President Sees World Peace Possible Under UN Framework
President Truman expressed confidence that worldwide peace within the United Nations framework remains achievable in 1948. In his final news conference of 1947 he urged belief in the UN’s final working and warned against letting current obstacles deter U.S. and allied efforts for peace.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
United Nations Solider
Ted States
Europe
State of Union Message To Congress Jan 7
President Truman announced he will send the State of the Union message to the new Congress next Wednesday. Congress reconvenes Tuesday. The annual economic message goes to the House and Senate Friday January 2. The budget will reach Congress Monday January 12.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Stocks Mixed As Markets Climb In New York
Trading in New York showed stocks higher with several names advancing while futures rose modestly. Grains in Chicago shifted with wheat up slightly and corn and oats mixed amid light activity.
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New York
Chicago
Wallace Plans Rest Before Third Party Campaign Launch
Wallace will fly to South Salem, New York for a month of rest before his Third-Party bid. He spoke to 3,000 in Milwaukee about a seven-point world peace program and criticized Democratic and Republican leaders for a war with Russia. He endorsed the Marshall plan but opposed Truman doctrine and UN bypass in aiding war-torn nations.
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Milwaukee
Henry A. Wallace
South Salem
N. Y
Wallace
Russia
United Nations
Taft Warns Marshall Plan Brings Higher Prices
Sen. Robert A. Taft told GOP leaders at the John Marshall Club that the State Department is waging a propaganda push for the European recovery plan. He argued the proposal would raise domestic prices, increase inflation, and may not help Europeans or stop communism as claimed.
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ST. Louis
Robert A. Taft
State Department
Ohio
John Marshall Club
Three Jews Killed By Arab Snipers
Arab gunmen and stabbings in Jerusalem killed three Jews and wounded eight. Snipers hit a group loading furniture in Katamon, a bus in Talpioth was shot, another Jew was stabbed in Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestine Post distributor was shot on Mamilah Street, and Mrs. Golda Mayerson was detained after arms were found in a car.
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Jerusalem
Katamon
Talpioth
Sheikh Jarah
Palestine Post
Mamilah Street
Hei
Golda Mayerson
Jewish Agency
Steers Sell at 41 a Hundredweight on Chicago Market
Chicago market records another all time high as fat steers bring 41 dollars per hundredweight. Two carloads sold at an average weight of 1 275 pounds each.
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Chicago
Greek Army Moves To Relieve Konitsa Under Siege
Athens dispatch reports Greek relief columns pushing through guerrilla lines to reach Konitsa three and a half miles from the mountain fortress. Army expects to relieve and reinforce the garrison before nightfall as another column approaches the Bourazani bridge amid heavy resistance.
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Konitsa
Voidomati
Greece
Bourazani
Vasilikon
Harrison
Ex-King Michael to Depart Bucharest With Court Tomorrow
Ex-King Michael of Romania and his royal retinue prepared to leave Bucharest soon after weather backed plans for a night flight. He spent a final night at Sinaia castle as Premier Groza offered permission to stay, while Michael hinted at a private motive possibly tying to marriage to Princess Anne de Bourbon Parma.
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Bucharest
Michael
Romania
STP Ag Faa
Sinaia
Petru Groza
Anne de Bourbon Parma
Truman Defends Graham Amid Grain Trading Question
President Truman said his personal physician Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham did not err by speculating in the grain market. Graham reported 50,000 bushels traded last September and said he followed the President’s Oct. 5 denunciation of greed and inflation. The President declined to provide a final line between legitimate trading and speculative bets, promising to explain later in writing.
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Washington
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Agriculture Department
Last Rites Thursday For Oil Field Worker Hathcock
Funeral services for W F Hathcock will be held Thursday in Finley Oklahoma. The body is being carried there by the Corley Funeral Home. Hathcock was killed in an oilfield accident at the Mary Ward base southwest of Mexia Tuesday afternoon. H H Harper the driller who was injured is reported to be doing fine at a local hospital.
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W.F. Hathcock
Finley
Oklahoma
ViThel
Corley Funeral Home
Hathcocks
Mary Ward
Mexia
H. H. Harper
Traffic Death Toll in Texas Climbs Over Holiday
The Texas holiday toll rose to 87 traffic fatalities, part of 189 violent deaths since December 20. DPS reports 87 traffic deaths, 56 in other accidents and 46 homicides.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Texas Department of Public Safety
Molotov Signals Interest in New Big Four Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said a German settlement is possible and Russia would welcome a new Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting. He noted Russia would resume discussions only on Russian terms, blamed the United States for London failure, and warned of American imperial aims in Europe.
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Viacheslav M. Molotov
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Russia
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Council of Foreign Ministers
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Britain
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Molotov
U. S
Europe
Deer and Turkey Seasons Close With Record Kills
The 1947 deer and turkey hunting season ends at sundown amid a 15 percent rise in kills from last year. Quail season runs Jan 10 to 16 with shooting remaining. Duck season closed Dec 29. commission hints at a 45 day season and six day bag limit for 1948. About 45,000 deer and 6,000 turkeys were killed by a record number of hunters during the six week season.
