Texas Braces For Zero With Severe Blizzard
A west and east Texas cold wave and blizzard warnings sweep the state. Dalhart plunged from 50 to 12 degrees as wind speeds reached 33 mph, and residents are urged to shelter livestock amid widespread cold and storm alerts. Temperatures fall to near zero in the Panhandle with 10 to 25 expected elsewhere by night.
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Deep Freeze Grips Western States As Snow, Cold Rule
A severe cold snap grips the region with lows reaching 48 below in parts of Montana Wyoming and eastern Colorado. Blizzard and freezing conditions spread across Wyoming Utah the Dakotas and southern Idaho while California records freezing temps and San Bernardino and San Francisco report snow and snow showers.
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Devil's Backtone
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China Pleads For U S Aides In Formosa Crisis
Washington dispatch reports the Chinese Nationalists submitted a detailed plea for American military and political advisers to help Formosa. Koo urged the ECA to release frozen funds, as State Department officers confirmed the request after prior informal approaches.
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Shanghai
Michael J. McDermott
U S aid tied to Chinese aid plan eyes six to eight weeks
Six Weeks TAIPEI Formosa Jan 3 Weill informed sources said U S military and economic aid will come to Formosa if Nationalists can aid from Red Chinese for another six or eight weeks. These sources said economic aid will come from the unspent portion of ECA funds allotted to China and will precede a military aid. Military aid will mainly be centered in the military assistance program voted by Congress.
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Formosa
Weill
Tcay
China
Market Edges Down at Start of 1950 Trading
New York stock prices slipped modestly as traders awaited President's messages to Congress and took profits after a long advance. Key issues including steels oils and autos showed sensitivity while overall averages ended the year near multi year highs despite the small decline.
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Cauliotsy
Congress
Maragan Indicted for Perjury in Senate Probe
A federal grand jury indicted John Maragan, once a White House confidant, on four counts of lying to senate investigators in a probe of influence peddling. The charges allege concealed bank accounts and false statements about government dealings and a loan from his mother, with potential penalties up to 40 years.
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Albert Yersey & Co
Chicago
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EDAW
Indaw
Barry Vaughan
Kansas City
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Record Postal Year With Strong December Receipts
Postmaster Dan Quill reports December intake of 7,629.48 boosting the year’s total to 4,265,929.96, an all time high. December 1543 shows a total of 4971,745.55, marking a record month and year for postal receipts.
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Dan Quill
Orphans Receive Christmas Cards in San Antonio
A flood of Christmas cards arrived at The Light on Broadway for delivery to 250 children in three San Antonio orphanages. The cards will support scrapbanks and exhibits, as housewives finish post holiday cleanup and seek to donate.
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Broadway
Produce Prices Edge Up Five Percent in San Antonio
A Tuesday morning report shows produce prices rising up to five percent with green beans climbing from 12 to 17 cents and white squash from 12 to 14 cents. Green onions rise to 60 cents while overall sales predict prices will normalize by midweek in Bexar County.
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Congress Awaits Truman State of the Union Address
Congress convened for the second session as President Truman plans a tax and budget program tied to wartime measures. Leaders anticipate a single package tax bill and new revenues to offset deficits, with Truman’s messages to follow the State of the Union.
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Weather outlook: mild and cloudy through midweek
Forecast shows mostly cloudy and mild conditions with a shift to colder by Wednesday afternoon. Moderate to fresh southerly winds veer to fresh northerly, with temperatures rising to 27 on Tuesday and a low around 60 Wednesday morning.
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Erly
All But 7000 Miners On Job In Illinois UMW Return
Illinois reports about 23 000 miners back at work while West Virginia and Pennsylvania, the largest coal producers, led the reentry. About 480 000 miners have been kept on a two day work week since December 5 under John L. Lewis contract strategy.
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Woll
West Frankfort
Tawleyville
Springfield
Lewis
Diggers
Mercury Dip Brings Mild Weather Through Tuesday
San Antonio is expected to enjoy mild conditions until Wednesday with a forecast for a sharp change. An unofficial forecast calls for much colder weather with light rain by Wednesday afternoon and fresh northerly winds shifting to strong north winds, with temperatures rising to 77 and dipping to 60 as the cold front arrives Thursday morning.
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San Antonio
Berktures
Jack Davis Rejoins San Antonio City Office as Assistant Attorney
Jack Davis, longtime figure in San Antonio politics, returned to city service Tuesday as an assistant city attorney. He previously held the post from 1931 to 1939 and served as city tax attorney in 1941. Davis has run unsuccessfully for Congress, commissioner, and district attorney. Mayor White announced the appointment. Egypt Votes in Cairo Elects New Chamber Members After Five Years of Quiet Balloting.
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San Antonio
Congress
White
Cairo
Jay
Egypt
Chamber of Depiltles
FDR Secrets Aired by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt reveals family secrets and Frank Delano Roosevelt’s White House years in This is Remember Memoir. It covers her marriage, finances, relations with children and in-laws, Roosevelt’s election years, and interactions with Smith Farley Hoover Rosenman Raskob and others.
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Roosevelt
Frankily Delano Roosevelt
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Thaorevelt
Holiday toll tops 400 in New Year survey
The Associated Press reports New Year holiday fatalities surpassed 400 nationwide, with 254 motor-vehicle deaths and 53 in fires. Texas again led, reporting 69 total violent deaths including 34 traffic fatalities, while overall totals showed a drop from Christmas weekend figures. Weather delays and fog cited as factors in fewer highway deaths.
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Houston
Warm Springs
Ore
Texas
Pacific Nations May Form Alliance
Manila sources say President Quirino will call a conference of southwest Pacific nations soon after returning from the United States late in January. The move was relayed to General Wu Tei-Chin, Chinese Nationalist minister without portfolio, as Quirino heads to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for an operation.
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Quiring
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Baltimore
Sawtelle Judge Swapped as Court Recesses for Birth
Judge Robert Sawtélic of Cor poration Court was absent Tuesday recovering from the birth of a baby girl born at 1 24 p m at Bays fist Memorial hospital. Substituting was Judge Emmett Rahn who said the judge would soon be back in. Mother and daughter were reported fine by hospital officials.
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