Anderson Refuses to Release Commodity Market Speculators
Senate Appropriations Committee votes 10 to 8 against publishing a list of large commodity speculators. Secretary Clinton P. Anderson refuses to turn over names, insisting Congress must act publicly. Committee plans a joint resolution, while hearings proceed in secrecy before a stenographer's transcript is released to reporters.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Styles Bridges
Anderson
Congress
Homer Ferguson, R
Mich
Ferguson
House Leaders Agree on Adjournment to January 6
House leaders backed a resolution to adjourn Congress tomorrow until January 6 when the 80th Congress reconvenes. Republican leaders said they had the concurrence of House Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Selected stocks and market snapshot from Chicago trading
Stocks uneven in moderately active trading with United States governments little traded. Major names like American Airlines AT&T and Gen Motor show varied quotes while lenders and curb stocks trend higher or irregular. Commodities slip in cotton while grains futures rise in Chicago on a mixed session.
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U. S
Chicago
Highway Commission Orders Surfacing on TM Groesbeck Mart Road
The State Highway Commission ordered new surfacing for Highway 164 from Mart to Groesbeck, 16.9 miles at about 20600 dollars, and for Highway 171 from seven miles southeast of Munger to Coolidge, 3.5 miles at about 4200 dollars. Work funded from reserves will occur in spring and summer 1948 as part of a statewide modernization.
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Austin
State Highway Commission
Mart
Groesbeck
Munger
Coolidge
John S. Redditt
Limestone County
Redditt
Mexia High School Choir Delights Mexia Rotary Club
The Mexia High School Choir conducted by Ralph Burford performed for the Mexia Rotary Club with Miss Margaret Barnett at piano. Soloist Juanita Armstrong sang Silent Night as the group presented carols and hymns during the Thursday luncheon.
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Mexia Rotary Club
Mexia High School
Ralph Burford
Margaret Barnett
Madame Jeanette
Juanita Armstrong
Roland Aycock
Bobby Ray Dowdy
A. W. DeGuire
Charles Easterling
Raymond Dillard
P. L. Chisholm
Palestine
G. W. Perkins
C. H. Laurence
Mexiante Woman's Father J R Herring Dies in Dallas
Word reached Mexia today of the death in Dallas Thursday morning after a long illness. Funeral services and burial will be in Dallas Friday. He was the father of Mrs. Joe C. Allen of Mexia, who has been in Dallas with her husband for several days.
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Mexia
J. R. Herring
Dallas
Herring
Joe C. Allen
Allen
Dellas
Bevin Defends Propaganda Claims Amid Big Four Setback
Bevin blamed Soviet propaganda attacks for the Big Four conference collapse and denied Western plans for a separate German state outside the Soviet zone. In a Commons accounting after the Foreign Ministers’ talks, he stressed not closing all doors and urged unity for Europe and the world. Marshall departed for Washington aboard the Sacred Cow, expressing regret over the talks’ failure.
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Germany
House of Commons
Bevin
Commons
George c. Marshall
Washington
Europe
Marshall
New York Workers Join Telegraph Strike Effort
The CIO Western Union Company workers in New York offered to join a nationwide strike of 50 000 APL telegraph workers on December 23 to press for a 15 cent per hour wage increase. CIO leader Joseph Selly urged AFL telegraph unions to strike together and coordinate action, with the Commercial Telegraphers Union signaling readiness to walk out at 6 am EST if demands are not met.
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New York
CIO Western Union Company
APL
Cio
Joseph Selly
American Communications Association
AFL Telegraphers
Selly
AFL
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Jaycee Meet Tonight At 7 00 In Mexia
Mexia Jaycees president Herman Focke announces a meeting at Jimmies Cafe at 7 p m tonight Food will be served and Westminster College students present a one act comedy Why I Am a Bachelor The cast includes Joe Mitchell Dorothy Flowers and Tom Cameron. Butter price movement noted with top grade butter at 9 244 cents per pound on the Mercantile Exchange in New York.
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Herman Focke
Mexia Jaycees
Jimmies Cafe
Focke
Westminster College
Joe Mitchell
Dorothy Flowers
Tom Cameron
Sili Eich Bys Hermaly Baty
Mexia
New York
Mercantile Exchange
Prince Philip of Hesse Freed After Serving Sentence
Prince Philip of Hesse, 51, released in Frankfurt after serving two years in a labor camp for Nazi affiliations while awaiting trial. The decision cites completion of his sentence as his reason for discharge.
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Frankfurt
Prince Philip of Hesse
Gromyko: Russians Still Believe in UN’s Potential
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told United Press that Russians remain disappointed in the UN due to American policy but still view the body as a possible tool for peace. He warned that the London foreign ministers’ council breakdown could hinder UN work and urged US cooperation for effective world atomic energy control. He spoke at his Manhattan headquarters before UN Atomic Energy Commission talks resumed.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Russia
United Nations
Gromyko
United Press
Council of Foreign Ministers
London
United States
Manhattan
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Jester Pledges Full Attention to Tidelands Fight
Gov Beauford H Jester announced he would devote the next two months to the tidelands battle. He will decline invitations as he leads a governors committee to urge Congress in January to recognize states rights over tidelands after the California tide lands decision.
