Egypt Denies King Ended Romance to Wed Woman
Cairo reports say King Farouk did not end a young woman's romance to gain a wife. Press adviser Kermin Tabet Pasha called rumors of an engagement premature and unfounded. Denials came from Egyptian ambassadors to the United States Italy and London.
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Egypt
Cairo
Kermin Tabet Pasha
Farouk
Narriman Sadek
Zaki Hashem
United Nations
United States
Italy
Kamil Abdul Rahim
Washington
Rahim
Hashem
Miss Sadek
London
Weekend of Deaths Seen in New Year Holiday Toll
The U S Safety Council in Chicago predicted 330 traffic deaths on New Year’s weekend unless a blizzard tightens the country. President Ned H Dearborn urged four precautions including using public transit when drinking and not riding with a drunk driver. Texas reports 103 holiday fatalities so far, with 47 in traffic, 14 in fires, 40 from other causes and two in a plane crash. national three day Christmas totals reached 611.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Texas
Mexia Hot Check Suspect Arrested in Pampa
J L Thomason is jailed in Grovesbeck charged with passing four hot checks in Mexia last March. He was arrested on another bad check in Pampa Sunday and returned to Limestone County by Sheriff Bill Green. Thomason faces county court trial late next month for checks at Eubanks Hardware Flat Top Cafe La Mode and a Mexia store.
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J. L. Thomason
Grovsbeck
Pampa
Limestone County
Bill Green
Thomason
Eubanks Hardware
Flat Top Cafe
la Mode
Green
Abilene
Business Prospects for 1950 Are Good, Economists Say
Washington reports that top government and industry economists forecast a prosperous 1950. Secretary Charles Sawyer conveyed to President Truman that prospects are good with tempered optimism. Private experts largely agree the first half of 1950 will be especially favorable, aided by announced price cuts boosting consumer outlook.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
Truman
Conference Opens to Avert CIO Strike Over Bell Workers
ST. LOUIS UP A conference of governors opened to avert a strike by 50,000 CIO communications workers at Southwestern Bell in six states. Gov. Forrest Smith of Missouri led optimism and said separate talks would be held with union officials and utility representatives to seek a settlement. The walkout was postponed to Jan 1. Governors present included Roy Turner, Frank Carlson, Sid McMath, with Texas official M B Morgan and Illinois officials Fern Rauch and George Green assisting.
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ST. Louis
CIO Communications
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Smith
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Sid McMath
Arkansas
Allan Shivers
Texas
M. B. Morgan
American Men Domesticated But Women Okay
Dallas report quotes Pam Tabberer an English woman who says American men spend too much time in kitchens yet are not domesticated as a commercial male trait. She contrasts English views with American women, praising well groomed, intelligent partners while noting teens unsettle her.
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Dallas
England
Pam Tabberer
Train Hits Pickup Near Sanger Killing Three In Collision
A Texas Chief passenger train struck a pickup at a grade crossing in Sanger killing three people. The victims were Mrs. Jake Keith about 60, her daughter Peggy about 20, and Burl Taylor about 30, all residents of Pilot Point.
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Sanger
Texas
Jake Keith
Peggy
Burl Taylor
Keith
Pilot Point
Nationalization of large firms by Hungarian government
United Press dispatch reports in Budapest that the Communist government orders the nationalization of all industrial firms employing more than 10 people, affecting many American and foreign firms in Hungary. Other items note a boat capsizing on Hemlock Lake with three seminary students drowning, Truman envisioning Caribbean ferry links, Arctic storms affecting the Pacific Northwest, Coal Co. postponing coal-to-gas plans due to labor unrest, Texas highway delegations seeking farm-to-market roads, and a small freighter crew believed killed near Cuba.
