Argentina Offers Peron Plan for International Relief
Argentina prepared to challenge US leadership by offering a 5 billion dollar loan plan to needy nations in the Western Hemisphere. Diego Molinari said the Peron plan should run parallel to the Marshall plan and could extend loans to Latin American nations and others in need.
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Havana
Argentina
United States
South America
Diego Luis Molinari
United Nations
Molinari
Fire destroys Cross Timbers community center in Houston
Firemen and spectators were endangered as ammunition and fireworks exploded during a blaze that destroyed the Cross Timbers community center in Houston. Estimated damage ranged from 200000 to 350000 dollars.
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Houston
Tex
Cross Timbers
Selected Stocks and Market Roundup
Stocks irregularly higher in quiet trading with American Airlines and Anaconda among notable movers. Bonds uneven and U S government bonds untraded while curb stocks show irregular activity in Chicago. Silver and cotton futures hold steady as grains in Chicago show futures volatility.
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Freeerees
Humble Oil
Lone Star Gas
United Press
Chicago
Dapeemlan
Abana
Newaork
Mexia PCA Advisory Meeting Attracts Forty Plus Members
More than forty members from Leon Freestone and Limestone counties attended a Mexia Production Credit Association advisory luncheon at Jimmies Cafe Mexia Wednesday at noon. Mrs Davis and Mrs Bennett led Christmas songs with piano by Mrs Hayter. Rev Elmer C Carter gave the invocation and Barney Davis introduced guests including O G Tumlinson of the Houston PCA office. A business session followed the luncheon.
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Freestone
Limestone County
Mexia Production Credit Association
Jimmies Cafe
Mexia
B. M. Davis
John Bennett
Wyatt Hayter
Elmer C. Carter
First Methodist Church
Barney Davis
O. G. Tumlinson
Houston
Production Credit Association
Subpena Anderson for Hearing On Market Activities
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted a subpoena to Secretary Anderson to appear with all records of speculation on commodity exchanges. The House Rules Committee approved creating a seven member panel to probe government official speculation, pending House approval.
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Subpena Anderson
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
House Rules Committee
House
Chinese Communists Open Seventh General Offensive
Semi official NE dispatches report the Communist forces advancing toward Mukden in Manchuria as winter weather fails to halt operations. At least three divisions are involved, with Mukden identified as the apparent objective despite temperatures well below zero.
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Ganking
Mukden
House Rejects Increase in Emergency European Relief Funds
The House voted down a proposed $26.9 million boost to the $509 million emergency European relief appropriation. The Foreign Aid bill passed without change, amid little debate, as President Truman had just signed a broader aid package authorizing up to $597 million for France, Italy, Austria, and China.
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House
Jacob K. Javits
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
China
Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Ashington
White House
Communist Strikes in Two Sicilian Cities Collapse
Rome report states Communist led strikes in Palermo and Catania failed to develop while Italy's government won its first parliamentary test. The assembly upheld the ouster of mayor Antonio Giovannucci of Pescara by a 246 to 140 vote amid nepotism charges, with elections planned within 45 days.
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Palermoi
Catania
Sicily
Alcide de Gasperi
National Assembly
Antonio Giovannucci
Pescara
de Gasperi
Palermo
Mario Scelba
Pope Hopes Rome Remains Peaceful Before Holy Year
Pope Pius expressed hope that Rome would be free from disorders and attacks on the Vatican ahead of the 1950 church holy year. He granted an audience to Salvatore Rebecchini the Christian Democrat mayor of Rome and 18 executive councilmen in the first such meeting with freely elected city officials since 1870.
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Vatican City
Pius
Rome
Vatican
Salvatore Rebecchini
Nuevo Laredo May Become Free Zone
The Mexican government is giving serious consideration to a request to declare Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas a free zone. The report from Mexico City notes the decision is under study as of December 17.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mexico City
Tamaulipas State
Wallace to Speak in Tulsa Hall Despite Protest
Tulsa officials opened Convention Hall to former vice president Henry A Wallace to uphold freedom of speech amid protests. Street Commissioner George H Stoner said local objections were received but a policy allowing the speech was adopted.
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Tulsa Hall
Tulsa
Okla
Convention Hall
Henry A. Wallace
George H. Stoner
U S Shipments to Soviet Tripled in October
U S census figures show shipments to Russia tripled in October with $9.16 million sent, up from $3.03 million in September while Russian shipments to the United States fell from $13.99 million to $7.84 million. Senate committee chairman Styles Bridges called for an inquiry into who approved the shipments to the USSR.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
Styles Bridges
Wn.h
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ussr
Reed Predicts $50 Million For 1949 Texas Legislature
W O Reed of Dallas forecast that the 51st Texas Legislature in January 1949 will have more than 50 million dollars in the State General Revenue Fund to appropriate. He cited record high oil taxes and said revenue will cover the 5 million ghost bill appropriations from last session and improve the financial outlook.
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Austin
W. O. Reed
Dallas
Reed
Social Security Rep to Visit Mexia Friday December 19
Due to Christmas, a representative from the Waco field office will be in Mexia on the morning of Friday December 19 in place of the usual fourth Thursday visit. Residents with social security questions should contact him at the local Employment Service office.
