City Council Buys Dragline and Grader at $25,000 Spend
City officials met five hours approving purchases of a dragline and a motor grader. Everett and Company won a $15,777 bid for a half-yard bucket unit with $800 monthly rental. Gas Tractor Company bid $310,500 for a Caterpillar grader with $750 monthly rental. Council discussed oil drilling permits and a possible limit on wells amid Baytown’s oil activity concerns.
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Onet
Num B Hess
EB. Fylane
BRB. Everett and Company of
Bouston
Grayline
Fet
Gas
Adams
Jack Ward
Rufus Bergeron
Rig Pruett
Godfrey
Goose Creek
Baytown
der. Stroud
BH. L Devis
Sieyd
Ward Ward
South Texas Equini Company
Coumman Roel Pruett sugarGie
Ward
Ward End Onpabilaign Bergeron
Flying saucer tale sparks Cedar Bayou rumor
Local columns recount a tall town tale about a flying saucer landing at Cedar Bayou and leaving after briefly showing a pickie before vanishing for parts unknown. The narrative wanders through coffee bragging, trips, and various town characters amid a jokey, gossiping tone.
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Cedar Bayou
Toms Rachelie
Ser Honeycutt
LaBorde
Freeport
Harry Hartman
Karl Springfe
Bob Dial
Pirtle Fisher
Bill Whittredge
Ols Fregia
Bert
8 &T
Annapolis
Polis
Kansas City Police Fear Gang Warfare
Kansas City police and several agencies questioned about 39 people in a rapid probe into the April 7 slayings of Democratic Boss Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta. Investigators feared ongoing gang warfare unless killers are found quickly, with officials alerting politicians and rounding up known figures for questioning.
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Kansas City
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargoita
Henry McKissick
2Nd Ward
Binaggio
Jackson County
George Clark
Unemployment Aid Plan Shelved as Congress Delays
Washington April 7 AP Congress is ready to shelve President Truman's bid to expand unemployment compensation due to time constraints. He sought coverage for 6 million more workers and higher benefits with six months eligibility. House and Senate leaders question immediate action, preferring hearings if the proposal advances.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Stewart Picks Cancer Drive Top Workers
The 1950 fund raising drive for the American Cancer Society will begin Monday. Baytown drive chairman Hugh Stewart announced leaders and workers for a 20 day campaign. Mrs. A J Thaman heads the women’s division with co chairs Mrs Q Glen Berber and Mrs Beatrice Horton. Mose Sumner leads the men’s division and serves as general adviser. A kickoff at 2 pm Monday will be held at the Baytown Community House.
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American Cancer Society
Hugh Stewart
Baytown
A. J. Thaman
Q. Glen Berber
Beatrice Horton
Mose Sumner
Horton
Business and Professional Women's Club
Beulah W. Miles
Buctle Beard
Old Goose Creek
Beard
Miles
Thaman
Louis Young
Stewart Heights
Thad Felton
Denubing Acres
East James Road
John Stiles Baldwin
Britten- Cravens
Fred Hederhorst
Brownwood
Guy Hensley
Wooster
Loughridge
Old
East Baytown
J. 8 Mann
Jr. Morrell
Parke
L. F Reilly
Humble
Bay Wibe
Caliie Terry
Syd Gould
East Goose Creek
Robert P. Kerr
West Goose Creek
Gene Muller
Lakewood
Old Bartown
H. ©. Stefani
E. Wilson
Act Se
Jesse Kirkpatrick
George W. Bence
EL XL Johnson
Laborer admits he burned woman alive in Bayou murder
Houston April 7 Gil Loepa Vasquez a Latin American laborer confessed he kicked a young woman in the abdomen and burned her to death after she lured him to a secluded spot by Buffalo Bayou and rejected his advances. He signed a written statement detailing the events and said the victim Mrs Cavazos resisted before he attacked. Cavazos identified the burned remains as his wife. The case followed a 21 hour manhunt after the body was found by a city bus driver searching for berries.
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Houston
Gil— Loepa Vasquez
Buffalo Bayou
Vesquez
Josephine Hernandez Cavazos
Vasavez
Vasquez
Seber
Fred Cavazos
Cavazes
Missionary's Death Probed Suspects Nabbed In Slaying
A traveling church worker Mrs Lillian Schaefer was found dead in Lake Martin. Two suspects arrested in Memphis, James Lee McGraw 28 Birmingham and Mrs Catherine Bystrom 39 Fairbanks Alaska signed waivers to Alabama. Det W J Haley to bring them for questioning. Schaefer had journeyed from Waco to Jamaica via Texas.
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Alexander City
Ala
Alabama
Memphis
Pete Wiebenga
James Lee McGraw
Birmingham
Catherine Bystrom
Fairbanks, Aleska
W. J. Haley
Lillian Euphremia Schaefer
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Schiefer
Waco
Jamaica
British West Indies
Lake Martin
Schliefer
Pasadena
California
Texas
Eystrom
Alaska
Governor designates April 23 29 as National Rice Week
Governor Allan Shivers of Texas designates April 23 through 29 as National Rice Week. He urges Texans to plan programs to boost rice consumption, calling rice a vital agricultural commodity affecting the economy of the nation and the state.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Truman And Cocoanuts Go Into Hibernation
KEY WEST Florida April 7 President Truman and the Cocoanuts appear to hibernate as the thermometer dives into the fifties. The president, peering from behind navy blankets, comments with a simple Brrr.
