Britain seeks path to resolve Suez Canal crisis
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain aims to negotiate with Egypt to defend the Suez Canal Zone without jeopardizing global security. He noted a new Egyptian premier and urged agreement satisfying Egyptian aspirations while preserving free-world security.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Suez Canal
House of Commons
Egypt
Free World
Eden
Churchill
Cairo
Sudan
Farouk
Aly Maher Pasha
Canal
Arouk
Stanolind Kicks Off Ellenburger Wildcat in Dawson County
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. stakes the No 1 L. C. Bodine for an 11,000-foot Ellenburger wildcat in extreme southeast Dawson County, two and a half miles northeast of Ackerly and eight miles south of the Spraberry Jeep pool near the Borden County line. Good shows reported at the No. 1-D TXL Central Howard County reef test near Big Spring with 145 feet of oil-cut mud. tool open one hour with strong surface blow. Gulf Oil to plug and abandon its No. 1-A Long Southeast Borden Ellenburger test after salt water production. Phillips No. 1-A Jerry Clayton in Southwest Borden to be plugged after failing to find production in the Ellenburger. Amerada No. 1 Canon in West Borden still coring below 10,347 feet with no petroleum shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanolird Oil & Gas Co
Dawson County
L. C. Bodine
Ackerly
Borden County
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Txl
Howard County
Wildcat
Big Spring
Gulf Oil Corp
Ellenburger
Gail Spraberry Field
T&p
Phillips Petroleum Corp
Jerry Clayton
Southwest Borden
Canon
Poll Tax Trailer To Visit Fluvanna Tomorrow
The Junior Chamber of Commerce poll tax trailer will stop in Fluvanna tomorrow at four o'clock led by Dr. Robert Hargrove president. The trailer has completed its circuit of oil camps and rural communities in the county except Fluvanna. Tomorrow is the next to last day for paying poll taxes in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Fluvanna
Robert Hargrove
Hargrove
Texas
State Health Officials Begin Snyder Garbage Survey
E. C. Nelson the state sanitary engineer from Austin led a Snyder survey of garbage collection and disposal. Dr. H. C. Powell Jr. said Nelson came at the city council's request to inspect facilities and guide improvements. Also present were Bill Hanneman of Lubbock and T. H. Windrum.
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E. C. Nelson
Austin
Snyder
H. C. Powell, Jr
Nelson
Bill Hanneman
Lubbock
T. H. Windrum
Powell
Three Die As Building Burns In Minneapolis Inferno
Firemen in Minneapolis recovered four bodies from the ruins of a three story business apartment building after a blaze that destroyed the structure at the edge of the loop. Fire Chief Reynold Malmquist said 13 others were missing and believed dead as crews labored through 15 below temps using floodlights and a wrecking crane to topple walls. The first victims included a girl about three and a boy about six, found near a crib with a large doll, plus a woman and a boy yet to be identified.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Loop
Reynold Malmquist
Fair Weather And No Rain Reported in State
Tuesday dawned fair and cooler in Texas with no rain overnight. Temperatures were forecast to stay cool in East and Central Texas as lows ranged from 25 in Dalhart to 48 in Galveston. Freezing readings appeared in Amarillo El Paso Lubbock Wink Junction and Marfa. Hardware dealers heard L. P. Nolen of Seymour warn that dry weather hurts crop yields and farmer buying power.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Dalhart
Galveston
Amarillo
el Paso
Lubbock
Wink
Junction
Marfa
Malik Says U S Is Aggressor In Asia
Soviet delegate Jacob Malik at the United Nations accused the United States of backing a Chinese Nationalist force in Burma armed to provoke aggression. Burma denied reports of a campaign against Nationalist forces as Chinese troops allegedly entered Yunnan.
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Malik
U.S
Asia
Paris
Soviet Union
Burma
U. S
Jacob Malik
U.N
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yunnan
Peiping
Red China
Rangoon
RFC Office Is Said Paralyzed by Senate Truman Deadlock
Sen Maybank warned that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is effectively paralyzed due to a Senate Truman stalemate over appointing a new RFC head. He urged action, noting McDonald’s SEC tenure as congressmen review, while Symington is away and no official signer remains.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Senate
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Harry A. McDonald
McDonald
Securities and Exchange Commission
W. Stuart Symington
Britain to Cut Imports by 150 Million Pounds
In the House of Commons Chancellor R A Butler announced a new 150 million pound annual import cut to avert national bankruptcy. The move follows a prior 350 million pound reduction and urges higher production and export earnings to support the free world against Communist aggression.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Butler
Poll Taxes Two Days Before Deadline Target 6000
Poll tax payments surge as the deadline nears with organizers aiming to reach 6 000 payments. Local election officials urge eligible voters to submit before the closing date to avoid penalties.
