Baytown Easter services set for Memorial Stadium sunrise
Baytown churches plan sunrise Easter services at Memorial Stadium starting 6 30 a m with over 5000 expected if weather permits. KRCT and KREL will broadcast the worship as Rev Milton Jordan opens with prayer and Rev Clyde Foltz reads scripture. Music by Robert E Lee Band and combined choirs. Parties advise umbrellas for a cloudy warmer day.
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Memorial Stadium
Christ
Milady
S. S. Chuti
Imorrow
KRCT
KREL
Milton
Jordan
Grace Methodist Church
Clyde Foltz
First Christian Church
Wayne McCleskey
St Mark's Methodist Church
O. Bryan Richardson
Ciruti
Robert E. Lee
J. ©. Burkett
Lee College
Robert & Lee High School
T. F. Seale
Cedar Beyon Methodist Church
Cedar
Greatest Dancer Nijinsky Dies in Clinic at 32
The famed dancer Nijinsky, once hailed as Europe and Americas’ greatest, dies in a London clinic at 32 after a long decline. His wife says doctors offered no hope, and the couple spent savings on royalties and treatment, hoping for a move to an American facility.
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Aph
Mp Vastie
Kwame
London
Pek
Teken
Europe
Americas
Montevideo
Ura
Tego
Symend Freud
Vienna
Kari Jung
Switzerland
Nijinsky
Fragmentary Iowa town notes and shuffled names
Fragmented OCR style notes mention a head wound stitched up and a big choir, with Reed and others referenced. Refineries and annual typhoid shots appear, along with names like Emily Witton and Myrtle Tan Johnson. Several brief items describe travel, gatherings, and minor accidents in a rural community with scattered, unclear details.
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Reed
Emily Witton
Larry
Jay- Be
Fort Worth
Nixon
Lavier
Myrtle Tan Johnson
Little -Hoxtie
Richard “Saun
Driver Hacks Up Auto To Save Woman
In Houston on an April morning a heroic tow truck driver freed Ginnie Mae Skinner, 30, trapped as a car dangled 30 feet over Buffalo Bayou. The wreck left splintered bridge beams and Skinner with bruises, a broken ankle, and labored breathing after 15 minutes pinned between seat and dashboard. Syeerold Charles Peters used an ax to chop through the car door and demolish front seats to reach her.
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Houston
Buffalo Bayou
Ginnie Mae Skinner
Barber Takes Over As City Manager For Day
Baytown names Finance Director A. V. Barber as acting city manager for a day while City Manager Middleton trips to San Antonio and Austin. Barber said Middleton will return Monday morning and did not discuss the trip’s reason.
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Barber
Day
Baytown
A. V. Barber
C. D.“Middleton
San Antonio
Middlton
Austin
Middleton
Dallas gets slum aid in first billion loan program
Washington April 8 The government began a billion dollar slum clearance program with approval of a preliminary advance contract of 60950 for Dallas Texas surveys and plans. The Dallas project covers Mill Creek and Harvey Street areas about 20 blocks, cited as among the worst slum spots in the city.
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Washington
U.P
Dallas
Raymond M. Foley
Texas
Congress
Capital Grand Fund
Mill Creek
Hrvey Street
Dellas
Holy Week Draws 40 000 Pilgrims to Rome Rites
Rome reports over 40,000 pilgrims from many lands attended Holy Saturday services at St Peter's Basilica with Pope Pius XII. Other patriarchal basilicas hosted ceremonies as 120,000 foreign and Italian faithful joined in the Easter weekend devotion. Additional pilgrims arrived by plane, train, bus and on foot. 17,000 came yesterday and 35,000 more were expected today. The Vatican Central Committee estimates 200,900 present for Easter Sunday, subject to revision.
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Rome
St Peter's Basilica
Pius XE
Mauy
Vatican Central Committee
Deputy Shoots Bull on Highway 90 Near Crosby
Deputy Sheriff Paul Anderson shot a bull on Highway 90 near Crosby and the animal died after being struck by a car driven by Henry C. Kramer of New Orleans. Kramer's wife was injured and taken to a Houston hospital.
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Paul Anderson
Crosby
Houston Sheriffs Office
Henry C. Kramer
New Orleans
Kramer
Houston
G Men Probe Owen Lattimore in FBI Inquiry
FBI opens a full field investigation of Owen Lattimore amid Senator McCarthy charges that he is a Communist spy. Senator Hickenlooper says the inquiry is pursued with zeal and corroborates concern through other government matters. Lattimore, a Far Eastern expert, denies the allegations under oath.
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Washington
Geri
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Bourke B. Hickenhoower
Iowa
Attornney
J. Howard McGrath
Joseph R. McCarthy
Lattimore
Wisconsin Republican
Baytown Farm Ranches Drive Regional Wealth
Industrial Baytown thrives as a farming district beside heavy refinery growth. About 37,900 acres produce rice each year for a cash income exceeding one million dollars. Cattle grazing accounts for 10 to 12 thousand head, valued around a million and a half dollars, with Brahman and Angus breeds featured among local ranches and new Brangus crosses emerging.
