Baytown Post Office Awaits Details On nationwide Cut
Baytown post office officials said they had no information on the nationwide postal service reductions. Postmaster General Jesze Donaldson announced steps to curb the deficit with immediate effect. In Houston the changes include one daily residential delivery and two to two for business routes, plus reduced window service. Some temporary workers may be laid off, but no layoffs for classified staff are expected. Officials hoped a Houston bulletin would clarify specifics.
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Charles J. Gilbert
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MPs Capture Hungry German Deserter in Boxcar Sleep
German deserter Homer Joes known as Public Enemy No 1, sought food after two days on the run. American Military Police found him sleeping on a straw-filled boxcar near the Dacheu camp, exhausted and hungry after a two day flight. He denied combat but admitted hunger driven drifting and thefts. He was captured with a German sweetheart nearby and faces further action for multiple offenses.
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Oklahoma
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Sean
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Noristols
Fragmented Local Notation From Mound Town Barrow Scene
Incoherent OCR style recounts a local scene with names like Barrow, Barbers Hill, George Scott, Walter Harvey, Chas Voyd, and Patton Rygget Ferry ill. It hints at travel plans, a vacation dream, and scattered personal notes from residents amid a rough 1600 mile casting journey and family chatter.
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Barbers Hill
George Scott
Walter Harvey
Niles Nere
Mt West Coast
West Foney
Patton Rygget Ferry
Mack Ford
Rimrete Poni
Herp
Sas
Chinese Claim Major Victory Over Invaders
Hong Kong dispatches said Nationalist planes and warships routed a large Communist junk fleet trying to ferry arms to rebels on Hainan Island. They sank 26 to 80 junk ships and scattered the remainder in the strait, with Nationalists claiming a decisive opening victory amid heavy fighting as Communist forces mounted a stubborn defense.
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Hainan Island
Bataan Strait
Red
Flying saucers and plates spotted over Texas skies
In Dallas Fort Worth Austin and other Texas towns residents reported peculiar sky objects described as flying saucers bananas and a dinner plate. Air Force Secretary Symington dismissed the sightings saying there is nothing to them while observers cite a silver saucer shaped object seen high above. Civil Aeronautics Administration pilots tracked the object but saw nothing unusual. Weather balloons and plastic balloons were proposed as explanations by officials and locals.
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Air Force
Stuart Symington
Childress
Clarendon
Texas
W. 5. Warren
The
Childress Index
Civil Aeronautica Administration
CAA
W. A. Fitphen
Olshome City
Douglas Pressley
Fort Worth
Austin
James C. Fenn
J. R. Dugnnautt
Baytown Tex San Jacinto Day Closings Highlight Long Weekend
Baytown schools St Josephs Farchial School and Lee College close Friday for San Jacinto Day, with Baytown offices banks and most stores also shutting down. The Baytown Sun notes a major celebration at the San Jacinto Battlegrounds with a 4 20 p.m. concert by the Ellington AFB band and remarks by Lt Gen Ernest O Thompson.
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San Jacinto
George E Gentry
St Joseph's Farchial School
Will Lee College
Addi
Ghalgdey
Internal Revenue
Hell
Czech Army Major pleads guilty to espionage for U S
Jaromir Nechansky a 34 year old former Czech Army major admitted guilt on high treason and espionage charges in Pan kree Prison. He described a spy ring led by Walter Birge former chief of the U S embassy political division and said American officials promised underground growth explosives and radio equipment. He testified of meetings with Spencer Taggert former embassy attache and Samuel Meryn former military attache clerk who was expelled last year. An informant said explosives arms and radio transmitters were promised and he was to gather data on Czech uranium mines.
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United States
Jaromir Nechansky
Trisl
Can
Birge
Nechansky
Joseph J. Jacobs
State Department
Jacobs
Spencer ‘Taggert
Samuel Meryn
Sion
City Water Wells Being Cleaned At Goose Creek Barn
City Manager C D Middleton says a wells rejuvenation program is cleaning the Goose Creek City Barn well. Sediment gast algae and lime clogged the screen lowering possible pressure. 1500 gallons of mutistic acid will be pumped under pressure to scrub the screens, then the well will be swabbed, diluted, and chlorine treated before resuming service.
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C. D. Middleton
City Barn
Abortion Inquiry Takes New Turn
Houston police broaden probe into the activities of Egyptian-born midwife Diana Banti charged with murder in the abortion death of Eleanor Little. Autopsy linked the death to an illegal operation at Banti’s home. a former employee reported another young woman known as Ramona died after treatment by Banti.
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Eleanor Little
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Miss Little
Tony Rison
Soviet Rejection Predicted After U S Note on Plane Downing
Soviet officials and press signaled a likely rejection of the U S protest over the Baltic Sea incident in which a Soviet fighter downed a four engine U S Navy plane. Moscow accused Washington of provoking the clash and called for peace actions while blasting allied papers for echoing American rhetoric.
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Alen G. Kirk
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New Times
Washington
Voice Airs U S Charge After Red Plane Downing
The United States alleges Russia shot down an unarmed American plane on a peaceful mission, killing 10 sailors. The Voice of America aired the charge in many languages, demanding Russia pay indemnity and punish its airmen, with Congress backing the U S position in a bipartisan reaction.
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United States
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Voice of America
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Discrimination Appeal Saves Negro Life in Grand Jury Case
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered the death sentence reversed and the prosecution dismissed after ruling no member of the defendant’s race served on the all white grand jury that indicted him. Herman Lee Foss was convicted in a 1943 store robbery that left a detective slain. the ruling could allow a new grand jury to reconsider the case.
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Austin
Galveston
Beauchamp
Galveston County
Elderly Contractor Oil Company Heads Found Dead
Robert Hugh Cavanay of Cameron died of a heart attack at the home of his daughter Mrs Olive Pruett in Cameron. The inquest by Justice of the Peace Roscoe Zierlein found death occurred hours earlier after a heart ailment he had for about two years. Cavanay, a retired building contractor of Cameron for almost 40 years, leaves surviving Mrs Pruett, another daughter Mrs Virgil Coward, a son RF L Cavanay of Barrtown, and a great grandson. Funeral arrangements are by Paul A Lee Funeral Home.
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Robert Hugh Cavanay
Cameron
Olive Pruett
West DeFee
Pruett
Virgil Coward
RF. FL. Cavanay
Barrtown
State Guard Reserve Units Planned Here Three Infantry Companies
Baytown units of the Texas State Guard Reserve Corps will be formed at a meeting in the Baytown Realty Company offices at 7 36 p.m. tomorrow called by Captain Edwin E Atteberry Sr authorized to form three infantry companies including a headquarters unit and two rifle companies. Former service members from Texas Defense Guard Texas State Guard and National Guard may enroll at their highest grade with discharges or photostatic copies brought for verification. Officers should bring original discharges if photostatic copies are unavailable.
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Texas State Guard Reserve Corps
Baytown Realty Company
Huggins
Edwin E. Atteberry
Texas State Guard Reserve
Atteberry
Texas Defense Guard
Texas State Guard
Texas Ational Guard
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Texas ‘State
City Council Reviews Company Estimates and Annexation Funds
City officials discuss a Humble annexation and a potential 1,000,000 bond issue to fund permanent city improvements. The meeting aims to clarify how taxes from the annexed land could bolster coffers and support future projects.
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