31 Dec 1946
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1946
Page
1
Texas endured a severe winter spell with light snowfall across much of the state and ice in the eastern half. Temperatures hovered near freezing as hazardous highway conditions persisted and chains became common in North Central regions while a Panhandle moderation was expected tomorrow.
The National Safety Council reports approximately 34,000 traffic fatalities for 1946, up from 28,000 the prior year due to relaxed wartime limits, but below the 1941 peak of 35,969.
A preview lists major bowl games on New Year’s Day with Rose Bowl featuring finals vs USC L.A. in Pasadena NBC at 3 45 p m Sugar Bowl Georgia vs North Carolina in New Orleans ABC 1 45 p m Cotton Bowl LSU vs Arkansas in Dallas CBS 4 00 p m Shrine East vs West All Stars in San Francisco after Cotton Bowl Orange Bowl Tennessee vs Rice in Miami CBS 12 45 p m
The Senate campaign investigation panel divided along party lines over its inquiry into Theodore Bilbo's Mississippi primary actions. The committee plans two reports Friday from Democratic and Republican members, as War Investigating and Steering committees weigh Bilbo's political fate.
Reverend Father Thomas J Prendergast announced today that New Year's Day will be a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass at St Marys will be at ten oclock with confessions heard beforehand.
The United Steelworkers union planned to file a portal-to-portal pay suit against the Hughes Tool Company in Houston. The claim seeks about 1.5 million dollars for some 4,000 employees with alleged back wages and liquidated damages plus attorney fees, plus additional damages bringing regional portal suit totals near 3 million dollars.
The NLRB orders Laughlin Steel Co Pittsburgh to bargain with AFL affiliated foremen over hours and wages. The board seeks enforcement from the U S Circuit Court, after affirming its ruling that foreign and supervisory employees may join unions affiliated with unions of production workers.
A damaged OCR fragment references a GOP convention and state approval without clear context. It mentions modification and a conference and notes about selection or pickings but lacks complete names, places, or dates to establish a full report.
A Brownwood area protest centers on a proposed lease of a 118 000 acre camp. Citizens oppose the plan while officials present arguments for action. The commissioners court unitedly authorized Judge A E Wilson to pursue measures related to the matter after a yesterday discussion.
State Comptroller George Sheppard announced that 1946 property valuations across 254 counties reached $5,123,583,409, up from $4,983,270,005 in 1945. The figures were reported to the Comptroller’s office in Austin.
Fruman announces end to hostilities in negotiations with workers. A proposal to arbitration is discussed as part of the contract terms. Union officials indicate a willingness to pursue arbitration to resolve the dispute.
Ford Motor Company announced the discontinuance of its Employees Investment Plan. Interest on all accounts will cease immediately. depositors are asked to present account books for payment in full. The firm had stopped accepting new deposits in September 1981 to avoid unequal benefits among staff.
ABILENE Texas December 31 Miss Delia Wall was recovering today from injuries in a bus auto collision that claimed the lives of her two sisters Cora Wall 47 Lott Tex a school teacher died yesterday and Della Wall a feather at Denton had died earlier in the crash
The Implacable the world’s oldest active warship and veteran of Trafalgar retired today in London. The 1805 battleship was honored for her long service and naval history ending an era of wooden hulled fleets.
Gov Coke Stevenson announced Vernon D. Singleton of Dallas will join the State Board of Education to replace Mace Stewart of Galveston. Reappointments include Austin M. Long and Phil M. Stevenson. New regents for Texas State College for Women at Denton are Mrs Edwin T. Phillips and S B Whittenburg, with W B Hamblen to succeed George S. Barron on the board. A B Spires E A Arnim and Charles Crist named to Lower Colorado River Authority board, succeeding S Raymond Brooks AB Elzner and John Connally.
In Madrid 31 cortes members opposed a new amnesty law, 68 resisted higher consumer taxes, and 19 rejected the new budget in a rare show of anti Franco sentiment. Observers tie the votes to broader Spain independence signals amid international affairs.
Several stores and banks will close or shorten hours on New Year’s Day. Frozen Food Locker and drug stores close at noon. Eilers Jewelry, Maxis Jewelry, Sears, Goodyear, J C Penney, First National Bank and Farmer State Bank also announce partial or full day closures.
President Truman issues a proclamation declaring the cessation of hostilities in World War II and canceling 20 wartime statutes effective noon December 31 1946. He notes 33 other wartime laws will expire within six months unless extended by Congress and hints some may be kept for peacetime reconversion. The move does not end emergencies or the state of war, and Congress may consider broader terms.
The UN Security Council postponed general disarmament debate until early next week as the United States and Soviet Union clash over agenda priorities. Herschel Johnson pushes to first address international control of atomic weapons. Andrei Gromyka seeks a three month timeline for a complete disarmament program. The panel also scheduled discussion of the Trieste accord.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson voided a jail term pardon and $500 fine reduction for Marshall Morris convicted of aggravated assault on Miss Jim mie Gantt in Palestine. The clemency reversal followed a Pardon Board review and new testimony, with Morris facing one year in jail after a rehearing set for January 22 unless reversed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
The State Highway Department warned travelers to avoid nonessential trips. By 9 am reports showed severe icing across most state highways, with roads out of Dallas Austin and San Antonio closed. Snow and ice blocked traffic in West Texas and the Panhandle. Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley conditions were not yet reported.
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