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Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
Trinity River
M. Wright
Wright Packing Company
Wilbiorn Brothers
Thee
Leslie
A. B. Lawrence
Truvy James
Earl Wilburn
Busch Ranch
King Ranch
Bant Wilbur
Theo
Leslie Wilburn
Harold Brown
Highlands
Evance
Brown
Three Mishaps Injure Six in Baytown and Pasadena
Three people were hospitalized and three received emergency care after crashes in Baytown and Highlands. G W Carnes a Bartown Refinery boilermaker. Woodcow Bus refinery welder. Wood row W Chandier of Pasadena were hurt in a midnight chase collision at West Main and Market near the interurban track. The speeding driver Chandler was identified and treated for a cut arm. Carnes sustained a fractured knee and Box suffered face and head injuries. An ambulance from Lilie Duke Hospital transported Carnes and Box while Chandler was taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.
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Baytown
Highlands
G. Carnes
Bartown
Woodcow Bus
Woodrow W. Chandier
Pasadena
West Main and Market
Blarket Ading
Carnes
Box
Chandler
Kmee
Lilie Duke Hospital
Paul 2
Lee
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Bob Koenig
J. R. Con
Planes sight wreckage as Coast Guard hunts missing dragger
Coast Guard planes sighted wreckage four miles northeast of Great Point Nantucket while searching for the 37 foot William Landry out of New Bedford. Eight men aboard the stranded dragger were reported after a blinding snowstorm off Cape Cod. No positive identification yet.
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Boston
Coast Guard
William Landry
New Bedford
Cape Cod
Great Point
Nantucket
Landry
Vaccinate Children Now Push for Immunizations
Goose Creek and Cedar Bayou Independ ent School Districts urge parents to complete immunizations for children entering school. Dr. Lyman W. Crossman, city health officer, stresses vaccinating in cooler weather to reduce perspiration spreading the smallpox vaccine to other skin sites. He notes heat and heat-related irritations can allow transmission to nearby skin sites.
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Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Lyman W. Crossman
Crossman
FBI Traps Fugitive In Luxurious Trailer
In Jacksonville on April 3, FBI agents captured Lee Emory Downs, a top 20 most wanted fugitive, at his lavish trailer home near Daytona Beach after a four month nationwide manhunt. Downs, 43, lived with ex convict wife Patricia Ruth Downs in a trailer equipped with television, amid weapons and dynamite. He surrendered after agents closed in, following a lead from the Lennnon car license plate connected to a prior confrontation in California.
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Jacksonville
Fla
GE -Fet
Lee Emory Downs
Yesterdasy
Daytona Beach
Florida
Patricia Ruth Downs
Tingarrogs
Downs
FBI
Fred Walter Lennon
Orrest
Mojave
California
Isa
Lennor
Camp
Mesase
Cee
Lea- Amare
City Council Keeps Promises On Key Projects
Ward praised a City Council for delivering on promises after approving a drag line and motor grader at Thursday night’s meeting. Public Works Director Grantham outlined a four project plan this summer, starting with an eight inch water main between Goose Creek and Bartown. The sewer main and Wright Addition storm sewer work follow, with equipment arriving by May 1 and a 21 day ditch completion. A curb and gutter push in Wright Addition was delayed by reluctant property owners.
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Ward
Steele McDonald
McDonald
Cornell
Eta
Fourth Street
C. W
Red) Grantham
Baby Finds New Playmate In Rattlesnake Tale
Turley Texas April two year old Sandra Haynes handled a rattlesnake headfirst, gripping the tail while the snake coiled against her. Mrs L J Haynes killed the snake quickly. The child reportedly seemed unfazed by the frightening encounter and wanted to keep the “playmate.”
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Turley
Texas
April
Sandra Haynes
Sandra
L. J. Haynes
Sanda
Hidden Recorder May Provide Clue To Gang Slaying
Kansas City police study a hidden tape recorder found in the crime scene room near where Charles Binaggio and ally were killed. Lieutenant Harry Nesbitt said the device may reveal the gang’s associates and timing, with investigators hoping to recover more tapes and identify killers amid underworld threats.
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Kansas
Damom
Atatic Boas
Charles Bineggios
Adlus-Ta
Assapains
Binaggio
Pal
Gherles -Gargotta
Sit Bip
Kansas City
Enderwould
Binnaggio
Ima
Alves
Thieutenant
Wiarry Nesbitt
Homicide
Gare Scotts
She
Bineggio
Wesbitt
Underworld
Boy survives after train runs over boy on bridge
Pittsburgh April 8 A sixyearold boy Billy Beekus was only bruised after a freighter ran over him on a high level bridge. He chose to lie between the tracks rather than jump to a concrete highway 94 feet below. A playmate David Cairns, five, leaped and was critically injured with a fractured skull and taken to Allegheny General Hospital. Billy stayed calm saying he fears a whipping.
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Pittsburgh
Billy Beekus
Littl Billy
David Cairns
Allegheny Genera Hospital
Billy
St. Joseph's Hospital
David
William Brown Irvine heir to 39 million California estate
In Martinez California a nine year old boy was named sole heir to a 39 million estate left by his grandmother Katherine Brown Irvine of Moraga California. Federal and state authorities estimated inheritance taxes and enforcement actions, while guardians prepare for the boy to assume control of the estate.
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Martinez
Calif
Katherine Brown Irvine
Mora_ga
California
Widow of famed Cal landowner Irvine dies at 62
Mrs. Irvine, widow of the late Ben Irvine once described as California's richest man, died at her home last Sunday at age 62. The report notes she inherited large holdings including vast properties once held by her husband and mentions a substantial estate valued around 5,000,000 dollars affecting Tanna suratgany and related holdings.
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Suratgany
Irvine
Californie
Beslson
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