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Austin
Tex
Beauford H. Jester
Tidelands
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
California
Communist Led Strikes Spread Across Sicily Amid Protests
In Sicily, Communist sponsored strikes spread from Catania and Palermo to other areas as the Interior Ministry reported failures. Avanti said police fired on workers at Francofonte near Syracuse, killing one and wounding others.
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Rome
Catania
Palermo
Interior Ministry
Sicily
Avanti
Francofronte
Syracuse
Leftists Executed in Volos and Salonika
Athens reports 21 alleged leftists were executed at Volos and Salonika. Dispatches say the killings occurred amid political upheaval and postwar reprisals.
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Athens
Volos
Salonika
East Texas Oil Field Placed On 20 Day Producing Basis
The Texas Railroad Commission set the East Texas oil field on a 20 day producing basis for January. The decision comes as oil demand exceeds current production and aims to maintain bottomhole pressure gains. Commissioner Olin Culberson notes 21 days would add only about 14 000 barrels a day.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Olin Culberson
Three Ships in Distress Off Alaskan Coast
A storm 600 miles off the Alaskan coast sent three ships into distress with at least 100 men aboard. The Liberty Ship Simon Benson reported water flooding its hold as the hull cracked, while four ships rushed to its aid in very heavy seas driven by 60 mph winds.
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Adak
Alaska
Dee
Alaskan
Simon Benson
Here
Honolulu
Stassen Sees Encouraging Lead in GOP Nomination Quest
Harold E. Stassen, an early 1946 Republican presidential hopeful, says a year of campaigning shows significant progress toward a White House bid. He notes the last 60 days were especially encouraging but acknowledges an uphill battle remains.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
White House
Stassen
Senate Rejects Compulsory Allocation Amendment In Inflation Bill
The Senate voted 47 to 32 along party lines to reject a Democratic amendment by Alben W. Barkley that would force allocations of scarce industrial materials. Taft warned passage would derail any 1948 inflation bill as Republicans sought to outpace Truman in tax relief talk.
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Washington
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Robert A. Taft, R
Argentina to modify loan offer and plan in Havana
In Havana Diego Molinari, Argentine delegate, announced Argentina would lend five billion dollars to needy nations, and touted a Peron plan to rival the Marshall Plan. Observers expect an official Buenos Aires statement clarifying Molinari's remarks and wheat export claims.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Havana
Peron
Diego Luis Molinari
Molinari
Juan Bramuglia
Molingari
Increased Peacetime Price Support for Farm Products
A resolution was presented to delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting urging Congress to raise peacetime price supports for farm products. It calls for higher supports after the wartime parity program ends in 1948, recalling the 50 to 75 percent protections of the prewar era under the original agricultural acts.
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Chicago
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Mexico Senate Debates Immigration Quota Abolition
Mexico City December 18 The Mexican Senate opened discussion on repealing immigration quotas. Secretary Hector Perez Martinez proposed amendments to the General Population Law widening powers to regulate immigration. The measure likely will win approval and allow more European entrants.
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Val
Mexico-City
Senaice Todaya
Hector Perez Martinez
Mexico
Europe
Uneasy Truce in Holy Land Enters Third Day
The uneasy truce in the Holy Land stretched into a third day with three dead and three wounded. A Jewish man carrying a U S passport was found dead near Mount of Olives and a Haganah member was killed outside Saint Stephen's gate. In the Negev two Jews were wounded in clashes with roving Arab tribesmen and a 10 year old was wounded near Jaffa Tel Aviv in what is believed to be an accident. Arson damage in the no man’s land between Tel Aviv and Jaffa is estimated at 400000 dollars in the last 48 hours.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
United States
Mount
Ipa
Haganah
Saint Steven's Gate
Negev
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Thursday Fire Threatens Jeff Tucker Home
Fire Chief C. W. Mansell and the Mexia Fire Department fought a morning blaze at 409 North Ross Ave. The interior was a total loss with about $6,000 damage from a rubber hose gas line in the downstairs bathroom. Mrs. Tucker was away at her daughter’s home when the alarm was sounded.
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C. W. Mansell
Mexia Fire Department
Jeff Tucker
North Ross Ave
Mansell
Presents Sought for State School Boys Christmas Party
Ozzie Edwards, chairman of the State School Christmas Party committee, reported gifts are arriving but about 125 more presents are needed for boys twelve years and older for the event on Monday night December 22. Donations may be left at Mexia Home and Auto Supply, 209 East Commerce Street.
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Ozzie Edwards
Edwards
Commerce Street
Groesbeck Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Padgett home at 201 East Nava Sota Street in Groesbeck last night. The house, an old and admired local dwelling, was built by Major L. J. Farrar and later owned by Sol Nussbaum. Current occupants included Mrs. Lela T. Padgett and her son-in-law and daughter, Frank and Mrs. Bryan.
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Groesbeck
Padgett
Navasota Street
L. J. Farrar
Sol Nussbaum
Lela T. Padgett
Frank Bryan
Bus Collision Involving City Resident Near Forest Glade
A car owned by Joe Thomas of Route 1 Mexia collided with a Continental Trailways northbound bus Thursday morning just south of Forest Glade. The front end of the car was demolished but no serious injuries were reported.
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Joe Thomas
Route 1
Mexia
Continental Trailways
Forest Glade
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Highway Commission
Mart Road
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