
Coolidge
James P. Jones
Joe F. Bennett
Loyd Waller
Mart
Edward M. Bruce
Charlie R. Mitchell
Robert E. Childs
Woodland
Manuel Freeman
Elbert Brewer
George Echols
William E. Wells
Charlie E. Vickers
Ray Beene
Ben Hur
Roy R. Folley
Bryan E. Sawyers
Obed Carter
Rufus W. Oliver Jr
Dick S. Long
Elmer Beene
Big Hill
Horace Carter
H. Dean Lowe
Ollie L. Alewine
John R. Nance
J. T. Neason
Henry G. Banks
Rosse
Maurice Parish
James A. McDade
Joe A. Reagan
Jake Thompson
How to Choke Demonstration Ties Death at University
In Iowa City 24 year old psychology student Robert Bednasek admitted unintentionally strangling his 20 year old sweetheart Margaret Jackson during a candlelight rendezvous in his rooming house. He described a lobster and burgundy dinner then a dance before returning home. He said she touched his throat playfully and he later placed his hands on her neck leading to her collapse.
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Robert E. Bednasek
University of Iowa
Albert J. Murphy
Iowa City
Margaret Anne Jackson
Burlington
Iowa
Robert Bednasek
Bednasek
Margaret “Gee-Gee” Jackson
Jack C. White
Margaret
New York Calls Friday No Bath No Shave Day
City officials dramatize water shortage asking eight million residents to skip Friday baths and men to skip Friday shaves while reducing water by one glass per person.
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New York
Christmas Without Santa Better Than Yule With Guilty Conscience of Thief
A Houston police story outlines a hold up by a young unemployed carpenter who chose not to steal after seeing a Christmas neon sign. He told investigators his plan failed when a clerk began to hand over money, and he walked away with only guilt and a toy pistol for his child.
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Santa
Houston
Cotton Election Sets Next Year's Prices
Texas farmers face a choice on cotton acreage and penalties. If quotas pass two thirds, overplanting triggers a half parity penalty and loss of loans. within quotas yields 90 percent parity loans and conservation payments. If quotas fail, price support drops to 50 percent parity with loans and conservation aid.
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Texas
B.F. Vance
Production Marketing Administration
U. S
PMA
CharterBuses to Mexia Uvalde Semifinal Game
Mexia fans are offered special round trip bus service to the Memorial Stadium in Austin for the Mexia Black Cats versus Uvalde Coyotes semifinal game Friday at 2.00 pm. Fare is 2.81 dollars, tickets on sale at the Red Cross office until Thursday 4 pm. Buses provided by Central Texas Bus Lines will depart 8:30 to 9 am from in front of the Red Cross office, arriving in Austin before noon for lunch and stadium access near the venue.
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Mexia
Austin
Mexia Black Cats
Uvalde Coyotes
Memorial Stadium
Thurman Kerr
Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Kerr
Central Texas Bus Lines
Waco
Thief Beats Santa to Hillsboro Home
A thief arrived at the Neal Finch residence five miles northeast of Hillsboro before Santa Claus could, taking a new electric mixer intended as a Christmas gift for Finch’s wife.
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Santa
Hillsboro
Neal Finch
Here
Santa Claus
Finch
Fireworks Crackdown Promised in Mexia Business District
Chief A. B. Boss McKenzie warned that anyone caught shooting fireworks in Mexia’s business section will be apprehended and fined.
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A. B
Boss
McKenzie
Mexia
Mexia High School Yearbook Nears Press Deadline
The Mexia High School annual staff nears its goal as the yearbook heads to the press. Editor is Bette Thorne with staff members Reba Bond Julius Nussbaum Grant Hollingsworth Willie Lambert Joe Fortson Slick McKissick Tommy Stovall Austine Mackey Hellen Chandler Joyce McCormick Ruby Kirton Joe Cannon Marilyn Keeling Peggy Durham Emma Lee Hamill Ann Marie Mason Aretha Carr and Jacqueline Murrs.
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Mexia High School
Bette Thorne
Reba Bond
Julius Nussbaum
Grant Hollingsworth
Willie Lambert
Joe Fortson
Slick” McKissick
Tommy Stovall
Austine Mackey
Hellen Chandler
Joyce McCormick
Ruby Kirton
Joe Cannon
Marilyn Keeling
Peggy Durham
Emma Lee Hamill
Texans Seek More Acreage In U S Cotton Controls
Texas congressmen and local authorities press for redistributing two million acres under cotton acreage controls to ease growers hardship. A suit by ten Texas growers argues officials ignored wartime credits. Rep Pace blames weak state and county marketing oversight for the hardship cuts.
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Washington
Tary
Charl Brannan
Texas
U. S
Brannan
Stephen Pace
Houston
Mountain search for missing Girl Scout Ruth Aberie
Kelso Washington authorities and volunteers scoured rugged hills for 15 year old Ruth Aberie who vanished Sunday during a tree outing. Bloodhounds and a helicopter failed to locate her as freezing rain and wet conditions hindered the search.
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Kelso
Wash
Ruth Abcrie
Israel Proclaims Jerusalem as National Capital
TEL AVIV ISRAEL, as UN moves to internationalize the city, proclaims Jerusalem its national capital. The government says it will set up national head quarters in the city, a 250 acre area within an ancient wall. The city is occupied by Jordanian forces.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Rael
Jerusalem
Mite Jordan
VA Representative To Help Veterans In Mexia Visit
Robert C. Reeder, VA administration contact from Corsicana, will visit Mexia Thursday to assist veterans and dependents with VA issues. He will be at the Employment Office on North Main Street from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The session offers guidance on medical care, rehabilitation, insurance, and other veterans benefits.
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Robert C. Reeder
Corsicana
Reeder
Northman Street
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George G. Gillette
Brooklyn
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Darien
Conn
Dionsia Skouras
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Panama Canal
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Russia
Nation’s Business Magazine
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Limestone
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Williamsport
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