Progress on Home Lumber Company building work expands
Wesley Woods co owner announced progress on a new Home Lumber Company building at East Texas 100 feet from Highway 146. The 237 by 175 foot brick velour front yard includes eight inch walls and a large 18 by 18 foot overhead door. Display area 50 by 5 feet will showcase building materials and a major paint and wallpaper dept. Two large display windows and plate glass walls ensure visibility while fluorescent lighting tops the space. The old Oak Tree site at 606 West Texas will be dismantled. George B. Jared designed the building and E Morrow of Baytown is general contractor. The firm, owned by Woods and Windy Denman, has long operated since 1928 with Denman joining in 1936.
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Home Lumber Company
Wesley Woods
East Texas
Elso
Woods
Texas
Gispley
West Texas
George B. Jared E. Morrow
Baytown Hanger
Buelow Sworn In At Council Meet
Council minutes show H B McFarland and R A Ellis of Central Baptist Church requesting a covered walk to connect two educational units. Mayor J A Ward notes openings will not disrupt traffic as a 14 foot high cover is required by state highways. The council grants drilling permits after inspection by Fire Marshals H L Bounds and proper bonds and insurance are in order.
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H. BH. McFarland
R. A Ellis
Central Baptist Church
J. A Ward
Pelly
Courcilmen Pruett
Buelow
D. Middleton
Ohio Woman Elected President of DAR
Mrs. James B. Patten of Columbus Ohio won the presidency of the Daughters of the American Revolution in a tightly contested election. The longtime DAR member defeated Mrs Edwin Stenton Lammers of Dallas by a vote of 1494 to TE, in a race noted as one of the most competitive in DAR history.
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Washington
James B. Patten
Columbus
Ohio
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Patten
Edwin Stenton Lammers
Dallas
Poison Ivy Prize Brightens Atlanta Student
Atlanta seventh grader Mike Biggs won a $1500 scholarship after entering a contest themed around a poison ivy incident. The boy, who was briefly treated for a rash, credited his effort with earning the prize.
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Atlanta
Mike Biggs
Beren
Sotton Ivy
Rash
Miike
Jack
Toscanini Leads NBC Symphony in Dixie Encore
In Richmond Virginia Arturo Toscanini drew loud cheers and rebel yells from about 5000 fans when the NBC Symphony Orchestra played Dixie as an encore. The 83 year old maestro indicated interest in native American music and hinted at future performances if audience response remains strong.
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Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
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Confederacy
Wife and Mistress Stand By Time Bomb Plotting Lothario
Los Angeles reports that Betty Grant and Elizabeth Suomela, engaged to John H. Grant, vow to support the 11 year aircraft engineer who plotted to time bomb an Air Lines DC-3. Grant sought 825000 insurance on his wife and two children to cover debts from a paternity suit in New York. He claimed the plot to marry the stewardess and flee with the young woman was a lie to sustain a three year affair. The would be bomber’s detonator failed, thwarting the plane’s disaster as smoke issued from a suitcase before takeoff.
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Los Angeles
John H. Grant
Betty Grant
Elizabeth Suomela
Grant
New York
Helene Kozicke Hansen
California
Miss Soumela
Boomela
United Air Lines
Miss Suomele
Miss Suomeia
Yeaterday
Moonday
Miss Suomere
Roughnecks Fall Twice as Sports Expand Texas League Lead
United Press reports Shreveport fans saw the Sports expand their Texas League lead with a 4-2 win and a 2-1 victory over the Beaumont Roughnecks. Harold Knorr allowed four hits in game two. Bill White homered in the third. Other results include the Indians beating Tulsa 9-2, San Antonio 11-3 over Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth split in a four-hour doubleheader.
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United Press
Shreveport
Beaumont Roughnecks
Roughnecks
Harold Knorr
Bill White
Ohlahome City
Indians
Tulsa Oilers
Tom Reis
Tulsa
Ken Polivka
San Antonio Missions
Houston Buffs
Houston
Melvin Held
Padres
Dallas Eagles
Fort Worth Cats
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Sarevenort
Beaumont
Isle Gets Ready for Splash Day Festivities
Isle prepares for Splash Day with the Mitchell Family Band of Houston named host band for the fiddlers meeting and pre event dance at the Buccaneer Hotel on May 6. The Diltebells will perform with Grady at the dance in a western music showcase. All proceeds go to the cancer fund.
