Mexia Weather Brief and Society Editor Departure
A Texas bulletin notes cooler night air easing sleep, but farmers expect rain as the UP weather forecast shows no immediate rainfall. It lists scattered precipitation across cities and tops temperatures with Presidio at 109. Mexia Daily News announces Miss Willa Bennett leaving after 18 years as Society Editor to move to Grossbeck along with her husband, while John Hoy Liles partners with Mr. Bennett. The page invites readers to support the upcoming Jaycee Annual meeting at Mexia Country Club and mentions residents Mr. and Mrs. E N Wilson seeking a rental home.
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Tomates
Rio Grande Valley
Houston
Victoria
Abilene
Beaumont
Galveston
Laredo
Childress
Crystal City
Presidio
Texas
Mercury
Mexia
News
John Bennett
All News
Willa
Society
Grossbeck
John Hoy Liles
Week’s Calendar Events At Local Civic Clubs
Friday June events include the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees Annual meeting at 7 30 p m at the Country Club. Saturday features a Dairy Day free picture show at 2 00 p m at City Auditorium and a Trades Day Drawing at 3 30 p m at Commerce and Sherman. Sunday presents a Dairy Tour at 2 00 p m from City Auditorium. Monday showcases Bargain Day in Mexia with all day store sales.
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Chamber of Commerce, Jaycee
Mexia Country Club
C. of C
Jaycees
City Auditorium
Commerce
Sherman T
Mexia
Leaders Push Rapid House Action on Peacetime Draft
Washington June 11 Leaders in the House moved toward swift approval of the peacetime draft after the Senate backed a broad bill. Speaker Martin urged a vote next Tuesday or Wednesday on a 19 through 25 selective service act and expected a one day debate plus passage. The measure would enable the army to call up over 200000 men in the year starting July 1.
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Washington
House
Senate
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Ge Senate
Allen
Mexia B and P W Club Holds Fort Parker Park Picnic
Mexia Business and Professional Women’s Club closes its fourteenth year with a June picnic at Fort Parker State Park. Retiring president Mrs. Rena Ellisor presides as plans for the National Biennial in Ft Worth July 4 9 are set. Officers installed include Mrs. John Holton as President and M T Lancaster as Vice President. Twenty members and one guest attend.
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John Holton
B&pw Club
Fort Parker State Park
Mexia Business & Professionel Women’s Club
Ft. Parker State Park
Rena Ellisor
Ft. Worth
Mexia Club
Ellisor
J. W. Compton
M. T. Lancaster
Ora Phillips
Jake Stubbs
Luzelle Magnenat
H. C. Meador
Wortham
Columbia River Flood Breaks Dike Near Portland
Columbia River floodwaters breached a North Portland dike and flooded a 12 mile stretch, inundating Portland Army Air Base and Reynolds Aluminum plant area. Army and civilian troops battled to shore up sandbags as residents sought high ground amid rising waters. The break occurred shortly before President Truman was to survey the disaster area.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Portland Army Air Base
Columbia-Portland 4
47Th Street
Riverside
Colwood
Broadmoore
Alderwood
Army
Multnomah
Paul Revere
Sheriff's Office
Neas 4
Columbia- Edgewater
Sheriffs Office
Truman
Vanport
Marshall Urges Restoring 2 Billion ERP Cut
Secretary of State George C. Marshall warned that House reductions of ERP abroad totaling about 2.16 billion dollars undermine Western Europe’s confidence in the United States. ERP Administrator Paul Hoffman pressed the case, while Senators Ball and Ferguson indicated support for restoring most of the cut.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Russia
United States
Congress
Senate
Europe
U. S
House
Marshall
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Romania Nationalizes Industry and Resources
In Bucharest on June 11, Romania announced a sweeping nationalization of nearly all industry, mines, oil wells, sub soil resources, railways, and telephone systems. The cabinet approved the act in secret and Parliament passed it unanimously after about three hours of debate.
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Bucharest
Romania
Kaiser Frazer UAW Reach 13 Cent Wage Pact In 1948 Plan
Kaiser Frazer Corporation and the CIO United Auto Workers announce a 13 cent hourly wage increase and a nine percent rise for 1,500 salaried workers. A new Social Security fund will replace the old trust, funded by five cents per hour worked. Packard also negotiates fringe-benefit terms and raises car prices by 74 to 200, with ratification pending.
