Texas Yule Holidays Start With Tragedy in Texas
Six people die in a San Antonio house fire and six more perish in a Panhandle auto crash near Estelline. Maria Montelongo 37 burned to death trying to wake her family. five children Alejandro 10 Andrea 7 Polladm 5 Alicia 4 and Carlos perished. Alicion 36 and Francisca 13 survived in critical condition. Gasoline-transport crash killed Roy Lee Blake family of five and trucker Carl Leatherman 32.
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Texas
San Antonio
Estelline
Panhandle
Maria Montelongo
Alejandro
Andea
Polladm
Alicia
Carlos
Alicion
Francisca
Carl Leatherman
Amarillo
Roy Lee Blake
Blakes
Vivian
Hoyt
Mela
Shotgun Blast Kills No 1 Hoodlum Near Dallas Night Club
DALLAS UP Delois Hollis Green 31 known as Dallas No 1 hoodlum was shot to death near Sky-Vu club as he prepared to leave a Dallas night spot. He died after buckshot hit him and police found him minutes later beside his Cadillac. About 10 underworld figures were held for questioning within hours, as investigation sought motive.
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Dallas
Delois Hollis
Lois) Green
Underworld
Green
Bill Decker
Decker
Firpo Marberry To Help Conduct Baseball School
Fred Firpo Marberry former major league pitcher from Mexia leads pitching staff for a Central Texas youths baseball school in Waco starting December 26. Peck Hardee directs the four day event open to youths 15 to 22 with MLB scouts present to evaluate prospects. Travel costs fall on attendees as instruction covers all facets of the game.
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Fred “Firpo" Marberry
Mexia
Central Texas
Waco
Peck Hardee
Biggest Christmas Since Wartime for Post Office
Postmaster G. E. Blair says the Media Post Office faces the largest Christmas load, handling about 100 000 Christmas cards and heavy domestic parcels. It closes Sunday and Monday with no city or rural delivery, but box mail will be collected, and gift parcels will be delivered until noon on both days before normal service resumes Tuesday.
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G. E
Jimmie) Blair
Mr. Blair
Attempt to Revive Nigger Creek Pool Northwest of Mexia
Shreveport operators filed a drilling application in the Palestine Texas Railroad Commission office to revive the abandoned Nigger Creek pool five miles northwest of Mexia. The plan includes a Woodbine test on a 212 acre Lloyd survey tract with a planned depth of 3 500 feet.
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Shreveport of
Mexia
Palestine Office
The
Texas Railroad Commission
J. C. Beartrand
W. W. Lincoln
Shreveport
Lloyd Survey
Mexia and Littlefield Vie for Texas Title Game
Mexia Black Cats clash with Littlefield Wildcats for the Class A state crown at Fair Park Abilene. KAND 1340 will carry the 1:45 p m pregame and 2 p m kickoff with sponsorship from First National Bank Ozzie Edwards Norris Lumber and Parks Motor.
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Mexia
Black Cats
Littlefield
Wildcats
Fair Park Stadium
Abilene
Corsicana
KAND
First National Bank
Ozzie Edwards
Norris Lumber Company
Parks Motor Company
Bi-Stone Empire
Black Cat
H. Lee Vincent
Vincent and Ray Pharmacy
Carroll Wood
Red Cross
Windsor Hotel
Auto
Soil Conservation District Sponsors 5th Essay Contest
Limestone Falls Soil Conservation district officers approved the fifth annual Texas essay contest inviting all district students from elementary to high school. Regional winners earn cash in 25, 15, and 10 dollar medals with many more medals. the state winner earns an expense paid trip to Colorado. Essays must be 300 words minimum and submitted by March 1, 1950.
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Groesbeck
Limestone Falls
Colorado
Fort Worth Press
Houston Press
el Paso Herald Post
Christmas Program At Assembly Of God Milam And Red River
Milam and Red River streets Assembly of God plans a Sunday evening program of carols and recitation at 7 o clock. Rev H C Meyer pastor invites the public to attend this community event.
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Assembly of God Church
Milam
Red River Streets
H. C. Meyer
Santa Claus visits clash and charity across the nation
United Press reports Santa distributed gifts at a Battle Creek steel plant party despite a labor walkout, while in Hartford a Santa Claus used a stolen car. A high school Santa died of a heart attack after parties in Watkins Glen, and in Oskaloosa Santa hunts for a missing girl’s gift. New York callers learn Santa has no local phone this year.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Santa
United Steel and Wire Company
Watkins Glen
N. Y
John Crawford
Santa Claus
Watking Glen High School
Crawford
Penn Yan
Connecticut fire kills family of four in Branford
A father Charles H. Nott his wife and two children died in a Saturday blaze that ruined their frame home. The fire spread to a neighboring house, which was unoccupied. Police said no one else was harmed.