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Mexia
R. R. Tuley, Jr
Waco
Social Security Administration
Truman to Send Marshall Plan Message to Congress
President Truman will transmit his long-range European recovery plan to Congress on Friday, the day of adjournment, after finalizing a lengthy draft. The message outlines U S plans for European recovery and aid.
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Truman
Congress
Washington
Tojo to Take Full Responsibility at War Crimes Trial
Tokyo reports Tojo will testify at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East likely on Monday and admit Japan's war on the Allies. He will also take blame for the Doolittle raid executions and the deaths of thousands of Allied prisoners during the Burma Siam railroad project.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
International Military Tribunal For
Far East
Japan
Wo. 1
Doolittle
Burma-Siam
Marshall Reports Big Four Conference Friday Night
Secretary of State George C. Marshall will address the nation at 9 p m Friday on the unsuccessful Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference in London. The broadcast will be carried by CBS, NBC, Mutual, and one FM network, and Marshall’s remarks are expected to last about 20 minutes before his return to the United States.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
London
State Department
Marshall
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
Mutual Broadcasting System
United States
George Co. Marshall
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Independent Oil Refiners Raise Gasoline Prices
Independent oil refiners in Dallas hike wholesale gasoline prices amid crude price rise from a 50 cent per barrel increase. Cosden Petroleum Co. raises its price by 1 cent per gallon and Dallas dealers indicate a 0.5 cent margin, posting 23 cents for regular and 25 cents for premium.
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Dallas
Tex
Cosden Petroleum Co
Colden
Stevenson to announce 1948 Senate bid by radio January 1
Dallas report confirms former Gov Coke Stevenson plans a radio address to announce his 1948 U S Senate candidacy on January 1. Houston dispatch notes Southern Pacific Railroad investigates a $150000 fire that destroyed an old roundhouse used for storage.
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Dallas
Tex
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Houston
Southern Pacific Railroad
U S Urged to Aid Chinese Nationalists as Communism Threat Grows
Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer urged immediate U S military and economic aid to the Chinese Nationalist government to curb Communism. The report also notes Senate Dem leaders clearing obstacles in the anti inflation bill by dropping consumer rationing and price control amendments. Optional details include crash investigations in Tucson and collisions near Norfolk, Alaska rescue operations, and postwar Allied conferences discussions.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Senate
Ray McGee Elected President of Point Enterprise Fruit Growers
Ray McGee was elected president of the Point Enterprise Fruit Growers Association at a December 16 meeting in Point Enterprise. Loman Cox was chosen secretary treasurer. Attendees included Felix Speight Clyde Speight P B Cate E E Lightsey Jr Alvin Kerzee and several others. The group approved monthly meetings on the second Tuesday.
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Ray McGee
Point Enterprise Fruit Growers’ Association
Loman Cox
Felix Speight
Clyde Speight
P. B. Cate
C. E. Hinchliffe
E. E. Lightsey, Jr
Alvin Kerzee
Mike Schuster
A. O. Inderman
W. A. Mayor
Ed Wright
Felix To
Wholesale Food Prices Dip Again on Dun & Bradstreet Index
New York reports wholesale food prices for the week ended December 16 fell 10 cents to 7.02 dollars per pound on the Dun & Bradstreet index. The 31 common foods index is 15 cents under the December 2 all time high of 7.17 dollars per pound.
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New York
Dun &+Bradstreet, Inc
Cost of Living Up In 1947 Prices Nationwide
The government report shows a typical four person city family needed between 3004 and 3458 dollars a year at June 1947 prices to maintain a modest but adequate standard of living. Prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a two year study of 34 large cities and submitted to a Senate House Economic Subcommittee by Commissioner Ewan Clague. See COST OF LIVING page 4.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate
House
Ewan, Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Friend Ship Reaches Port of Le Havre
The storm battered victory ship Friend arrived at Le Havre with about 9 million pounds of food for France. The cargo, gathered by the Friendship Train from across the United States, was presented at a ceremony attended by Health Minister Madame Gertigine PSinso-Chap and American Ambassador Jefferson Caffery.
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LE Havre
France
United States
Madame Gertigine
Psinso-Chapis
Jefferson Caffery
Arbitration Considered By Ship Operators Today
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ship operators meet in New York to weigh extending arbitration of wage demands to CIO Marine Engineers and Communications Unions. Operators had accepted the National Maritime Union offer to arbitrate yesterday.
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New York
CIO Marine Engineers
National Maritime Union
CIO
Talks on Germany, four-power pact take small steps
Bi dault signaled willingness at a dinner to work with Marshall. Bevin discussed with Bidault at the foreign office about Germany and the three occupation zones. The topics were reviewed with Dulles and Shawcross at a Commons luncheon. Bevin updated King George and will speak on the Big Four Council breakdown in Parliament tomorrow.
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V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Georges Bidault
Washington
Germany
Bidault
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
Bevin
John Foster Dulles
Marshall
Hartley Shawcross
House of Commons
King George
Buckingham Palace
Big Four Council
Mexicans Reported Working Illegally in United States
Immigration Commissioner Watson B. Miller told the House Agriculture Committee that an unknown number of Mexicans work illegally in the United States as border patrols struggle to stop crossings. The committee considers a compromise with Mexico to admit Mexican workers legally for labor needs in agriculture. Waco To Have Election.
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Washington
Watson B. Miller
United States
Miller
House Agriculture Committee
Mexico
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