24 Dec 1951
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1951
Page
1
Ernie Deane reflects on Christmas memories from World War II in London and Nancy Luxembourg and Nuremberg. He recalls British host families, wartime shortages, and the sense of human goodness amid conflict while urging charitable understanding.
A deadly fire at Tijuana Civic auditorium during a Christmas party for needy children killed 42 people, many women and children, with hundreds more injured or missing. The blaze started when a Christmas tree toppled during a backstage fight and spread rapidly as crowds rushed the exiting door.
Senator James H. Duff announced Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is likely to seek the Republican nomination amid his silence. Duff spoke at Eisenhower for President headquarters in the Shoreham hotel saying he would visit Eisenhower in Europe and report broad grassroots demand for a run.
Lt. Robert Phelps of Andover New Hampshire stayed at the controls to give seven crewmen time to bail out before the bomber crashed in a snow field near Flint Michigan. He died in the impact after jumping from about 500 feet with a partially opened parachute.
A 44 year old miner Cecil Sanders was rescued after 58 hours in the New Orient mine. Rescue teams recovered 104 bodies from the vast coal mine following a Friday night gas explosion.
Washington reports a 10 percent rise in farm real estate value over the four months ending November 1, pushing the total to new records per the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Armistice negotiators reached an agreement to exchange mail between prisoners of war and their families at Panmunjom, despite ongoing stalemate. The plan aims to allow letters to reach prisoners in Korean camps, with Red Cross facilitation and formal permission from both sides.
United Press reports Texas holiday deaths reached at least 52 with 37 from traffic crashes. The list includes LeRoy Ballinger 29 of Mansfield killed near Fort Worth and others in El Paso San Antonio Odessa and Montague county. A Missouri Pacific train crash killed Carter Sommers 72 of San Antonio.
A. W. DeGuire of Limestone county Red Cross appeals for bedding blankets and quilts for two Mexia families who lost all possessions in fires. Items may be taken to the Red Cross office in Mexia. The report notes South Africa has two capitals Pretoria and Cape Town.
The Army and Air Force are developing a small collapsible helicopter for frontline observation. The "egg beater" jeep version would carry one man, unlike larger models used for carrying wounded cargo and troops, and could be carried to the front on a trailer.
NEW HOPE Pa. A huge star was lighted atop Bowman's Hill memorial tower Sunday night to commemorate the 175th anniversary of Gen George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River.
The Mexia State School and Home offers a comprehensive recreational program under W B Hammond with staff Mrs Hammond Mrs Dorothy Westbrook and Mrs Clara Wallace. More than 1400 patients participate daily in activities across play parks two recreation halls a softball park a volleyball court and a planned cement tennis court. The program runs every day from 8 a m to 5 p m and includes ping pong checkers dominoes jig saw puzzles and record players for younger residents and piano singing and dancing for senile women. volunteers donated equipment and the maintenance department built facilities.
Harold E. Stassen returned from Europe with a forecast that no war with Russia would occur in 1952. He said talks with John McCloy and other military leaders convinced him of two major deterrents an expected uprising in Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and Ukraine and a guaranteed devastating American air attack.
In Dallas area officials probe a Sunday morning blast described as stronger than a December event tied to a dynamited pecan tree. Sheriff Decker notes a new Texas law makes possession of explosives a felony possibly aiming to deter further arson.
A former nurse and an unwed mother were freed on bond after murder without malice charges were filed in Waco. A 23 year old Austin woman faced bond of 1,000 dollars, while a former Waco nurse was released on 1,500 dollars. A baby found abandoned in a Dallas newspaper wrapper at a Waco bus station died shortly after arrival at a hospital.
Chairman Lyndon B Johnson announced steps by the Army and Agriculture departments to end wasteful duplication in food inspection. An interdepartmental committee, per Secretary Frank Pace Jr, will create a program for maximum efficiency. The subcommittee cited manpower and money waste from the Army not using the Agriculture Department’s inspection service, citing poultry inspected twice.
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