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Connecticut
Branford, Conn
Charles H. Nott
Christmas Weather Outlook Brings Warm Cloudy Spell
Bright prospects for a pleasant Christmas in the Bi Stone empire with partly cloudy and warmer weather through Saturday night and Sunday. Mexia saw a Friday high of 55 after a 23 degree low, with Saturday morning at 25 as temperatures rise.
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Bi-Stone Empire
Mexia
Josie Newman
Texas Communist Leader Appeals Jail Sentence
James J. Green, leader of the Texas Communist party, plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling that could send him to Wharton federal jail for civil contempt after defying an order to open party books in a deportation case. His Houston attorney Morris Bogdanow said the decision would be appealed.
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Houston
LLP
James J. Green
Communist Party
Texas
T. M. Kennerly
Wharton
Green
Morris Bogdanow
Excellency Title Reserved for U S President and Massachusetts Governor
The article notes that only the U S president and the Massachusetts governor hold the official legal title Excellency, distinguishing them from other officials. It explains the ceremonial and formal usage within state and federal contexts.
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U. S
Massachusetts
Phone Strike Delayed Mediation Move Stated
Midwestern and southwestern governors to mediate a dispute between Southwestern Bell Telephone and about 50,000 workers. CIO unions delay a Friday night strike for at least 10 days to allow governors to craft a settlement in St. Louis next Thursday. Forrest Smith of Missouri helped avert walkout and will convene with Illinois Kansas Arkansas Texas Oklahoma leaders.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications Union
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Utah Democrat Sees U S Recognition of Red China
Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah predicts the United States will eventually recognize the Communist regime in China. He notes the move comes amid easing tensions after China grants an exit visa to a U S attache and hints at freeing two U S naval fliers held for 14 months. He urges full consultation with other major powers before any decision.
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Washington
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
United States
China
U. S
Nanking
Thomas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Far East
Taxiing DC-6 Rams Parked DC-3 at Houston Airport
A Braniff DC-6 taxiing at Houston municipal airport struck a parked Eastern DC-3 early Saturday. The DC-6’s brakes failed to hold and there were no injuries. The Eastern aircraft sustained heavy tail and fuselage damage while a baggage handler in the DC-3 was uninjured.
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Houston
Municipal
Braniff Airlines
Eastern Airlines
San Antonio
Mexia News Accepts 56th Santa Letter to North Pole
A last minute letter to Santa Claus was hurried to the North Pole Saturday by the Mexia Daily News, bringing the total letters received to 56. The final letter came from Terry and Judy of Mexia.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Mexia Daily News
Terry
Judy
Mexia
Social Security Rep To Visit Mexia Office
A representative from the Waco field office of the Social Security Administration will be in Mexia on December 23 at 10 a.m. at the Texas Employment Commission office.
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WACO
Spl
Social Security Administration
Mexia
Texas Employment Commission
Final Game A Abilene Field Looms For Mexia Clash
Mexia's Black Cats meet Littlefield Wildcats at Abilene Fair Park Stadium for the Class A state championship game of 1949. An overflow crowd of 10 000 is anticipated as both teams reach the final, with Ty Bain and R Sewell guiding Mexia and Littlefield aiming to spoil the Cats title bid. Local prep fans travel by car or bus, while coaches and players prepare for a decisive battle.
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Mexia
Mighty
Black Cats
T! Littlefield Wildcats
South Plains
Texas
Abilene
Fair Park
Allene
Lilefield
Ty Bain
R. Sewell
Windsor Hotel
Littlefield
Cats
Littlefi
New Braunfels
Unicorns
Samoe
Grandline
Mincola
Mine
Garland
Grand Saline
Wild
Black C
Heroic Girl Fails To Save Brother In Playhouse Fire
ENNIS United Press dispatch reports a five year old boy, Joe E. Minton Jr., died in a playhouse fire after a girl attempted to pull him from the burning structure. The child was reportedly lighting crackers with tallow candles when the blaze started. a coroner ruled the death accidental.
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Brother
Ennis
Joe E. Minton, Jr
Justice of the Peace C. W. D
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Billy Wright
Sam Jackson
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Donald Cobb
Garland Cain
George Bell
James McKissick
Robert Cashion
Julius Nussbaum
Lou Myers
Bobby Duke
Bruce Outlaw
Derrell Carlile
Harold Fisher
Charles Gunn
Thomas Truelove
Buck Cannon
Lawrence Davis
Joe Cannon
Eddie Cannon
Paul Sawyer
Billy Ed Felz
Ronnie Burrows
Derrell Wayne Bulls
Eddie Henderson
Donnie Sawyer
Ronnie Patton
Soil Conservation District
Hartford
Conn
Thomas O. Mce- Sweeney
Oskaloosa
Itlowa
St Nick Still
Linda Joyce Shafer
Linda
Osa Shafer
New York
Fifth Avenue
Russia
Moscow
Hiroito
U.S
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