White House Quiet as Grand Jury Probe Delayed
A grand jury inquiry into Abraham Teitelbaum’s claim of a $500000 tax-shakedown appears postponed to next month. The White House keeps action details secret as Henry Grunewald and others face subcommittee questions about debts and alleged Washington cliques.
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Washington
Abraham Teitelbaum
White House
Truman
U.S
Jude Thomas F. Murphy
New York
House
Ways and Means
Mr. Truman
Henry Grunewald
Grunewald
William P. Maloney
Georgetown University Hospital
Adrian Dewind
Dewind
Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Grand Jury
McGrath
Teitelbaum
Chicago
Bert K. Naster
Frank Nathan
Two West Texas wildcat failures reported by Railroad Commission
Wildcat wells in Fisher and Stonewall counties were abandoned after reaching depths of 6520 and 6383 feet respectively. Continental Oil prepares to plug No 1 Noles in Fisher County after sulphur water showed no oil or gas.
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West
Texas
Fisher County
Stonewall County
Railroad Commission
Bay Petroleum Corp
Nelson
Rotan
J. W. King
Alexander
Ellenburger
Kiowa Pool
Kent
Humble Oil & Refining Co
W. M. McLaury
Kent County
H&gn
Sun Oil Co
Bilby Wallace
Jackson, Douglas & Ritchie
A. Q. Smelter
Wildcat
Salt Creek
Texas Co. No
Emery Estate
Clairemont
Boorden
Gail
Borden County
Underwood
Flayton and Johnson
Fisher Failure
Continental Oil Co
Noles
Roby
Schools And Businesses To Mark Holiday In Snyder Area
Snyder schools will dismiss Friday afternoon and stay closed until January 2 under Superintendent M. & Stanfield. Helmleigh and Fluvanna Ira districts follow similar Christmas and New Year closures. Courthouse and city hall close Saturday noon to Wednesday morning. police and fire departments remain open. The Daily News will not publish on Christmas Day.
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Snyder
Ram
Daily News
Extension On Entries For Home Contest
A flood of entries from Snyder oil camps prompts postponement of the home decoration contest closing date. The one mile entry limit is removed to allow camp participants. Sixteen of eighteen families at one camp favor entry. Prizes total three with final judge decision on Christmas Eve.
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Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Wolfe
Wolfe
T. Gerald Cates
Bertha Clark
Cherry Street
Pat Johnston
Thirty - Third Street
Belle Estes
Thirty - Ninth Street
Jim Moss
Avenue V
H. F. Clark, Jr
Tythir-first Street
Record cold and snow sweep nation as deaths rise
The storm and cold grip the Midwest and Northeast with sub zero lows from -25 in Bismarck to 10 below in Old Town Maine. Snow totals reach 11 inches in Buffalo with two feet in South Buffalo while New York City climbs to 24 above. Death toll climbs to 151 across states including Indiana with 20 dead.
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Associated Press
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Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Canadian
Bismarck
N. D
International Falls
Minn
Pierre
S. D
Miles City
Mont
Old Towne
Greensboro
N. C
Atlanta
Mercury
Hlouston
Punxsutawney
Virginia
Winchester
Front Royal
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Danville
Richmond
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Pennsylvania
New England
New York
Buffalo
New York City
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Detroit
Fort Worth
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Miami
Indiana
Scientists deploy Poulter seismic method near Scurry County
Stanford Research Institute crews test the Poulter seismic method five miles east of the city on the H. P. Winters farm. Explosives create surface vibrations to map subsurface layers without digging. The operation will last at least two weeks, possibly months, with a temporary weekend disbandment for Christmas.
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Sceurry County
Stanford Research Institute
Palo Alto
Calif
L. F. Horn
Horn
Scurry County
H. P. Winters
Conservationist Talks Before PMA Committee
Members of the Production and Marketing Administration county committee opened their meeting with Marion Everhart of the Soil Conservation Service detailing how PMA and SCS collaborate on local farm conservation issues. Secretary administrator duties noted no replacement for Elsworth Jones to be hired until January. committee includes Clifton Thomas chair, Glenn Tate vice chair, and Charlie Bley member.
