Governors Meet to Avert Bell Telephone Strike
Missouri Governor Forrest Smith says the six state governors meeting in St Louis is likely to avert a strike by 50,000 Southwestern Bell workers. He notes both sides want a settlement and mediation may be set up. A 10 day truce expires New Year’s Day and labor leaders credit Smith for preventing a Christmas strike.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Forrest Smith
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone
CIO
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Sid McMath
Arkansas
Adlai Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Texas
Gov. Smith
Labor
Vishinsky Brings Santa Gift To Scotch Boy in New York
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky acted as Santa Claus to a three year old Scotch boy in New York before returning to Moscow. He gave a Russian language edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's works to Craig McNeil. Mrs. McNeil said the boy is unaware of the political significance of the gift and that her husband discussed Stevenson with Vishinsky, who praised the author in translation.
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London
Andrei Vishinsky
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hector McNecil
Craig
New York
Britain
United Nations General Assembly
Stevenson
Moscow
Mexia to raise 2000 for Black Cat coaches rewards
Mexia businessmen convened to raise 2000 as cash bonuses for Black Cat football coaches Ty Bain R B Sewell and Bobby Parker. Players will not receive awards due to Interscholastic League rules, but a player banquet is planned. A committee led by Noel Hollingsworth Lon Mitchel and Louis Stanford will supervise. Contributions encouraged via the Chamber of Commerce Thurman Kerr office.
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Mexia
C. M. Ferguson
Mexia Merchant’s Association
Ty Bain
R. B. Sewell
Bobby Parker
Noel Hollingsworth
Lon Mitchel
Louis Stanford
Chamber of Commerce
Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Thurman Kerr
C. of C
Betty Lou Loses Her Right Hand in Lord's Will
In Memphis Tennessee Betty Lou Marbury a 10 year old farm girl had her diseased right hand amputated today within two hours of entering surgery She remained calm and said it was the Lord's will Her father Henry Clay Marbury watched with a tearful face as hospital staff prepared for the operation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Tennessee
Betty Lou
Henry Clay Marbury
Consumers Enjoy Flurry of Sales And Price Cuts
A new year outlook brightened by a wave of price cuts and clearance sales from two mail order houses, a major soap maker, and an auto manufacturer. Dun and Bradstreet notes a wholesale food price index drop of one cent across 12 foods including flour beef wheat sugar milk and butter.
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Dun and Bradstreet
New Trial Sought in $31,000 Damage Suit By Groesbeck Negro
Groesbeck Negro Jim Tatum seeks a new trial after losing a $31,000 damage suit against the Southern Pacific rail road. Judge H Fountain Kirby has not set a hearing date on the motion by Tatum’s lawyers Nor ton Fox and Clarence Ferguson. The week long case ended with a judgment for the railroad though a jury found both sides negligent in an accident that wrecked his wagon and broke his legs.
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Jim Tatum
Groesbeck
Southern Pacific Railroad
H. Fountain Kirby
Norton Fox
Clarence Ferguson
Tatum
Miss America Defies Rules To Marry Her Sweetheart
LITCHFIELD PARK Arizona AP Miss America Jacque Mercer 21 wed her 20 year old fiancé Doug Cook six months before their planned ceremony. The marriage breaches pageant rules requiring single status during her reign. Directors will meet to consider action while Mercer plans to fulfill appearances and move to Hollywood. Cook to study in LA. Olivia DeHavilland wins best actress award for The Heiress in New York.
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Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Mr. Cook
Arizona
Litchfield Park
University of Chicago
Atlantic City
Miss Mercer
Park W. Haverstick
Mrs. Cook
Doug Cook
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Chicago
Olivia Dehaviland
New York
Olivia DeHavilland
Fimorities
Miss DeHavilland
Fire causes slight damage in LosT South Belknap stove incident
A small fire broke out this morning when an oil stove ignited at LosT South Belknap. The blaze was quickly extinguished with minor smoke damage reported.
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Lost South Belknap
Death recalls Mexia kidnapping of ticket clerk
R. L. Justice, 48, a former Southern Pacific ticket clerk in Mexia, died in a Sherman hospital. His death brings to mind a 1928 Mexia kidnapping and robbery led by Joe Palmer, who took Justice hostage and stole $200 before being captured in Denison and later electrocuted. Justice survived by mother, six children, a sister and six brothers. funeral services pending in Sherman.