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Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Packard Motor Car Company
UAW
Ed Cate
Kaiser-Frazer
Packard
Chrysler Corporation
Kaiser Or Frazer
Entries for Mexia Jaycees Dairy Month Baby Contest
Entries have been received for the Healthiest Baby Contest to be held Saturday afternoon in front of J C Penney after the Mexia Trades Day drawing at 3 30 pm. Sam Sowers and Don Caldwell Jr report plans include a milk drinking contest. The event is organized by the Mexia Jaycees dairy committee.
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Harold Kendrick
Kendrick
Fiesta
Mexia
Jaycee Orland Albright
J. C. Penney
Sam Sowers
Don Caldwell, Jr
Dairy Committee
Mexia Jaycees
Sower
Prowler at West Milam Street Frightens Greer Family
Mrs. Greer heard screams and spooked a prowler from the Oscar Greer home on West Milam Street Thursday night. Around 10 pm she checked the baby's room and saw a man peering in. Greer chased him outside but the intruder fled, leaving only footprints.
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Oscar Greer
West Milam Street
Arabs and Jews accuse each other of Palestine truce breach
The 28 day Palestine truce faced swift accusations as Arabs and Jews blamed one another for violations. UN mediator Bernadotte sought British ships planes and more American observers, while Israel warned against returning Allied forces complicating the four week pause.
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Palestine
Tel Aviv
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Lake Success
N. Y
Britain
Holy Land
House Panel Votes To Permit Farm Workers Import
Washington reports the House Agriculture Committee will vote on a law to allow farm workers to be brought into the United States from Puerto Rico and the British West Indies. Also noted is press chief appointment in Europe and a Texas postmaster nomination with highway aid figures for Texas.
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IGTON
House Articulture Committee
United States
Puerto Rico
British West Indies
Polemary London
R. H H. Shackford
United Press
Charges ONeill With Blocking Coal Negotiations
A coal operator from Knoxville asserts that Charles ONeill the Operators spokesman bears the blame for the stalemate in talks with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers over a new soft coal contract. The operator cites ONeill's stance on immediate payments from the $40 million mine workers welfare fund.
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Washington
Charles O'Neill
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
H. K. Cook
Knoxville, Tenn
Sai
O'Neill
Lewis
New Mexia Family Reports Move to 917 E Titus
New Mexia residents Mr and Mrs J B Taylor their daughter Glenda Joe 12 and son Gary 4 have moved from Corsicana to 917 E Titus Street. Mr Taylor is in charge of the meat market at One Piggly Wiggly store.
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J. B. Taylor
Glenda Joe
Gary
Mexia
Corsicana
E. Titus Street
Mr. Taylor
First Baptist Mexia Breaks Ground For New Mission
The First Baptist Church of Mexia plans a June 13 ground breaking at 4 pm for a new mission house on Teague Highway four miles east. The facility will seat 125, have four Sunday school rooms, be lumber constructed, and sit on Tyus family land donated for the project. Rev. D A Bryant will preach. Rev. Greer Garrett will read the Scripture.
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First Baptist Church of
Mexia
Teague Highway
First
Tyus
D. A. Bryant
Greer Garrett
Arab and Jewish Leaders Clash Over Cairo Truce
Cast from Cairo reports Zionists violated cease fire on three fronts as Arab governments protest to Bernadotte. He sends notes to Jewish authorities and deploys observers in Beirut to review Arab charges amid growing tension over the peace plan.
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Cairo
Bernandott
Bernadotte
Beirut
Uty
Bernadott
Lefardapt
Stock market snapshot fills fluctuating trading day
Selected stocks show mixed movement as United Press Markets notes irregular bonds and unsettled Chicago trading. Cotton futures dip while grains in Chicago mirror scatter patterns with wheat corn oats and barley futures uneven.
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United Prep
U. S
Chicago
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Methodist
Chucrh
RB. Gordon
R. Gordon
Eastland
Highland Park
Fort Worth
Texas Electric Railway
Mexia Gush Jers
Fred Marberry
Walbang Saree
Israel
E. KH. Gordon
Ee Rev
Opal F. Roberson
Temple, Tex
New Mexia
American Airlines
At&t
Chrysler
Comw & Son
JC Penney
Phelps Dodge
Sears Roe
Humble
Hinabor
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