Airport Board Named Jail To Be Improved
County commissioners appointed five men to form an airport commission and approved upgrading the county jail with modern plumbing and heating. The jail work will be done by M. Burrow of Snyder with the sheriff. The airport panel includes J. J. Dyer Sam Joyce H. D. Moreland E. H. Williamson and Dr. John Blum. Terms will be staggered one year for one member and two and three year terms for others, with new three year appointments at expirations. Judge Taylor said the panel will oversee airport policy and name an airport manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Haney
Doyle Palmer
M. ©. Burrow
Snyder
Winston Feld
Edgar Taylor
J. J. Dyer
Sam Joyce
H. D. Moreland
E. H. Williamson
John Blum
Pelicy
Businessmen Blame Lost Sales On City Strike In Baltimore
In Baltimore during a 19 day transit strike retailers faced January sales about 30 percent below last year with 15 to 20 percent blamed on the stoppage. Transit workers lost earnings, firms chartered buses, and small lenders gained. The Public Service Commission allowed two cent transfers for 120 days as relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
AFL Union
Baltimore Transit Co
Maryland Public Service Commission
Burglar Given Lecture Which Has No Results
A 68 year old New York matron lectured a young burglar for 30 minutes during a crime at her Fifth Avenue residence. The thief, described as a 20 year old Black man, stole $100000 in jewelry then threatened the woman before fleeing amid the city’s high society scene. Mrs Scott Scammell, wife of a New Jersey lawyer, belongs to a wealthy Trenton family.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Scott Scammell
Trenton, N. J
Freezing Night Temperatures Logged at 29 Degrees
Weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn reported last night’s reading fell to 29 degrees with a 7:30 this morning reading of 29. Yesterday’s high reached 66 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Draft Call For March Expects 1858 Texans
State Selective Service announced a draft call for March totaling 1,858 Texans. The number compares with 2,027 in February and 1,471 in January. Only men aged 20 or older will be called to fill the March quota.
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Austin
State Selective Service
House Teams to Probe Justice Dept Under McGrath
The House Judiciary Committee approved a non political inquiry into the Justice Department and Attorney General J Howard McGrath. Seven members will investigate credibility of testimony while avoiding mere suspicion. The move follows tax scandal disclosures and a parallel Ways and Means probe led by Rep King.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Atty-Gen
J. Howard McGrath
Celler
D-Ny
Kvote
Truman
McGrath
House
Ways and Means
Rep. King
Dcalif
Internal Revenue Bureau
King
Rep
Licating
R-Ny
Lee
Keating
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
Mr. Truman
Boston Official Delaney Sentenced for Bribe and Falsification
Former Internal Revenue collector for Massachusetts Denis W. Delaney received two years in prison and a total $12,500 in fines on three bribery counts and three falsification counts. Judge Charles F. Wyzanski Jr. ordered concurrent terms and barred him from government service. Delaney also faced six months on each falsification count, suspended, after the judge noted no government damage from false liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenced
Charles F. Wyzansky Jr
Delaney
U. S
Wyzanski
Hamburgers Bring Big Money for One Hamburger Feast
Houston Glyn Farm er ate 14 hamburgers for a total of $163.89, earning about 11.70 per burger. He started at noon and stopped a little after 3 p.m., after being offered pay for each burger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Glyn Farmer
Farmer
Planes Fight Above Korea in Air Battles
American and Communist jets clashed in MIG Alley as skies cleared over North Korea. One Red MIG damaged. about 50 MIGs faced 22 F 86 Sabres with no Allied losses. U S Fifth Air Force logged 160 missions and rail-line cuts, while B 29s struck a rail bridge at Sinanju.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Sinanju
MacVeagh Nominated as Ambassador to Spain
Washington Lincoln MacVeagh, then ambassador to Portugal, was nominated as ambassador to Spain. He would succeed Stanton Griffis who resigned last week as President Truman sent the nomination to the Senate for confirmation. Griffis had been the first ambassador to Spain since the United States resumed full relations with the Franco government.
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Washington
Lincoln MacVeagh
Portugal
Spain
MacVeagh
Stanton Griffis
Truman
Senate
Griffis
U. S
State Files Suit On Texas Company Today
A suit for 26533.89 in alleged delinquent occupation taxes was filed by Atty Gen Price Daniel against the Texas Company. The action covers natural gas taxes in Texas from January 1945 to September 1, 1951, including penalties interest and an auditing fee.
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Austin
Atty Gen
Price Daniel
Texas Company
Texas
Weather outlook for West and Halt Texas
West Texas sees pair this afternoon to night and Wednesday with no major temperature changes. Halt Texas remains fair and cooler tonight and in the north portion this afternoon with frost in the central area tonight. Wednesday stays fair and cool with moderate to fresh northeasterly coastal winds tonight.
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Texas
Progress On Supervision Of Truce Fails To Break Prisoner Deadlock
U N Command reports progress on drafting supervision plans for a Korean truce while Reds again reject the Allied plan for prisoner exchanges. North Korea objects to voluntary repatriation and ICRC camp visits, while agreeing to sick and wounded exchanges at Panmunjom. Brig Gen William P Nuckels says talks will use Allied blueprints as subcommittees meet.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
R- E
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
International Committee of the Red Cross
Panmunjom
Red Cross
ICRC
Red Crosses
North Korea
Communist China
International Red Cross
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Borden Wells
L. P. Nolen
Seymour
Archie T. van Winkle
Bonnie
White House
van Winkle
Everett
Wash
SEC
New Martinsville
W. Va
Airport Board
Bemoan
Ray Peveler
Trailertopia
Scurry County
M. L. Sneed
Eighteenth Street
S. G. Williams
Watson
Internal Revenue Collector
Boston
Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
State
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