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Austin
Tex
Game Commission
Turkey
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Wholesale food prices finish at peak level in 1947
New York December 31. Wholesale food prices ended 1947 at peak levels as Dun and Bradstreet Inc. index rose to 7.24 in the week ended December 30. The authority reports 31 foods in general use averaged 13 cents higher than the prior week, with the index representing total price per pound of the 31 items.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Statistical Authority
Americans donate to move London family to Texas
Generous donors nationwide send money to La Marque Texas to aid war veteran Fred Payne his wife and their three sons relocate and start anew. Mrs Glen Weber and Orlando Blackburn of Mainland Times organize the London Cowboy Fund deposited at a La Marque bank after a heartfelt letter from the Payne boys ages 11 8 and 7 expressing their wish to become Texas cowboys.
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Tex
Texas
Glen Weber
Orlando
Louis Blackburn
Mainland Times
Fred Payne
Payne
London Cowboy Fund
Payne Boys
Howard
Leonard
Skipper
Texas Cowboys
Failure to Rename Landis to CAB Post Goes Unexplained
President Truman refused to explain why he would not reappoint James M. Landis as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Landis’ term ends at midnight and the White House said he would not be reappointed, with Truman promising to fill the post and another vacancy from Clarence M. Young’s resignation promptly.
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Washington
Truman
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Landis
White House
Clarence M. Young
Zephyr Derailment Deemed Unavoidable by Fort Worth Leader
Fort Worth Texas December 31 The Sam Houston Zephyr wreck near Corsicanpeet Subday night left one dead and four injured four cars of the Dallas to Houston stream liner derailed Vice President and General Manager C B D Peckenpaugh insisted the cause was an invisible defect in the rail and that observers found no evidence of employee negligence he termed the accident entirely unavoidable.
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C. BD
Peckenpaugh
Fort Worth
Denver City
Corsicianpeet
Wa’ Killad
Break for Colorado Penitentiary Fugitives Ends With Fatalities
A mass breakout from the Colorado State Penitentiary near Canon City left 12 inmates at large or dead. Orville Turpley 54 killed. John Klingler 43 and Frank Heilman 26 wounded or dead after gun battles as guards were overpowered. Six prisoners were captured and four are still at large. The escape occurred after supper around 6 p.m. and involved five guards used as shields during the breakout.
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Roy Best
Orville Turpley
Frank Heilman
John Klinger
Roy E. Best
El Paso to Panhandle Snow Delays Cotton Bowl Weather Uncertain
Wintry Texas weather brings snow from El Paso to the Panhandle with freezing rain and sleet as central areas report heavy rainfall totals. Dallas sees 41 degrees at noon while other cities log mixed temperatures and forecasts warn of possible freezing rain by kickoff times.
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Panhandle
Rockwall
Decatur
Wichita Falls
Bonham
Weather Bureau
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Childress
Guadalupe Pass
Salt Flat
Waco
Brownsville
Penns Governor Duff Praises Penn State, Dodges Foreign Affairs
Pennsylvania Governor James H. Duff, en route to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, weighs Penn State's Lions strength and 1948 GOP outlook while recalling his wildcat oil days drilling wells in Mexia Texas and West Texas. He avoids foreign policy talk.
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Dallas
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Texas & Pacific
Penn State
Nittany Lions
Texas
Mexia
Tex
West
Southern Methodist
GE to Cut Prices On January 1st
GE will cut prices by about 5 percent on roughly 40 percent of its total output, aiming to reverse inflation. Charles E. Wilson, GE president, says the move could save consumers about 50 million dollars yearly, though other industries doubt a general price decline will follow.
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General Electric Company
Charles E. Wilson
City Wide New Years Eve Watch Service at First Baptist
City wide New Years Eve services across city churches include a Watch Night at the First Baptist Church at 8:00 p.m. Features hymns directed by Steve Heather and combined choirs, a sermon by Rev. D A Bryant, and 11:00 p m testimony with midnight closing prayer.
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First Baptist Church
Steve Heather
D. A. Bryant
Antioch Baptist Church
Henderson Wins 10 Day National Contest Vacation
Fred Henderson of Henderson Electric Company wins a ten day all expenses paid trip to Miami Beach as a Bendix Home Appliances sales contest prize. Based on August to December washer sales, Henderson met quota along with Lone Star Wholesalers in Dallas. He departs January 3rd for Miami January 5th staying at The Flamingo with Mrs. Henderson joining for return January 12th via New Orleans.
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Fred Henderson
Henderson Electric Company
Miami Beach
Florida
Bendix Home Appliances, Inc
Lone Star Wholesalers, Inc
Dallas
Texas
Bendix
Henderson
Miami
Flamingo
New Orleans
Blizzard Halts Search for B 29 Crew in Alaska
A blizzard north of Nome prevents air and ground teams from locating two B 29 crew members and a parachutist who rushed to assist them. Temperatures drop to 35 below and winds reach 30 mph as rescuers abandon hope.
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Nome
Alaska
Here
Northland
Freight Train Collision Fatal To Three Crewmen
MONAHANS Dec 31 UP Rail traffic on the Texas and Pacific main line east of here resumed after a head on collision of a fast freight with a local freight last night. Three crewmen were killed O M Watters J A Coyne engineers and J P Kline fireman all from Big Spring. W T Morris brake man from Big Spring was thrown clear and injured with a back injury. He rested easier this morning in hospital here.
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Texas & Pacific
Here
Texas
Sam Houston Zephyr
Burlington Lines
Carsicana
O. M. Watters
J. A. Coyne
J. P. Kline
Big Spring
W. T. Morris
Well-known Central Texas Physician Dr Edgar Smith Dies
LOCKHART Tex Dec 31 Dr Edgar Smith a well known Central Texas physician for 30 years died of a heart ailment in his office here Tuesday He was prominent in his profession and widely active in Masonic matters
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