Hearst Receives American Legion Distinguished Service Medal
William Randolph Hearst is awarded the American Legion Distinguished Service Medal by National Commander John H. Stelle at Hearst’s San Simeon home. The ceremony marks the 26th DSM award in 27 years, with prior honorees including Eisenhower Nimitz Stimson Roosevelt Jr. and Ernie Pyle.
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Walter Naughton
Los Angeles Examiner
San Simeon
William Randolph Hearst
American Legion
John H. Stelle
Minds
California
Hearst
Legion
Indianapolis
Great
Stelle
Chicago
Hisenhower
Nimitz
Henry Stimson
President Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Ernie Pyle
Distinguished Service Medal Award Acknowledged by Mr Hearst
Commander Stelle and the American Legion presented Mr Hearst with the Distinguished Service Medal acknowledging his support in a hard campaign. Hearst thanked the Legion, praised its patriotism, and vowed to treasure the honor as the Bible verse about treasure guided his words. (Continued on Page 15)
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Hearst
Stelle
National Executive Committee
American Legion
Indianapolis
National ‘Executive Committee
Legion Committee
Veterans
Legionnaires
Light Rains Forecast Damp Sunday In Cool Weather
Light showers and cloudy skies are forecast for Sunday as forecaster J Hi Jar boe predicts cool conditions. Temperatures will range from a near freezing 34 degrees Sunday morning to a high of 60 degrees in the afternoon.
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J. Hi, Jarboe
Buffalo Steel Pickets Start
Buffalo CIO United Steel Workers members at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant began a pre dawn walkout with about 1000 night shift workers leaving before midnight. Picket lines formed around the 11000 employee plant amid a maintenance service dispute linked to a broader planned strike. Two pickets were injured during gate entry attempts.
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Buffalo
Lackawanna
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO
United Steel
Workers of America
Joseph P. Molony
Dallas Bank Post For Dr. Tanner
Dr. E. O. Tanner, government professor and head of social science at Southwest Texas State College, resigns to join the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as research economist. He has served with the Office of Price Administration in Dallas on leave from the college for over two years.
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San’ Marcos
O. Tanner
Southwest Texas State College
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Tanner
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Jap Cabinet Adds Three New Members
LOKYO January 12 Five new cabinet members were appointed in a reshuffling aimed at preventing collapse under General MacArthur's purge order. Premier Baron Kijuro Shidehara remains at the head as the cabinet bears the impact of the January 4 directive barring all Japanese linked to tax authoritarian and ultra nationalist policies from public office.
Young Democrats To Map Program In Texas
The Young Democrats of Texas will outline a program of action for the coming campaign at a Sunday executive committee meeting in Austin. President Jack Carter of Fort Worth said other matters would follow the program. Also noted is the San Antonio Real Estate board installing officers and directors at the Gunter Hotel ballroom at 12 15 p.m. Tuesday.
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Austin, Jan. Jr
INS
Young Democrats of Texas
Jack Carter
Fort Worth
The
San Antonio Real Estate Board
Gunter Hotel
Austin Milk Strike Vote Looms Over City
In Austin the Wholesale Milk Producers association earned authority to call a milk walkout with no fixed date, after a 2 to 1 vote last night. Mayor Tom Miller asked delays at least until February 1. The strike aims to pressure the OPA to approve a price increase for milk.
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Austin
Wholesale Milk Producers Association Authority
Tom Miller
OPA
San Antonio Weather Forecast Summary
San Antonio and vicinity remains mostly cloudy Sunday with occasional light rain. It will stay cool with a low around 34 and a high near 60. Further details available on page A.
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San Antonio
Nations Named to UNO Group 6
London Jan 12 Brazil Australia and Poland won two year seats on the UN Security Council joining Egypt Mexico and the Netherlands. Poland and the Netherlands were deadlocked before a draw gave the Netherlands the seat. Canada failed to win a seat aiding the US Russia power balance.
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London
Brazil
Australia
Poland
Security Council
United Nations Organization
Egypt
Mexico
Netherlands
United States
Assembly
Canada
Russia
New Zealand
Winant Named To UNO Post
President Truman named John G. Winant U.S. ambassador to Great Britain to act as the U.S. representative at organizing meetings of the economic and social council of the United Nations Organization. The meetings are set for during or after the current U.N. assembly in London. Ed Hocker, 73, Lampasas resident for 50 years, died Sunday after a heart attack. He was a Missouri native active in local business and civic life for decades.
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Washington
Truman
John. G. Winant
U. S
Great Britain
Eva Nomie and Social Council
United Nations Organization
United Nations Assembly
London
Lampasas
Ed Hocker
Missouri
Britain
Berlin Club Raid Seized Cash and Liqueur in Berlin
Military government officials report a raid on a luxurious gambling and dining club in Berlin. Dinner checks averaged $200 as cash and over 160 bottles of illegal liqueur were seized after a warning buzzer failed to alert German and British police. authorities count more than 200 similar clandestine hangouts operating.
