Trinity Episcopal Choir to Sing Easter Cantata
On Good Friday the Trinity Episcopal Church choir in Baytown will present the sacred cantata Olivet to Calvary with help from guest voices. Directed by RL Dockendorff and assisted by George Meason, the performance features solos, choir numbers, and organ accompaniment, with public attendance and a KREL broadcast.
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Episcopal Choir
Trinity Episcopal Church
Baytown
Olivet
Calvary
At & Pam
RL. Dockendorffé
George Meason
Ray Spear
J. H. Maunder
Jerusalem
Meason
Thomas Seaie
Patsy Saunders
Louise van Meldert
Keith Dutson
Dockendorff
A Quarte
M. H. Hall
T. W. Warren
Bliss van Meldert
Apartment Wanted And No Fooling
An April bulletin from Fort Worth reports a housing shortage with a sign seeking a three or four room apartment for two adults and two children. The notice mocks the buyers as hard drinkers and snorers, describing quiet occupants who almost never breathe. In the same issue a separate item notes Brady Dees, 51, burned to death in a fire that destroyed his one room shanty. investigators suspect he died while trying to escape.
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Aolwauhee
Fort Worth
Brady Dees
Mrs Greer Sells Home To Engineer In Whitney Britton tract sale
Mrs. Greer sold most of her Whitney Britton survey acreage and two-acre tracts along Highway 146 to buyers including W C Cleveland and the Knights of Pythias lodge. She plans a residential subdivision on about 16 acres at Davis Road with a new five room ranch home and attached garage.
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White
Knights of Pythias
Goose Creek Lodge No
Carl Roth
W. C. Cleveland
Greer
Whitney Britton
Davis Road
Beytown Real Estate Board
Commerce and
West Peace
Commerce
Mrrs
Janice Barber 11 Dies After Illness Burial Planned
Janice Barber eleven died after illness with burial in Cedar Crest Cemetery. Surviving are parents two brothers Lurtils and Gene Barber and grandparents Mr and Mrs RA Barber of Beeville and H HE. Also listed are Sun Classified Ads disl $502. ans of Spurger
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Cedarcrest Cemetery
Lurtils
Gene Barber
RA Barber
Beeville
H HE
Sun
Spurger
Paint Speckles Paints Cars in Baytown Water Tower Area
The Mississippi Valley Tank Company sprayed aluminum paint on a water tower near South Main between Texas and Gulf in Baytown. Cars were speckled. drivers reported damage claims while insurers expect a flood. The city manager said the paint can be washed off with Varsol or kerosene if done promptly, though some finish loss may occur during removal.
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Middleton
South Main
Texas
Gulf
Missiséippi Valley Tank Company
B. #. Lane
Mississippi Valley Tank Company
Lane
Baytown
Livestock Markets Report Fort Worth Apr 4 1940s
Livestock prices shown for Fort Worth with cattle loads and ranges for fed steers yearlings cows and bulls. Hogs steadier but weaker than Wednesday with weights cited and sow and pig prices. Calf and stocker values listed for various grades and weights.
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Fort Worth
USDA
FBI closes in on slain gunman's pal in Mojave shootout
In Mojave California on April 46 police and FBI agents killed Fred Lennon 39 during a gunfight that followed the death of fugitive safecracker Lee Emory Downs. Lennon was accused of armed robbery and unlawful flight and was described as Downs constant companion as the FBI alerted Southern California agencies to Downs potential whereabouts.
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Mojave
Calif
FBI
Lee Emory Downs
Lsted
California
Sam H. McDaniel
Jerome J. Daunt
Fred W. Lennon
Mojave Dezert
Here
Lennon
Downs
Norman Davis Earns Sam Houston Degree in FFA Banquet
In Huntsville on April 6, Norman Davis of Raytown was named the recipient of a collegiate degree at Sam Houston State College during a Future Farmers of America banquet. Fifty-seven members, the largest collegiate FFA chapter, were honored for completing degree or certificate requirements.
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Huntsville
Sam Houston State College
Future Farmers of America
Norman Davis
Raytown
FFA
Visit Cancer Clinic Before Too Late Rotarians Warned
Baytown Rotarians heard Dr. George D. Bruce of the East Harris County Chapter of the American Cancer Society warn that one in five members may die from cancer. He urged education as the best defense and noted the society's drive begins April 10. The chapter runs a hospital information center and makes dressings for patients. A film urged early detection and doctors' visits for suspected cancer.
