Wynnewood SectionPaving Plan Seeks Name Change Near Hainan Capital
Wynnewood residents in the Crabb and Sturman area seek council approval to rename the Wynnewood section as paving advances. W. E. Ehrhardt announced a $125,000 concrete street and water line project will cover 31 foot wide streets, with monolithic curbs, on segments including South Circle Drive and North Circle Drive, starting soon.
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Crabb
Sturman
Fourth Street
South Circle Drive
Seventh Street
Briar
South Circle Loop
North Circle Drive
Sea Wynnewood
Missouri Attorney General Denounces Crime Syndicate
Missouri Attorney General Taylor states in a letter to a Senate subcommittee that a nationwide crime syndicate in horse racing information holds a monopoly by force and intimidates establishments. He warns the group controls racketeers and corrupt public officials, and notes ongoing enforcement actions against Harmony Publishing and Pioneer News Service with court battles since 1937. The state has also ordered Southwestern Bell to remove telephones from the offices over gambling information broadcasts.
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Sor
Ernest Wi. McFarland
Nan
Subcommittee On
Persod
Tesclo
Missouri
Iis
McFarland
Taylor
Senate
Harmony Publishing Company
Pioneer News Service
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Postal changes threaten Baytown mail delivery
Baytown Postmaster Ballard warns a new streamlined operation will cut back certain services within the month. Consolidation of post offices and a shift to substitute carriers will increase returned mail for improper addresses, forcing patrons and Houston firms to double check addresses to avoid delays.
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Baytown
Seton
Gander
Ballard
Houston
Beytown
Baytown Postsi
Department
Chief On Peace Mission Eyes Talks With Stalin
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie visits Britain Paris and The Hague to press for peace talks with Joseph Stalin aiming to end the cold war. Einstein sends encouragement and praise for Lie’s initiative toward outlawing atomic warfare and stabilizing global tensions.
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Joe Stalin
York TP United
Trygve Lie
Joseph Stalin
Sted Aheard
United Nations
UN Saget
Ins
Britain
Sed
Specie Ees
Paris
World Health Organiza
Geneva
Internamt
The
Hague
Etei
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Lie
Incomplete OCR Town Scene Near Harris County
Neighbors discuss names and visits in a fragmented report from Palestine area. Individuals referenced include Watts of Palestine, Betty Jo Coady, Yat abd daughter, and Y. Showell Ht H. Mentions of San Jacinto Day, Baytown Public Library, Humble building project, and a busily muttered exchange about a dunk yesterday.
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ER Watts
Palestine
Etton
Godont
Midwife Diana Banti Faces Murder Charge After Lie Detector Test
Houston police say a two hour lie detector test indicated Diana Banti used instruments for illegal operations at her home. The 42 year old registered midwife is charged with one murder and investigated in at least two others. A coroner linked Eleanor Little's death to an illegal operation. Police found two infant skeletons and 400 other bones in her rose garden. Grand jury expected to hear the case.
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Houston
I&p
Diana Banti
James F. McDaniel
Chicago
Banti
A. ©. Winborn
Harris County
Mississippi Services For Anse Warwick
Anse Warwick 54 died at 9 15 pm Friday at his home in Highlands His body will be shipped from Houston to Carthage for services at First Baptist Church Tuscola and burial Lena Cemetery He worked over 25 years at Baytown Refinery in light ends department He is survived by his widow Zelma Warwick mother Valera Warwick two sisters Mary Denson and Mia Leaba Miller and four brothers Morris Warwick Jim Bill and Ben Warwick all of Tuscola.
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Anse. McLaurn Warwick
Jones Road
Highlands
Feal A. Lee
Houston
Carthage
Mississippi
First Baptist Church
Tuscola
Lena
Mlississippi
Warwick
Baytown
Zelma Warwick
Valera Warwick
Mary Denson
Mia
Leaba Miller
Morris, Warwick
Jim
Bill
Ben Warwick
Senator Sees Little Hope For Rent Control
Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama expressed doubt that President Truman's call for a one year extension of rent controls would gain support in Congress. He noted the president's appeal might not sway lawmakers, as the housing panel awaits further discussion while the June 30 expiration nears.
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Washington
Mii
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Truman
Congress
Sparkman
Senating Committee
Berlin seen as No 1 target of Russians
Washington reports say high U S officials believe Soviet aims center on Berlin as the key objective in the current cold war moves. They warned that renewed pressure could include a blockade or disruption of the allied airlift while noting risks of incidents with Soviet fighters and potential escalation in Western Germany.
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Berlin
Washington
U.S
Kremlin
Dean Acheson
W Nevy
Baltic
Russia
Germany
Spotyers
Europe
Acheson
Dardanelles
Telephone and Rail Troubles Darken U.S. Labor Scene
Chicago reports labor tensions surge as telephone industry walkouts spread with 11000 Western Electric installers affected and a nationwide lockout threat. Train firemen weigh strikes against seven railroads next Wednesday amid stalled Chrysler and CIO Auto Workers talks.