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Berlin
U.S. Moves Toward End of Telephone Strike Talks
Washington January 12 Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach met with union officials in a last effort to settle the telephone workers dispute without federal seizure. Talks with Western Electric and ACEW leaders drew no firm comment on picket lines or worker return as 260000 operators continue to refuse crossing. If no agreement is reached, President Truman may order government operation of WE or the entire system, with FCC possibly directing seizure and operation of facilities. Ernest Weaver ACEW president said there is no plan to call off pickets, while Joseph Bele ACEW members would return if seizure ordered.
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Washington
CINS
Schwellenbach
Howard T. Colvin
U.S. Conciliation Service
Truman
U. S
Bell Telephone
FCC
Union
W.E. Centere
Calvin
Ernest Weaver
ACEW
Weaver
Joseph Bele
New York Telephones Quiet as Strike Fails to Halt Service
Collapse of the threatened strike by telephone equipment workers in New York City as operators and office workers ignored picket lines. Long distance operators still observed protests. no disturbances reported.
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New. York
New York City
Motors-CID War Stalled in GM Wage Dispute
Detroit January 12 General Motors rejected the Truman board wage guidance for the GM UAW strike, offering 13 12 cents an hour while the board had proposed 16 12. UAW VP Walter Reuther accused GM of evading responsibility. Washington January 12 President Truman accepted Abe Fortas resignation as undersecretary of the interior effective January 15.
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General Motors
Truman
General Motors-United Automobile Workers, C. I. O
G. M
E. Wilson
Walter P. Reuther
Forpas
Washington
UINS
Abe Fortas
Department of Interlory
Army and shippers grapple with GI baby supply lines
Army and War Shipping Administration report planned transport of 20 000 GI babies and 40 000 GI brides overseas by March as a fleet of 16 vessels including Queen Elizabeth is prepared to embark from Southampton with diapers pins rubber sheeting and safety gear amid concerns over first cargo and logistics priorities.
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Southampton
Injunction Halts S. A. Picketing
The Red Dean of Britain, known as the Red Dean for his Communistic views, told a London rally that America is far behind Britain in culture and religion. He urged Americans to redirect resources toward domestic uplift before aiding Britain, arguing the United States is 150 years behind in religion and 100 years in culture.
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Hewlett, Johnson
Britain
Canterbury
London
United States
Red Dean
America
Transit Men Delay Strike in El Paso
A scheduled strike of El Paso bus and street car operators was postponed after company and union officials agreed to continue wage hour negotiations. Mayor Dan Duke urged resumption of talks. A F Steele international representative pledged the union would not strike during negotiations.
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EL Paso
INS
el Paso Bus
Dan Duke
A. F. Steele
Countess Hurt in Skiing Accident
London January 12 Countess of Barcelona wife of Don Juan pretender to the Spanish throne was injured in a skiing accident in Switzerland She suffered minor bruises and an injured ankle according to a Reuters dispatch from Lausanne
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London
Barcelona
Don Juan
Switzerland
Reuters
Lausanne
Paper Doll Blamed for Divorce Ruse
Chicago report recounts Peter Basica 27 buying a paper doll that sparked conflict with wife Nada Basica. An anonymous "Dorothy" allegedly wooed Basica, leading to divorce granted to Nada by Judge Edwin A. Robson after Peter claimed Dorothy was a figment of imagination in a plea for reconciliation.
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Chicago
Peter Basica
Nada Basica
Edwin A. Robson
Dorothy
Peter
Nade Deatons
Three Japs Face Trial for Yank's Murder
Tokyo dispatch reports an American military commission will try three Japanese charged with stabbing to death Pfc. Robert C. Young of Syracuse New Jersey while he surprised a raid on a government storehouse. The case highlights wartime tensions and military justice procedures.
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Tokyo
INS
Robert C. Young
Syracuse
N. J
Unions Await Order Amid Telephone Strike Unrest
A federal injunction halted work at the Southwestern Bell central office. ACEW pickets left as deputies served the order. Union leaders planned a local council meeting and a regional vote on sympathy action, with word awaited from St. Louis and headquarters in San Antonio.
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Ray Hackney
Southwestern Telephone Workers Unions
Telephone
Central Council
San Antonio
Meads of Telephone
Southwestern Belt Company
Western Electric Company
NED
A. A. Frénch
Southwest
Texas Telephone
Iotal
St. Louis
Joe Dominguez
Joe Mecklen
Salary Cuts Urged by City Officials in 1892
San Francisco civil service commission staff amid a nationwide wage crisis urged salary cuts by 1892 city employees and officials as inflation and cost of living pressures mount.
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San Francisco
INS
Civil Service Commission
Oil wage panel urges 18 percent pay rise in industry
A three man government fact finding panel urged an average 18 percent wage increase for oil workers to settle a long running dispute that led to government seizure of refineries. The panel told Secretary Schwellenbach that contracts with Sinclair and other firms already included such a boost and noted the navy still controls parts of 23 companies with 53 petroleum properties seized last October to avert a full scale oil strike.
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Washington
Luher Schwellenbach
Sinclair
CIO Oil Workers Union
Navy
Lan Lie Inkated
Vee Ee
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