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Mitchell
Houston
Buccaneer Hotel
Grady
Cancer Fund
Pasadena Galena Park Tunnel Ready May 1
Pasadena engineers Palmer and Baker say the Pasadena Galena Park Tunnel will be ready by May 1. The Commissioners Court will decide the formal opening date as work on tire lining electrical installations rails paving and cleanup continues.
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Pasadena
Passadena-Galene Park
Palmer
Baker
Commissioners Court
Wayne Palmer
Kiwanis Observe Fourth Year In Baytown Dinner
Baytown Kiwanis plans its fourth anniversary in Baytown next Thursday with a dinner at the Baytown Community House. Rev Wayne McCleskey will announce a guest speaker Lieutenant Huds peth will attend as guest of the club. Open forum discussed membership rules and attendance and urged better participation amid intra-club competition. Guests at the luncheon included Holly McLemore Gene Bauer Floyd Kingston Gene Smith T W Mills and Ctis Greham.
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Kirwanians
Baytown
Robert Herbert
H. E. McKee
McKee
R. I. VanDeventer
Holly McLemore
Gene Bauer
Floyd Kingston
Gene Smith
T. W. Mills
Ctis Greham
Ostrich Racing Track Planned Near New Orleans
Ostrich farmer Jim Gasper announces plans to build a quarter mile straightaway for ostrich racing near New Orleans. He says his ostriches trained for sulky racing can outrun thoroughbred horses and claims fast times.
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ST. Auguste
Fla
Jim Gasper
New Orleans
Gasper
Three Car Smash Kills Five People Near Texarkana
A fire chief’s speeding car and two other autos collided west of Texarkana. Five people died and five more were hospitalized. Eyewitness Chambley of Hooks recounted a three man car sideswiping the chief’s car, sending it into a skid into an oncoming vehicle packed with several persons. The dead include Henry Arthur Smith and his wife of about 66, plus their 2 year old nephew Larry Don Stith, of New Boston, as well as William Eugene Henson and Clarence W. Palmer, both 43, of New Boston. The chief’s two occupants survived unharmed.
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Pexarkana
Texarkane
Chambley
Hooks
Texas
Henry Arthur Smith
Hidarado
Arkansas
Larry Don Stith
New Boston
Wiliam Eugene Henson
Clarence W. Palmer
Iso
Chiefs
Houston Claims Third On Best Speech City List
Dallas based Linguaphone Institute of America ranks Hollywood first and New York city fifth in a survey of speech quality. St Louis placed second, Houston third, Dallas fourth, with New York tied for fifth amid varying regional accents. The study notes cultured Dallas accents were nearly inaudible to a reporter.
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Houston
Dallas
Big D
Linguaphone Institute of America
New York
Hollywood
St Louis
Braniff Sets Texas Nonstop Distance Record
Braniff International Airways announced a new Texas nonstop distance record after a DC-6 completed a 21 hour mile round trip from Dallas to Swan Island in the Caribbean. Dallas aviation director George Coker cited the Dallas to LogAn turn as the comparable distance. The test flight evaluated navigation and communications systems for Braniff operations in Latin America.
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Dallas
Braniff International Airways
Texas
Swan Island
Caribbean Sea
George Coker
Latin America
Truman Biography Due Gut Next Fall
Jonathan Daniels, North Carolina author and editor, worked with President Truman on a biography to be published in October. Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, served on FDR’s White House staff and continued briefly in the Truman administration. He also collaborated with Truman during the 1948 campaign and said the book is neatly completed.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Truman
Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100-Foot Fall From Roof Fatal To Worker
Henry Wilson a 45 year old construction worker died after a 110 foot fall from the Memorial Hospital roof He passed away in hospital about three hours after the incident authorities said the accident occurred last night in Houston
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Houston
Henry Wilson
Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Leghorn pullet lays giant egg in Fort Worth display
In Fort Worth W T Kennemer showcased an egg described as the size of a snowball. The pullet laid the egg weighing 34 ounces and measuring 7 3/4 inches around and 9 1/4 inches long, drawing attention at the exhibit.
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Fort Worth
W. T. Kennemer
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