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Budapest
Hungary
Conesus
New York
St. Michaels Mission
Hemlock Lake
Washington
D. C
Truman
United States
Caribbean
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Library
Penna
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Commission
Miami
Florida
Cuba
Coast Guard
Prank Turns Into Injury Near Mexia
In Springfield south of Mexia a 27 year old Groesbeck man, Willie Bryant, was shot in the hip during a prank. John May Taylor, 15, was handling a gun when it discharged. Bryant is recovering in a Groesbeck hospital with a fractured hip, according to Sheriff Bill Green.
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Greesbeck
Sprinefield
Mexia
Groesbeck
Willie B. Bryant
John May Taylor
Bill Green
Bryant
Springfield
Ship With Blaze In Hold Arrives Near New Orleans
A 2800-ton Mexican freighter that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico arrived off New Orleans to find the flames extinguished. The ship carried 2000 tons of sisal and anchored six miles below the city. Fire crews inspected the first hold where the blaze began. it had died out due to lack of air after being battened down. All 47 crew members were unharmed.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
No. 1
Texan Survives Plane Crash But Freezes to Death
John Anderson of Houston, 35, died after his private plane crashed on Devil Step mountain. A large search party found his frozen body about 11 miles from the wreck, with broken leg and a splint made from his belt. He had been missing since December 22 and left a message on a rock.
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Crossville
Tenn
John Anderson
Houston
Devil Step Mountain -Ohly
Anderson
Cabbie Mistakes VIP Alben Barkley for Oil Helper
In Norfolk, a taxi driver Oscar Osmund asked Vice President Alben Barkley to hold the hood while checking the oil at Little Creek. A man and woman in a black convertible asked directions. Osmund enlisted the man to assist and offered to drive ahead. The woman then said the FBI would meet them at the dock, revealing Barkley’s identity.
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Norfolk
Oscar Osmund
Alben Barkley
Little Creek
Osmund
FBI
Rosmund
United States
Houston Sleuth Kills Wife Then Shoots Himself
Houston police officer Homicide Lieut. W P Brown shot his wife Sarah 39 once through the heart then killed himself with his service pistol in their home. The bodies were found by Mrs Browns sister Ethel Berger who heard four shots. A coroner ruled murder suicide. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with pallbearers named.
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Houston
W. P. Brown
Sarah
Brown
Ethel Berger
W. W. Brown
George Seber
Forest Park Cemetery
Capt. Seber
A. C. Thornton
L. L. Watts
Ray Heller
J. N. Bevil
Released American Says Reds Grilled And Starved Him
Vienna reports American relief official Israel Jacobson, 37, charged that Hungarian Communist police starved him and grilled him 20 hours daily while in custody for 12 days on spy charges. He says clothes were ripped, searches brutal, and a bright light kept him in a constant state of fear. He was released and expelled, later held briefly by Soviet authorities before final freedom.
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Vienna
Austria
Israel Jacobson
Jacobson
Budapest
American Joint Distribution Committee
Two Prison Guards Lose Jobs Over Monday Escape
In Huntsville Texas two guards, Dave Langley 56 and Alton Harmon about 55, were discharged after an investigation into Monday's mass escape of seven convicts. The inmates tunneled 25 feet to freedom from the prison wall, with three still at large.
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Huntsville
Texas State Penitentiary
Dave Langley
Alton Harmon
X-1 Rocket Plane Reported At 1989 MPH Flight
Los Angeles Times cites reliable informants claiming the Air Force X-1 rocket plane reached 1989 miles per hour during tests at 60 000 to 80 000 feet over Edwards Air Force Base in California. Captain Charles Yeager or Major Pete Everest may have piloted the run, though no official comment was offered. The Times notes the X-1’s designed top speed is 11 700 mph at 80 000 feet, with a four barer rocket engine and fuel for 2.5 to 4.2 minutes of flight.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles Times
Edwards
Muroc
California
Senator Morse Calls for Coal Dispute Fact-Finding Board
Oregon Republican Sen Wayne Morse urges President Truman to appoint a fact-finding board to settle the coal contract dispute. He argues the Taft Hartley act cannot bar the three day work week ordered by John L Lewis, as government may order rail passenger cuts if coal stockpiles lag. Some reports warn reductions could reach 25 percent.
