Controversy Over Sugar Controls Rages in Capitol
Washington reports a clash over sugar policy as Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson accuses New York brokers of plotting to scuttle sugar controls and pledges efforts to keep sugar affordable. Senate Republicans condemn the policy while Anderson cites possible supply gains for households and industry next year.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
New York
William H. Burns
National Brokers Association
Anderson
Capitol Hill
Hugh Butler
Aati
Train Collision Injures Eight Near Raleigh
An eastbound Southern Railway passenger train collided head on with a slow freight seven miles east of Raleigh North Carolina injuring eight people including two crewmen and six passengers. The engineer and fireman escaped by jumping before the engines collided. The wreck near Auburn occurred around 1040 a m as both trains ran late with the freight three hours behind schedule and the passenger train leaving Raleigh over an hour late.
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Raleigh
Southern Railway
J. A. Beal
Auburn
N. C
Goldsboro
Grocery Stores and Post Office To Close New Year
Mexia retailers report all local grocery stores will close on New Year’s Day and the Mexia Post Office will also close. The Mexia Daily News will publish a listing of stores choosing to announce closures if they end with 491 or 492.
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Mexia
Jimmy Blair
Mexia Daily News
Truman cites $10B return on lend lease program
President Truman announced a total lend-lease outlay of about $50.7 billion with repayments and settlements restoring more than $10 billion by Sept. 30. The statement notes reverse lend-lease cash, goods sales, and pending settlements as part of the repayment figure.
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Washington
Truman
Limitation of Term For Senators Urged
Sen Erwin C Johnson of California urged a constitutional amendment limiting U S senators to two terms or 12 years in office to keep Congress in touch with the people He said many senators drift from constituents and regional viewpoints He announced he will not seek a third term noting presidential timber harms voter trust
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Washington
Erwin
C. Johnson
Calo
Congress
Johnson
Potoma
Work Time Lost In Strikes Hits All Time High
The 12 month total for man-days lost to strikes nears 120000 with 104,475000 lost in the first 11 months. Postwar lows aside the year is set to break past records, with coal strikes adding over a million idle days and 1945 as the prior peak.
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Waliington
Bureau of “Labor Statistics
Plane Crash Report Sparks Rescue Confusion
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a TWA incident involving Captain Herbert ansey and crew with passengers scattered in a 50 yard radius. Belts and landing instructions appear cited as survivors flee the scene amid chaotic details.
Hughes Urges Resignation of TWA Directors and Officers
Howard Hughes the largest stockholder in Transcontinental and Western Air has asked all officers and directors to resign amid a widening rift with TWA president Jack Frye. TWA reportedly faced a 40 million loan and over 12 million in lost revenue due to Constellation grounding and a three week pilots strike.
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Hughes
Western Air
American ‘Aviation
TWA
Battween
Jack, Frye
Iecension Finance
Constellation
Rescuers Reach Wreckage of Plane in Blizzard
San Diego dispatch reports rescuers and Marines fought through a blizzard to reach the wind swept peak and retrieve bodies from a plane wreck. Coroner C Dy Gann led 25 Marines and 11 Forest Service men down a three mile trail to the fuselage amid two feet of snow, with two believed buried in the charred collision.
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San
Diego
Cal
Prices of Citrus Fruit Cut In Half Across Texas
A statewide clearance trend lowers citrus fruit prices to 70 cents a pound in Dallas and Texas centers. Experts note a forthcoming price skid as wholesale butter drops in New York prompts consumer resistance to higher butter costs and margarine sells at 43 to 46 cents a pound.
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Jurces
Eanta
Dallas
Texas
New York
Plans for $50,000 auditorium in Austin announced
The State Department of Catholic War Veterans announced plans to build a $50,000 auditorium in Austin for public use and offices for the state organization.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Catholic War Veterans
Price Break Not Indicative of Downward Trend
Shoppers flock to bargain counters as stores slash prices and stage clearance sales on suits dresses shoes furs household goods and foods. Discounts reach 33 to 50 percent with some items at cost while food price cuts are limited to butter eggs meats and canned citrus juices. Market experts say postwar inventory clearance and late deliveries drive cuts, yet economist Melchoir Palyi notes the price surge may continue despite temporary drops.
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Ventory
Nda
Dr. Melchoir. Palyi
Central Life Insurance Company
Playi
Airliner Crash in Indiana Kills Pilot and Co pilot
Two killed and twelve injured when an American Airlines plane developed engine trouble and crash landed in a flower garden near Michigan City Indiana. Captain Frank Hammer and Harmon E Ring of Chicago died. Ring died later in hospital. Twelve injured were hospitalized including several in serious condition.