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Production and Marketing Administration
Marion Everhart
The
Soil Conservation Service
Everhart
PMA
SCS
James Bellamy
Elsworth Jones
Clifton Thomas
Glenn Tate
Charlie Bley
Vishinsky Rejects Western Disarmament Plan
Paris dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky rejecting a revised Western disarmament proposal as wishy-washy. He criticized Britain France and the United States for failing to offer real changes. The Four Powers proposed a 12 nation disarmament commission to resume talks on ending the arms race.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
U. N. General Assembly
Britain
France
United States
Russia
Security Council
Canada
U. N
Poland
Christmas Shoppers Enjoy Mild Day in Snyder
A high of 65 degrees brought a pleasant outing for about 605 shoppers in Snyder yesterday. The warm weather continued into the night with a mild overnight and similar temperatures at 7 30 this morning.
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Snyder
Next Move In Steel Strike Up To Government Mediators
CIO United Steelworkers demand a 15 cent hourly raise and other concessions threatening a nationwide strike planned for New Year’s Day. President Murray links wage ceilings and price structure to settlement while government mediator Cyrus Ching and the Wage Stabilization Board are eyed for a resolution.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Truman
China
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
Taft-Hartley
Ching
Wae Board
White House
Murray Grim
Mother Had Polio, Family Needs Help
A Kiwanis Christmas fund appeal describes a family with two children aged 3 and 9 where the father is out of work and the mother has polio. The club’s year round drive seeks aid to ensure a meaningful holiday for this family and others in need.
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Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Christmas Fund
Aecord
Jetter
Snyder Daily News
Stop Sign Project Reaches Sixty Percent Complete
Snyder streets now host sixty two new stop signs with one hundred ordered signs to be installed as pipe supplies allow. City superintendent W J Ramsey said two inch pipe dug from water lines was used for signs so far and that the used pipe stock is exhausted for now. He expects to replace more two inch pipe soon and finish the project.
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Snyder
W. J. Ramsey
Citi
Ramsey
Strikers Meet On Intervention on Pan American Wage Dispute
The CIO Transport Workers Union calls striking Pan American personnel to meetings to discuss President Truman’s emergency wage-fact finding action. The strike involves about 5,800 crew and ground staff seeking an 18 cent hourly raise for mechanics and ground crews and a $40 monthly boost for stewardesses and pursers.
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New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
TWU
Pan American World Airways
Truman
Pan American Company
Pan American
Pursere
Communists List Prisoners Includes Gen Dean in Korea
Communists handed UN a list of 11 559 prisoners in Korea including 3 198 Americans and Maj Gen William F Dean once missing since Taejon fall. UN warns lists may contain errors and lines frozen as truce talks resume at Panmunjom with Ridgway and adjutant generals in conference.
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Sea of Japan
North Korea
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
William F. Dean
U. S
Dean
Taejon
William P. Nuckols
U. N
U. N. Command
United States
Red Cross
Canada
Greece
Netherlands
U. S. Army
James M. Hanley
Eighth Army
Red
International Red Cross
Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
C. Turner Joy
Panmunjom
Elections On In Iran Today
Iran begins national elections for 136 Majlis seats amid high tensions and riots. Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, hailed as a national hero, faces a political climate shaped by anti British oil policy, with communists contesting in a landowning-oligarchy ruled nation.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Majlis
Azerbaijan
Tudeh
Abadan
Churchill Faces Persuasion On United European Army
Paris dispatch reports Gen. Eisenhower hosted Prime Minister Churchill and urged support for a unified European army. Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden heard strong arguments from French leaders Pleven and Schuman amid questions about Britain’s stance. Britain may back a diluted plan modeled on wartime coalitions while withholding troop pooling and awaiting NATO negotiations and a six-nation treaty draft. Churchill and Eden also discussed coordinating Mediterranean policy and potential British commands in a NATO framework.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Britain
Rene Pieve
Eden
Pleven
Robert Schuman
Mediterranean
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
West Germany
NATO
Middle East
Weather Update for Texas Regions
Partly cloudy and colder this afternoon and tonight across Fast and South Central Texas. Increasing clouds and warmer conditions with possible rain in North Central Texas by Wednesday. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions this afternoon through tonight, with little temperature change.
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Texas
West
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Stanford Institute
Ishinsky
Cyrus $. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Sorundh
American Iron and Steel Institute
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