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Washington
Wayne S. Morse
Oregon
Republican
Truman
John L. Lewis
Mexia VFW Post Buys New Clubroom For 1800 From Barker
The rapidly growing Mexia VFW post completed final payment of 804 dollars for the hall and clubroom at 111 Womack Lane, purchased from hardware dealer John J. Barker. The post traces to 1945 with 120 members and draws veterans from Groesbeck and nearby towns, aiming to exceed 150 members next year.
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John J. Barker
Mexia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Womack Lane
Barker
J. Henry Perry
Texas
National Guard
Lancaster
Charles O. Barker
Russell D. Richardson
Gaynor Lindsey
Woody B. Davis
Doyce Lindsey
Thomas J. Kubiak
John B. Barker
Charles P. Ballard
James R. Shamblin
Groesbeck
Teague
Worthant
Coolidge
Corsicana
Nine Day Siege Inaccurate But Gets Annoying
Plutarco River of Tampico, Mexico, asked police for protection on the ninth day of threats from behind his farm. He said someone has repeatedly tried to shoot him from the mountain, but the shots never hit. He remains concerned the danger is real.
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Tampico
Mexico
Plutarco River
Plutarco
Violent Earthquake Shakes Manila Luzon News
A violent earthquake rocked Manila for more than two minutes today causing damaged buildings and frightened workers. Police report no casualties in the capital city, with intensity 5 in Manila and felt across Luzon from 4 to 7 on the scale.
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Manila
Philippines
Manila Weather Bureau
Quezon City
Luzon Island
Search Continues For Unknown Slayer Of Negro Minister
Robertson county authorities continued a post midweek manhunt for the slayer of Rev. A. E. Deckard, who was fatally shot while parked at a roadside park between Calvert and Bremond. A stolen car linked to the minister was recovered in Milam county but offered no clues to the shooter’s identity or whereabouts. The unidentified assailant fled in the minister’s car, which deputies later located and returned to Calvert.
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Robertson County
Milam County
A. E. Deckard
Marlin
Calvert
Bremond
Franklin
Connally Pushes Texas Air Force Academy at Randolph Field
Sen. Tom Connally of Texas reaffirms support for locating a proposed air force academy at Randolph Field in San Antonio. He calls Randolph the most available site for a school to rival West Point and Annapolis and has introduced a February bill to establish the academy there.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Texas Today
Air Force Academy
Randolph Field
Texas
Connally
Air Force School
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force
San Antonio
Connally urges sizeable foreign aid cuts and bold Europe policy
Washington Senator Tom Connally called for sizeable cuts in foreign aid next year and urged bipartisan foreign policy. He pressed for returning the ambassador to Madrid, bringing Spain into NATO, and warned against political bitterness harming world peace. He cited Bonn government, Dutch-Indonesian talks, and Acheson assurances on China recognition.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Texas Democrat
GOP
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Sen
Connally
United States
Bonn
Germany
Europe
Dean Acheson
China
Senate Committee
Texan
Outlook good for winter wheat and rye in the Southwest
The Cargill Bulletin reports a favorable winter wheat and rye outlook in the Southwest with limited surface moisture in parts. Wheat is in dormancy with low moisture needs and low risk of winter kill. overall crop growth is excellent. Government estimates place 1950 winter wheat production at 885 million bushels, slightly below the current year.
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Minneapolis
Atomic fertilizer claim debunked by AEC findings
Washington report states two years of research by the Atomic Energy Commission show that radioactive fertilizers do not boost crop growth, ending the theory that atomic fertilizers can raise yields.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
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U. S. Safety Council
Charles S. Murphy
Clark Clifford
J. Murphy
Ruby Smith
Tsingtao
Blaze
Barkley
U.S
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Charles Ballard
D. L. Fife
Billy Bob Sawyer
Charles Barker
O. T. Curlee
Jim Seay
NEW Post
Luzon
Texas Air Force Academy
Sen. Connally
Madrid
Spain
Cepr
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