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Baytown
George D. Bruce
East Harris County
American Cancer Society
Bruce
United States
Pearl Harbor
East Harris
San Tacinto Memorial Hospital
Hugh Stewart
Bill Lyons
T. W. Lyons
Holly McLemore
Rotary
Charred Body Of Young Girl Found
Police investigate a brutal slaying likely committed Sunday or Monday night. Captain Seber and Detectives McCurry and Melcher consider the fire the cause of death, with two skull fractures noted. Witness Rohde found the charred remains beside a tree after seeing a human shape thinking it a dummy. Autopsy by Dr. Leonard Ortega confirmed the fire as the cause of death.
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Seber
McCurry
F. E. Melcher
Rohde
Police Arrest Convict After 26 Free Years
Dallas police arrest Houston painter Frank Theodore Green on a routine pickup and he admits walking away from Michigan State Prison about 36 years ago in May 1924 after a four month sentence for breaking and entering. He says he lived normally since then. Green was identified when a company he worked for reported missing paint.
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Dallas
Houston
Michigan State Prison
Frank Theodore Green
Alay
Green
Lattimore Calls McCarthy a Tool in Communist Charge
In a prepared statement Lattimore denies endorsing communism and labels McCarthy's charges base and contemptible. He contemplates legal action against the Wisconsin senator whose Senate-floor accusations he challenges as baseless. Amid new probes, Republicans urge a bipartisan inquiry into McCarthy's claims and seek Truman appointment of a commission to investigate the accusations.
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Les
Lattimore
Hbel
Wisconsin
Senate
Committee
Siock
GOP
Truman
U. S
Asociates
Stock Quotes Special to The Baytown Sun
Allez Lud Steel 21 Allis Chal 34% Armco Steal 2h AT andT Sais Amer Woolere 23 AT and SF By Anaconda Cop 23 Beth Steel BAN Budd Co MK Calumet and Heath Celanese Corp 32% Chrysler Corp 6TH Cities Service 74% Con Edison 31% Creole Pet 31% Davison Chem 234% Cow Chem 65 Dy Pont Chem 1% Eastman Kodak 47 Gen Electric 46% Gen Motors 30 Goodyear Tire S2u Greyhound Bus 1034 Gillette Saf 338 Gulf Oi 3h Gut Btat Util 22% H Land P & 295% Hous Ol Es Humble Ol BT inti Nickel 28% J and L Steel BH Kenn Cop BGs Libby McNah Liggett and Myera Bau Mack Trucks Ls Mila Con Pet 42% Nat Dairy Prod 4345 Nat Steel aT Ohio Oil 237% Penney's Inc 59% Pure Oil 0% Packard Motors 3% Repab Steel 267% St. Regis Paper & Sou Pacif S34 Stan Of Ind at Stan 688 N. FT. 69% Sunray Oil 23% Tex Gulf Sul 72 Texas Coate Dex Gulf Prod 29% Tidewater Corp 25 Timken Besringsis U. S. Steel Bay Woolworth Inc 504 May NM. O, Cetton no change
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Allis Chal
Armco Steal
Sais Amer Woolere
Anaconda
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Beth Steel Ban Budd Co
MK Calumet and Heath Celanese Corp
Chrysler Corp
6Th Cities Service
Con Edison
Creole Pet
Davison Chem
Cow
Ind
Stan
N. FT
Sunray Oil
Tex Gulf Sul
Texas Coate Dex Gulf Prod
Tidewater Corp
Timken
U. S. Steel Bay Woolworth Inc
Cetton
Paralytic Saved From Roaring Fire Near Lincoln Street
Firefighters contained a blaze among a long row of shotgun houses beside the railroad track near Lincoln Street. More than 20 families faced destitution as water from hoses and a strong east wind battled flames. Fire Marshal Hub Bounds cited undetermined cause near a window in the Gregory apartment. the adjacent duplex suffered only slight water damage while a neighbor’s electric fan ran on Ida Cleeman’s lawn.
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Lincoln Street
Ida Cleeman
Hub Bounds
Gregory
Jess
Culberson Exit Spurs State Race
The article notes O'Deniel quietly near retirement amid governors race chatter. Former governor and U.S. senator remains a central figure in rumors, while friends doubt a current run. Guiberson has built a wide campaign corps in 148 counties, with planning previously linked to O'Daniel.
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O'Deniel
Aledo
United States
Guiberson
O'Daniel
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