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R. L. Justice
Southern Pacific
Mexia
Sherman
A. B. McKenzie
Joe Palmer
Mr. Justice
Austin
McKenzie
Limestone County
Justice
Palmer
Albert Mace
Denison
Raymond Hamilton
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Mexia Daily News
Tehuacana
Texas Rangers
Freestone County
Tom Connally
Senate
Dan Moody
Texas
North America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Marlin
J. W. Justice
Mart
1949 Airplane Production Falls Short of Minimum
The Aircraft Industry reports producing about 2,400 to 2,700 military airplanes in 1949, far below the government's recommended 6,000 to 9,000 annual output. A year end tally shows roughly 28 million pounds of airframes delivered to the Air Force and Navy, up from 25 million last year and far short of the 56 million pounds advised to sustain expansion and modernization of the armed services.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Truman
Air Policy Commission
Navy Air Arm
Chinese Communists Admit Arrest of Two U.S. Airmen
Washington reports two American airmen Elmer C. Bender of Chicago and William C. Smith of Long Beach, California are alive and held at a Red military base near Teinetiu. Chinese officials informed the U.S. consulate of the arrests, marking the first admission of the capture since their disappearance during a routine training flight on October 19, 1948.
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Washington
Teinetiu
U.S
Elmer C. Bender
Chicago
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Cal
Reds
British Cunard Plans World’s Biggest Transatlantic Liner
The Cunard White Star line plans a 90,000 ton liner costing 42 million dollars to surpass the Queen Elizabeth as the largest ship and fastest in transatlantic service. The Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary currently cross the Atlantic in about 4 to 5 days.
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London
Cunard-White Star Line
Atlantic
Holiday Death Toll In Texas Reaches 100 At Noon
The Texas holiday death toll rose to 100 by noon today, with 46 deaths in traffic accidents, 13 in fires, two in a plane crash, and 39 from other causes. Victims include various highway and other violence or accidents since Friday, reflecting the half-way point of the Christmas New Year holiday period.
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United Press
Texas
VFW Plans New Year's Dance at Local Hall
The VFW Post outlines a Saturday night dance at 8 o'clock in the VFW Hall 111 Womack Lane. A local five piece stringed orchestra will provide music for the occasion.
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VFW
Womack Lane
Rita Hayworth gives birth to second daughter in Lausanne
Actress Rita Hayworth delivered a daughter six hours after hospital admission in Lausanne. Prince Aly Khan reported the baby weighed five pounds eight ounces and arrived seven weeks early at 9:35 a.m. Rita, in a mink coat, faced a difficult delivery but is reported to be well.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Jasmine
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Prince Aly
Rita
Aly
French Riviera
Blizzard Strikes Pacific Northwest Trapping Three Miners
A Pacific Northwest blizzard battered Washington and Oregon with gusts to 56 mph and two feet of snow. A railroad section hand Burnis L. McHenry was crushed by a toppled tree near Ryderwood. Rescue crews dug through drifts to reach a miners cabin near Cle Elum where three to four miners were stranded as the storm continued in the Cascade range.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Washington
British Columbia
Oregon
Oregon Coast
New England
Ryderwood
Burnis L. McHenry
Cle Elum
Cascade Range
American relief official released after border detentions
Isreal Jacobson, American relief official, was expelled from Hungary then detained by Russian authorities at the Austrian border. He was released and arrived in Vienna, escorted by a Soviet officer through Austria's Soviet zone from Nickelsdorf where his papers were questioned.
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Vienna
Austria
Israel Jacobson
Hungary
Jacobson
Nickelsdorf
Truman Returns to Washington After Christmas Leave
President Truman departed Independence Missouri at 11 28 am CST returning to Washington to face a heavy workload following a five day Christmas vacation at home.
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Independence
Truman
Washington
Negro Minister Shot to Death Near Bremond
A Marlin Negro minister Rev. A. E. Deckard was killed about 11 miles north of Hearne last night. The shooter stole Deckard's car and fled toward Milam county. the car was found near the scene. Deputy W. O. Baxter leads the investigation for Robertson county as authorities seek the unidentified gunman.
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Hearne
Robertson County
J. L. Crocker
Calvert
A. E. Deckard
Marlin
Bremond
Milam County
Bob Reeves
W. O. Baxter
Franklin
Mexia Daily News
Baxter
Rev. Deckard
Crocker
United Press
Humble Pipe Line Superintendent Receives Service Award
I. F. Pettey district superintendent for Humble Pipe Line company earned a diamond pin for thirty years of continuous service. Four officials from division HQ at Longview and Tyler, led by G. A. Lee, presented the emblem here. Pettey began with the company during the 1919 Baytown to Ranger pipeline era, after earlier work with Mr. Lee on the Tide Water line in Illinois and Ohio.
