Eisenhower names Lodge and Dodge to advisory posts
President elect Eisenhower selects Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and Detroit banker Joseph A. Dodge for pre inauguration roles. Lodge to liaise with outgoing administration and Dodge to Budget Bureau as personal representative. Both to begin work this week and report preliminary findings ahead of White House talks with Truman.
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Augusta. Ga
Dwiehnt D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Detroit
Joseph A. Dodge
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
GOP
Budget Bureau
Dodee
Truman
Vernon Newspaperman Dies in New Mexico
Vernon editor and associate publisher Welcome D. Dixon, 48, of the Vernon Daily Record, died early today at Elida New Mexico from a heart ailment while visiting his parents. He and his family arrived Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dixon. The body will be returned to Vernon for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
CIO
Los Angeles
Steel Workers
Cop
Pittsc
Murray
Van Fleet Plans to Give Up Command of U S Eighth Army
General James A. Van Fleet plans to relinquish command of the U S Eighth Army within two months amid uncertain talks with President-elect Eisenhower during his Seoul visit. The 60 year old veteran of world war II and the Korean War has faced frequent retirement rumors and his press adviser offered no comment.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
van Fleet
Rain Peppers Permian Basin Moves On South
Wide rainfall spread from Texas drought areas to the Permian Basin as scattered showers reached cities including Odessa and Midland. Rain totals ranged up to 2.67 inches in Texarkana while Panhandle towns faced freezing lows near 23 to 33 degrees and some light snow.
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Permian
Texas
Gulf Coast
Odessa
Odessa-Midland Air Terminal
Davis
Houston
Galveston
Juneviow
del Rio
Pancias
Corpus Christi
College Station
Alice
San Antonio
Austin
Cotulla
Laredo
Tyler
Longview
Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
South Plains
Central
East Texas
Gulf
Texarkana
Lufkin
Marshall
Fort Worth
Dallas L
Dallas
Earl Hoefle
Abilene
Inud
Waco
Beaumont
Palestine
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Palacios
Childress
Wink
Midland
Mineral Wells
Lake Dallas
Denton
Cooke
Montague
Grayson
Gainesville
Sherman
A. B. Jolley
Associated Press
South
Ohio Valley
New England
Tonnessee
Sam Wallace
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Telarkana
Little Rock
Georgia
Alabama
Iight
Soviet F M Vishinsky warns UN truce talks collapse with American plan
At the United Nations Vishinsky says adopting the U.S. backed resolution to support the Panmunjom negotiators would trigger a collapse of the Korean War truce talks. He argues Washington seeks war to gain global control and profit for American billionaires.
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United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. N
Russia
U. S
China
Andrei Y. Vishlinsky
U.N
Panmunjom
Vishinsky
Dean Acheson
U.S
Washington
Heart Attack Fatal To Philip Murray
Philip Murray head of the CIO and a leading labor figure died in his sleep at the Mark Hopkins Hotel San Francisco at 66 from a heart attack. Tributes poured in from President Truman and major labor leaders as Murray’s death shocks the union movement and shapes CIO convention headlines.
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San Francisco
Phillip Murray
CIO
Mark Hopkins
Elizabeth
Murray
President Truman
William Green
AFL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ben Fairless
U. S. Steel
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin
United Teeiworkers
Roosevelt New Deal
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Murray de
Necklace Seller Defies Odessa Auction Ordinance
Chick Fair owner of the Diamond Shop at 202 North Grant held auction sales in violation of city laws. He refuses to post the $500 bond or pay the $50 daily fee, warning officials and claiming discrimination. City officials consider charges possible, including misdemeanor and Corporation Court action.
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Chick Fair
North
Grant
Fair
Odessa
Malvern McDonald
RicDonald
Chick
Corporation Court
Dick Pepin
MicDonaid
Mozni
Ector Clunty
Iday
Lecitimaia
Baty
Admiral Morcell links US policy to Marxist program at API meet
Chicago November 10 Admiral Ben Morcell chairman of Jones and Laughlin Steel told 5000 oil and gas executives at the American Petroleum Institute annual meeting that Marx outlined a 10 plank Communist program including land ownership tax and inheritance tax. He warned the United States has adopted much of Marx’s program. The remarks were prepared for the opening session and summarized here.