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Truman
Key West
Fla
White House
Killer Of Husband Didn't Mean To
Houston April 7 Mrs Vaudie Mac Biles 25 sobbed in a jail cell claiming she never intended to kill her husband Joseph D Biles 46 a car penter who died after a struggle over a pistol She said she feared he would use it on her and that when he reached for it the gun went off and he fell to the floor She was charged with murder and held without bond
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Houston
Vaudie Mac Biles
Joseph D. Biles
Easter Ceremonies Planned by Baytown Churches
Baytown churches ready Easter celebrations with hundreds expected at Memorial Stadium for city wide sunrise services. Radio broadcasts begin at 6 30 a m. Some churches also plan special Good Friday services to conclude the observance.
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Baytown
Olivet
Calvary
Trinity Episcopal Church
R. L. Dockendorf
Redeemer Lutheran Church
F. Lange
Baytown Grea
Wayne McCleskey
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Alemorial Stadium
RcCleskey
East Harris
Council of Christian Laym
Seale
Thalitian
Oliver Holden
Bergeron-May Racers May Run For County Post
In a Bay town cafe after a long City Council session, Rufus Bergeron hinted he might file for county commissioner if he can raise a $300 filing fee. Supporters teased, while others doubted the plan. Easter cantata and Good Friday services are announced across local churches with sunrise and choir performances leading into Holy Week.
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Rufus Bergeron
Baytown
Bergeron
George Scott
Hugh May
Rufus
Fairy Godfrey
W. C. Williams
Louisiana
Negro Workers End Strike at TSCW in Denton
In Denton on April 7, about 44 black employees at Texas State College for Women returned to work after a midday walkout over a dispute about dismantling an oven in the college bakery. The strike, prompted by an order to assist, ended when President L. H. Hubbard guaranteed orders would come from the head dietician Nell Morris only, and workers resumed duties in Hubbard Dining Hall serving the evening meal.
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Denton
Texas State College For Women
TSCW
Hubbard
Ine
Sii
June Tretbar
Hubbard Hall
Marvin Loveless
L. H. Hubbard
Nell Morris
Gringo Cries Slash US Envoy in Guatemala
Latin American politics heat up as cries of Gringo chase United States Ambassador Richard C Patterson from Guatemala. Government calls for recall amid claims he meddled in domestic affairs. Patterson heads to Florida for rest, with no immediate return expected. Election season runs to December, souring north-south ties. State Department downplays but fears repercussions.
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Washington
United States
Richard C. Patterson
Guatemala
Patterson
Florida
State Department
Four Disasters Take Toll
UNITED PRESS reports four disasters in Europe and South America killing 225 and leaving many missing. Brazil saw a train plunge from a flood weakened bridge into the Indica River, with 47 dead and 40 missing. Portugal ferry capsized and about 60 believed drowned. Spain and Italy also reported deaths. Rescue efforts continue as details emerge.
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United Press
Europe
South America
Brazil
Indica
Portugal
Spain
Leghorn
Italy
Jury convicts man in mercy killing of brother
Allentown Pennsylvania April jury convicts Harold A. Mohr 36 a tannery worker of voluntary manslaughter in the mercy killing of his blind cancer ridden brother. The jury rejects insanity defense and imposes possible 12 year term. The verdict ends debate over mercy killings and signals clash with national views on mercy murder cases.
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Allentown
U.P
Harold A. Mohr
Mohr
Norquéton
Welter Andrews
Gesty
Aft’ Er
Ise Mohr
Caancer
Walter Houston Dies in Old Age at 86
A bulletin from Holl e Wood dated April 7 reports Walter Houston, noted actor and Academy Award winner, died today at age 86. Officials cited a fatal blood clot as the cause, with doctors confirming the veteran star passed away in his sleep after a long career in film.
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Walter Houston
Holle Wood
Huston
Motor
German farmer to give most of dam age award to church
Lockhart, April 7. An aged German immigrant farmer, Hagedorn, who lost his life savings in a damage suit over a mule he did not own, decided to give half of the $4,583.76 award to his church. Texans donated twice the amount after the Dallas News reports. he kept $2,380.99 for himself and will donate the rest to the Evangelical and Reformed Church at Netheerwald, about 100 miles from Lockhart.
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Lockhart
Willie - Hagedom
Austin
Hage
Hagedorn
Supreme Court of Texas
Mule
J. R. Fuchs
Fexans
Dallas -Morning News
Lockhart Business Men's Club
Evangelical and Reformed
Netéerwald
Lockhert
Kids See City Dads In Action At High School Council
Robert E Lee High School student council members practiced city leadership by shadowing the actual city council. President Dixie Williams and fellow juniors led preparations to run city departments for one day, with plans to appoint heads and residents to simulate governance on Saturday, April 15.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Fetion
Dixie Williams
Shirley’ Hianak
Tsobel Kiflough
Lola Palmer
Billy Mortinberry
Vorzelle Barnetter
Geraldine Ford
Helen Bradberry
Roger‘Gary
Paul Parkinson
Eleanor Grigg
Mickey Pillow
Bil ‘Bradbury
Robert Visser
Robert “Ey Lee
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Fathem
Pruett
North Side
Clark
Blanche Howard
Gargotta
Missouri Attorney General
State Highway Patrol
Alce
Robert L. Coughton
North Carolina
House Wars and Means
Senate Acts
Walter F. George
D. Georgie
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Stewart
Cancer Drive
Mese Sumner
May Racers
Oid
U.S
David ‘Russo
Clubs of America
Hir Cerberus Tial
Harold Mohma—Noet
Rio de Janeiro
Pennsylvania
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