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I. F. Pettey
Humble Pipe Line Company
Humble
Longview
Tyler
G. A. Lee
Pettey
Mr. Pettey
Humble Company
Baytown
Ranger
Mr. Lee
Tide Water
Illinois
Ohio
Subway Fall Kills Former Track Star Lovelock
Dr. John S. Lovelock aged 39 a former Olympic 1500 meters champion from New Zealand and later a New York physician was killed when he fell under a subway train in New York today.
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Subway Fall Kills
New York
John S. Lovelock
New Zealand
French Premier seeks confidence vote on 1950 budget
Paris France up premier Georges Bidault asked the national assembly for a vote of confidence on two major articles in his record 612 billion dollar budget for 1950.
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Paris
France
Georges Bidault
National Assembly Today
Faulty Refrigerator Kills Family Waiting For Visit by Santa
NEW YORK UP A father and mother died on Christmas Eve while stacking presents for two young children under a tree. The children Veronica and Andrew Jr. died in their beds. Police say oxygen was exhausted by fumes from a faulty refrigerator. A relative found the scene after smelling fumes.
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New York
Santa Claus
Andrew Gazak
Mary Fabsik
Thornton Man Free On Bond In Whiskey Case
Bud Jackson of Thornton was arrested last Wednesday at a whiskey still site six miles east of Thornton. He is free on bond awaiting federal trial in Waco after a prior no bill. authorities say a Tennessee grand jury previously found insufficient evidence to indict him.
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Bud Jackson
Thornton
Bill Green
Jackson
Waco
Green
Roosevelt Voted Most Impactful Leader of Early 20th Century
A United Press poll of American newspaper and radio editors named Franklin D. Roosevelt as the person who made the greatest impact in the first half of the 20th century. Adolf Hitler placed second, followed by Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, Lenin, the Wright brothers, Albert Einstein, Joseph Stalin, and Louis Pasteur. Pasteur was noted for his disease work though he died in 1895. Women received votes but none entered the top ten. Lise Meitner, Mary Baker Eddy, and Mme Curie were highlighted. Roosevelt won by six points over Hitler.
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New York
Franolin D. Roosevelt
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Thomas Edison
Winston Churchill
Henry Ford
Nicolai Lenin
Wright Brothers
Albert Einstein
Josef Stalin
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur
Lise Meitner
Mary Baker
Eddy
Christian Science
Mme. Curie
Roosevelt
Edison
Churchill
Ford
Lenin
Einstein
Stalin
Admit You're Doing It Too Texas Demands
Texas rejects Federal Council of Churches intervention in Heman Sweatt case unless churches admit segregation in Texas and 14 Southern states. Daniel says brief allowed only with disclosure of denominational racial segregation. Sweatt seeks admission to UT law school. Texas created separate law school for Negroes and argues equality. The Presbyterian church declined to join the brief.
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Austin
Texas
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Heman Marion Sweatt
Sweatt
Houston
United States Supreme Court
Daniel
Price Daniel
Charles H. Tuttle
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Tuttle
Federal Council
Episcopal
Presbyterian Church
University of Texas Law School
Supreme Court
Air Force debunks flying saucer rumors after two year probe
The Air Force states a two year investigation shows saucer reports are hoaxes or misinterpretations of natural phenomena. Weather baloons flares birds and missiles are among possible explanations as Wright Field abandons its project saucer. True Magazine quotes sources claiming Earth has been observed by intelligent beings from another planet for 175 years.
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Washington
Air Force
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
U. S
True Magazine
Dewey Abandons Presidential Hopes in New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey indicates he has abandoned all presidential ambitions but intends to remain influential in Republican politics. He prefers returning to private law practice and serving as an elder statesman like Herbert Hoover and Alf Landon.
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Tom Dewey
Albany, N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Alf Landon
Chinese Nationalists Recognize United States of Indonesia
The Chinese Nationalist government in Formosa announced full recognition of the United States of Indonesia, marking a diplomatic move amid regional tension and shifting alliances.
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Indonesia
Taipeh
Formosa
United States
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Humble Pipe Line
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Production Credit Corporation of Houston
U. S. Treasury
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Hi Nabor
Ty Olin Milter
Sun and Times Co
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