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Louis P. Sumter
Qdeesa
Odessa
West Texas
Camper
Natural Gasoline Department
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Okla
West Fourth
North Washington
Ben Necow
Fred Gage
J. L
Dusty) Rhoades
Chamber of Commerce
Wyatt Hedrick
Fort Worth
Sumpter
Phillips
Phillips Company
Yates
Permian -Asia
Anand
Spraberry Drews
Ector
Pecos
New Mexico
Phillis
Phillips Pipe Line Co
Gage
Bill Harvey
Oklahoma City
MM. R. Hayes
Midland
A. F. Baker
K. —. Jones
Phillips Pipeline Co
A. W. Mallow
R. A. Mmcwnight
W. L. Phillips
H. R. Redders
Charley Walker
W. T. Barrett
Murry Fly
Nedow
Rhoades
H. G. McDonnell
Chicago
U.S
Ben Morcell
Morcell
Boat Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Tokd
American Petroleum Institute
Marx Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Morcel
Marx
United States
Moreell
Stores to Stay Open Tomorrow Armistice Day Odessa
Odessa retail stores will not be closed Tuesday Armistice Day the Chamber of Commerce announced today Banks will close in observance The Chamber said the policy is for retail stores to close on Memorial Day rather than Armistice Day.
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Odessa
Chamber of Commerce
Ike Planning Parley With Top Sclons
President elect Eisenhower plans a conference with GOP legislative leaders before Korea to align a Republican program for early action in Congress. Sen. Taft says he will meet Ike on the legislative program before his Korea trip. Taft intends to retain Senate leadership as discussions on future House leadership focus on Rep. Joseph Martin.
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Truman
Eisenhowever
Defense and State Departments
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Ledge
Vodee
Tana
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Rober
Taft
Onie
Nmg Mikin
Washington
Korea
GOP
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Rep
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
VA Hospitals Deemed Harmful to U S Economic Setup
Dr. R J Wilkinson head Southern Medical Association charges the Veterans Administration hospital program is creating sinister inroads into the economic structure. He cites high costs and improper admissions, urges dedicating VA facilities to service connected cases and reallocating others to states and localities to ease bed shortages.
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Frank Carey
Science Revoruer
Miami
Fla.2
Veterans Administration
R. J. Wilkinson
Huntington
W. Va
Southern Medical Association
SMA
V.A
Wilkinson
American Medical Association
AMA
American Legion
Wagner-Murray-Dingie
Labor unrest grows over wage curbs in U S
Washington reports growing restiveness among organized labor toward wage and price controls as CIO plans to present views in Los Angeles. AFL and CIO have not decided, but some union leaders favor scrapping controls to gain wage negotiating rights. A wage board member urged exempting West Coast shipping, a motion defeated by industry and public members.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
Los Angeles
Wage Stabilization Board
Roger Putnam
WSB
Pacific Maritime Association
AFL Sailors Union
Agriculture Sets Cotton Crop Guess
Washington reports the Agriculture Department’s semi final 1952 crop estimate at 14,905,000 bales of 500 pounds for the year, up from earlier forecasts. Census data show 10,785,725 running bales by Nov 1, with lint yield about 239.7 pounds per acre, and state breakdowns for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Production compares with last year’s 15,144,600 and the 10 year average of 11,755,060, with a 16,000,000 goal noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Jos» Gay
Census Bureau
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Odessan Goes On Trial Today On Murder Count
Odessa bricklayer Robert Marion Boykin aged 48 faces trial in Midland for the March 7 killing of Seldon Charles Smith at a Steak House in Midland. Two jurors were picked. selection to continue. Judge limited mention of an armed robbery conviction. Boykin’s young son could not sit at the defense table.
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Robert Marion Boykin
Odessa
Midland
Seldon Charles
Trestop) Smith
Boykin
Smith
Iida
W. O. Shafer
Pete Turner
Bill Abbott
R. W
Bob) Hamilton
Shafer
Rodney
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Lodge
Dodge
Philip Murray
The
Nelson
Tomark
Ike
Odessan
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