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Michigan
City
Ind
U.P
American’ Airlines
Frank Hammer
Chicago
Harmon
E. Ring
Ring
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Clinic Hospital
DeGaulle Rejects Presidential Bid
Paris reports Gen Charles DeGaulle rejected any bid for the first presidency of the fourth republic. He dismissed the office as lacking power and withdrew before any public role was offered. His name had circulated in speculation about a president to be chosen next month.
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Paris
Charles “DeGaulle
Fourth Republic
DeGaulle
Major Portal to Portal Suits Filed Racking Big Sums
In Philadelphia a $200 million portal-to-portal pay suit was filed in U S District Court against Bethlehem Steel Co and Bethlehem Steel Corp, described as the largest such action. In Camden a $46 million portal-to-portal suit was filed in federal court against Campbell Soup Co.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Camden
N.J
Campbell Soup Co
Derby date set for May 3 at Churchill Downs
Col. Matt J. Winn announced that the 78th Kentucky Derby is scheduled for May 3, 1947 at Churchill Downs if the Kentucky Racing Commission approves.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky Racing Commission
Matt J. Winn
Downs
Big Five Seek To Reconcile Atomic Power Control Plans
Lake Success New York December 28. Big Five representatives opened private talks to resolve a split over UN control of atomic energy. Debated issue centers on veto power blocking punishment for treaty violators with US China and four others urging automatic penalties. Baruch warned veto retention could derail U S Senate approval and UN support.
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Big 5
Lake Success
N. Y
Big Five
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
China
U. S
Russia
France
Security Council
Poland
Great Britain
Canada
Atomic Commission
Bernard Baruch
Commission
Baruch
U. S. Senate
Senate Report Criticizes Bilbo for War Contract Ties
A Senate war investigating subcommittee report criticizes Senator Bilbo of Mississippi for accepting gifts from war contractors tied to his sponsored contracts. No seat ouster recommendation is made, with staff polling members on the report’s approval and public release slated for Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
Sen Presdore
G. Bilbo
Miss
Mississippi
Bilbo
Stat
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Wall Doxey
Government Seeks Buyers for Surplus Pipelines
War Assets Administrator Robert M. Littlejohn announced new offers are being sought for the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines valued at $147 million. Bids were previously rejected as too low. the lines run from Texas to the East Coast and were built during the war to transport petroleum.
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Washington
War Assets
Robert. M. Littlejohn
Texas
Littlejohn
Sharp Cold Spell Envelops Texas This Weekend
The weatherman forecasts a sharp Texas cold spell over the weekend into New Year’s Day. Subzero readings hit the Dakotas and Montana as a cold front advances from the northwest. Panhandle expected to drop to 16 degrees tonight with most of West Texas below freezing by tomorrow morning. Snow flurries noted in the Panhandle, cloudy skies and rain in East Texas amid unseasonably mild readings yesterday in Corpus Christi Brownsville Laredo and Junction at 82 degrees.
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Texas
Wyoming
Dakotas
Montana
Panhandle
West Texas
US Weather Bureau
East Texas
Red River Valley
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Laredo
Junction
Telegraph Rates to Be Increased by 10 Percent
The Federal Communications Commission authorized a flat 20 percent rise replacing last June’s 10 percent hike, boosting Western Union Telegraph Co revenue by about 8.5 million yearly while the firm reports a 22 thousand dollar daily loss. The FCC also approved a 15 percent rise for commercial news transmission and a 4.3 percent increase in interstate money order premiums.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union Telegraph Co
FCC
Mexia Man Dies on Commerce Street from Hemorrhage
Belcher Montgomery a Mexia Black man died Saturday morning after a lung hemorrhage struck him while he walked on Commerce Street in the East 600 block. Authorities believe he was fleeing in fright and fell after a second hemorrhage. hospital attendants declared him dead upon arrival.
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Belcher Montgomery
Commerce Street
Three Sisters Critically Injured In Bus Wreck Near Baird
Three sisters from Mexia remain in critical condition at a Baird hospital after a bus rear ended the car they rode in yesterday afternoon near Baird. Delia Delia and Cora Wall of De Leon were seriously hurt. The injured women are tall sisters of Mrs. G. P. Donnell of Mexia, who left for Baird Thursday morning.
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Baird, Tex
U P
Baird Hospital
Delia
Cora Wall
de ‘Leon
Tex
Baird
GOP Fight Over Senate Chairmanships
Washington December 28 The GOP committee on committees named 15 Republican senators for chairmanships in the new Congress prompting protest from Senator Clyde M Reed Kansas whose name was omitted He charged that four of the five committee assigning senators had themselves listed for chairmanships creating a potential conflict of interest and unfavorably affecting public perception.
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Washington
Congress
GOP Committee On Committees
Clyde M. Reed
R. Kans
Reed
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