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U.S
Chicago
Chrysler
Arthur
Viat
Auro
CIO Auto
Truman
Bell System
CIC Communications Workers of America
Truman Inspects Military Tour Amid Cold War Signals
White House aides fear President Truman’s inspection trip could be seen as a show of force to Russia. Reports say he views war games as proof of readiness while pursuing peace, as heavy munitions train in Benning Georgia amid tensions with the Soviets.
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Belgin Field
Fis
White House
Truman
Russia
Washington
Pacific
Georgia Hills
Fes Benning, Georgia
Texmass Faces Political Fire Over RFC Loan Issue
Texmass Company denounces its $15 260 003 Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan as legal and in the public interest while a Senate subcommittee probes RFC. Ronnie Smith, a Texmass director, says the company is an innocent bystander and could become a political football amid accusations from the controller general and ongoing investigations.
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Washington
Texmass Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lindsay Warren
RFC
Ronnie Smith
Tex- Mass
Senate
William Fulbright
Arkansas
Texmass
Smith
Senator McCarthy Promises Break in Amerasia Case
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy Wisconsin pledged new disclosures soon to open the Amerasia espionage case and expose a Soviet spy net. He challenged the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee to subpoena Frank Belaski, described as a former OSS agent, after discussing developments in a Mutual Broadcasting System interview on Meet the Press.
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Washington
Joseph
RL McCarthy
Wisconsin
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations
Frank Belaski
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
McCarthy
Pererre
Rain Stops Search For Downed Plane in Japan
Fog and rain halted the late search for 35 people believed killed when a U S Air Force C 54 transport crashed near the Tanzawa mountains 60 miles southwest of Tokyo. Weather canceled eight planes as teams from American and Japanese forces scoured the area for survivors.
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Peter Kalischer
Toria
Japan
U.P
Tokyo
Anerro Wu
Aacy Camcu UE
Tanzana
Hirugsieke
Air Force
Clark Field
Philippines
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Wotlonen
Kromolintzin
Tanzawa Mountains
Wiliam J. Sebald
State
Commerce Department
Frank WB. Pickelle
MacArthurs Foreign Trade
Bernard W. Adams
Teresa A. Tonole
James G. Torrens
Aistor Robert "C. O'Hara
Davao
Mindarso
21St Troop Carrier Command
Ain. Frigay
Father Suspected in Slaying of Newborn near La Porte
Deputies search for the father in the brutal killing of an eight-pound newborn found lifeless on the Bayshore near La Porte. The infant, with umbilical cord attached, had its throat cut. investigators say the mother could not be the killer. Captain Charney Nix and Deputy John Fitch lead the inquiry as evidence points to a male suspect.
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LA Porte
Galveston Bay
Bayshore
Galveston
Justice of the Peace
Calder Ewing
Aotel
Tov
Ody
Charney Nix
John Fitch
Sheriffs Department
Nix
New Cloes
Nationalists Retreat as Hoihow Falls in Hainan Action
Reports from Formosa say Nationalists flee Hoihow as Communist forces break Nationalist lines on Hainan Island. Truce rumors surface about evacuation while airbases at Hoshew are abandoned. Independent dispatches place Communist advances within miles of the capital and guerrillas striking from mountains.
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Arthur N. Goul Taipet
Formosa
U.P
Hainan Island
Hoihow
Canton
Hoshew
Hainan
Bong Kong
Singao
Wews
Hoeikoon
Hainanges
China
Cipal
Tts
Chuskan
Shanghai
Hoihow- Ang
Czechs sentence six for espionage linked to U S embassy
In Prague two Czechoslovaks were sentenced to death and four others to long prison terms for high treason and espionage for the United States. Mastersom de spy ring leaders Major Jaromir Nechensky and Veleslav Wehl were hanged while others received long terms in Pankras Prison.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
U. S. Information Service
Jaromir Nechensky
Veleslav Wehl
Milos Spyrsi
Karel Lozis
Jan Dohnaleik
Zéenke Vackove
Pankras
U. S
Crazy Foxes And Hunters End In 0-0 Tie
East Texas notes a surreal fox hunt where no foxes or hunters score. Horns and cowhorns misfire as two house cats and an owl die in the folly. A Brownwood salesman demonstrates “coup” tactics, but the hunt fails to bag any foxes despite earnest attempts.
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Athens
Mienderson
Texas
Adam I. Lindsey
Brownwood
Nimrods
Hamelin
Lindsey
Kenneth Puncan
Duncan
Sports
Bob Brister
Crash Kills Ex Baytown Man Joe McAlpin
Ex Baytown resident Joe McAlpin 39 died when his car overturned on a mountain road near Denver Colorado. He had lived in Baytown at intervals, later moved to Casper Wyoming. Survivors include wife Aded McAlpin and daughter Adell with four brothers Carroll Gordon Clovis Roy and others. Body to be returned to Texas for burial likely Tyler.
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Baytown
Joe McAlpin
Denver
Colorado
McAlpin
Casper
Wyoming
Carroll McAlpin
Wee McAlpie
Texas
Tyler
Dred .McAlpin
Adell McAlpin
AnnAlpins
Carroll
Gordon
Clovis
Roy
Hargis
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