Draft calls to include 1202 physicians in July August
The Selective Service announces a physician draft of about 1202 individuals in July August. Doctors who trained at government expense and were deferred to finish medical education will be drafted if volunteer numbers fall short. Inductees will be assigned to Army Navy Air Force with distribution in July August and September.
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NGTON
U.P
Department
Ase
Inin Jutr
Air Force
Local election fields open as candidates file
Spots idates in the May 5 election gather to draw dates and meet district administration at 7 30 this afternoon official notices list candidates I L Kel Clifton Adams Edna Gray Ed Sawberger John Se and C Dutch Ptacek filing deadline looms another note about budget and purchase procedures and a bond issue finance urgent school building program with a $750 000 bond plan and a $50 000 option report due by Superintendent H Gentry plus a traffic light project at East Texas and a page two note
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I. L. Kel
Clifton Adams
Vncum
Edna Gray
Ed Sawberger
John Seand C
Ptacek
Ftown
Eh. Gentry
Amy
Town B WEIR talent scout visit amid local chatter
June Reeves visits Alma with Bla ga edfish and sister tied to luck while Rev M A Hebert at St Josephs conducts weddings. EL Mackee visits friend. J B MacFerrin and Joe O Huggins plan to attend State Convention. Charles Arnold battles Castion and Gordon Garth unveils new rod reel. Dorothy sells curls. Basil Harlans appear. Mande Richardson in navy blue outfit. Joe Speck enjoys ice cream. Bill invites churchgoers to Methodist gathering. Mrs reer weighing attendance at Texas Realtors Convention next month.
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B Weir
June Reeves
Alma - Babs
Ehis
M. A. Hebert
St. Joseph's
Pate EL Mackee
J.B. MacFerrin
Joe O. Huggins
Charles Arnold
Tes Castion
Dorothy
Basil Harlans
Gordon Garth
Deserted Bay
Mande Richardson
L. m
Joe Speckawey
Bill
Labor's Death Knell Second British minister joins Bevan in quitting
Winston Churchill may return as prime minister this year as Nye Bevan resigns from labor and Harold Wilson leaves the cabinet. The defections threaten Attlee's socialist government with a likely general election and a possible Conservative victory led by Churchill. Bevan, a fiery Welshman, and Wilson cite policy splits as the trigger.
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Labor
Bevan
Homer Jenks
Winston Churchill
Downing Street
Britain
Churchill
Aneurin (Nye
Clement F. Attlee
Fife
Attlee
Commons
Churchil
Conservative Party
Jong Attlee
Labor Party
Oil Field Mishaps Lead To Lawsuits Totaling $155,000
Two lawsuits filed in Houston district courts seek 155000 in damages from oil field accidents. J T Webb Jr sues for his stepson Ernest Wickesser 12 against Eddy Refining Co after a Bow Street incident on March 1. John Rice 50 seeks 86000 after a drilling rig component fell on him last October while employed by Muckieroy Drism and sued George Rental Service.
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Houston
Goose Creek
J. T. Webb, Jr
Ernest Lee Wickesser
Eddy Refining Company
Horace Mann
Bow
John Rice
Helm and Jones
Howard Boyles
Baytown
Wickesser
FR. L. Fry
Ww. OM
Gulledge Contracting Company
C. Messer
Production Service Company
Messer
Vogeler Remains In Prison as US-Hungary Talks
American businessman Robert Vogeler, vice president of ITT, likely stays jailed in Hungary until the United States meets terms of an announced deal. Budapest says Vogeler will be freed from a 15 year sentence on espionage charges once the US agrees to unspecified conditions, including reopening consulates in New York and Cleveland and lifting the travel ban. Nathaniel Davis, US minister to Hungary, planned a press conference to address the matter while avoiding comment until formal notification arrives.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert Vogeler
United States
Vageler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hungerien
New York
Cleveland
Vogeler
Nathaniel Davis
Edgar Sanders
Agriculture Official Visits Rice Fields In Baytown Area
A US undersecretary of agriculture Clarence A. McCormick visited Southeast Texas rice fields in Baytown and Dayton, met farmers near Mont Belvieu, and toured irrigation sites. He will speak at the Rice Industries banquet in Houston tomorrow night at the Shamrock. Nelson, a Rice Farmer and canal official, hosted the trip and praised the visit.
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Agriculure
Texas
Baytown Area
Albert Nelson
Chambers County
Houston
Clarence A. McCormick
Washington
Big Rice Industries
Shamrock
Dayton
Southern Canals
Mont Belvieu
McCormick
Nelson
Cedar Bayou Teachers In 1851 Baytown Sun Contest
The Baytown Sun details the Teacher of the Year contest with nominations open for Cedar Bayou Barbers Hill and Baytown schools. Nominees include Mrs L Tyer seventh grade and Miss Louise Drury sixth grade from Ashbel Smith. other Baytown teachers named. contest closes May 1 with a $25 prize for the best letter.
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Cedar Bayou
Baytown Sun
Barbers Hill
L. Tyer
Baytown
Louise Drury
Ashbel Smith
Cecil Morse
Jim Tiller
Dollye Summers
Bonnie Graham
Clara Carson
Hydrogen Bomb Test Planned at Eniwetok This Month
US reports indicate the Atomic Energy Commission plans a major test program at Eniwetok Island in the Pacific within days, potentially including an hydrogen bomb detonation. Officials have not confirmed details, while Congressmen and sources note experimentation with tritium and possible use of an A-bomb trigger. The Nevada tests last winter focused on tactical atomic weapons and guided missiles.
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Eniwetok
Washington
I&h
Eniwetok Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Hong Kong
Warren
G. Magnuson
D. Washington
Kwajalein
Truman
Nevada
All-Star Cast Includes Jeanette Garber in Houston Play
Jeanette Garber of Robert E. Lee High School was named to the all star cast at the Interscholastic League regional contests in Houston. Her one act play Sparkin, with Robert E. Lee classmates, earned honorable mention. Other cast members included Beverly Bargasiner Janice Gorman and Denis Rhoden. Lamarr High School won multiple trophies for speech and journalism.
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Jeanette Garber
Robert E. Lee High School
Houston
Miss Garber
Robert E. Lee
Sparkin
Beverly Bargasiner
Janice Gorman
Denis Rhoden
Jefferson Davis High School
Ruth Deason
Linda Pierce
Lamarr High School of
Funeral Today For James W. Small 60
Funeral services were held for James Wesley Small 60 who died Friday night at his Pelly Oil Field home. Survived by widow Annie Small four stepchildren Lois Barker Alice Hall Mildred Little Baytown Evelyn Johnson Anahuac mother Emma Small Morgans Point two La Porte brothers. Services 2 p.m. today at Anahuac Assembly of God Church officiated by B R Yeats.
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James Wesley Small
Pelly
Annie Small
Lois Barker
Alice Hall
Mildred Little
Baytown
Evelyn Johnson
Anahuac
Emma, Small
Morgans Point
la Porte
Assembly of God
B. R. Yeats
Assembly of God Church
No Reason for Firing Says General MacArthur Advisor
General Douglas MacArthur has never been told the reasons for his dismissal, according to Major General Courtney Whitney. Whitney, MacArthur’s military advisor, says the March 24 statement aimed to influence enemy psychology and outline terms for field meeting, not to indict policy.
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New York
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
MacArthur
Far East
Red China
Manchuria
Free World
Newsman Is New Senator Moody Named To Michigan Seat
Eish Moody, 49, Washington correspondent for the Detroit News, was appointed US senator to succeed the late Arthur H. Vandenberg. Governor G. Mennen Williams named the Democrat, who was sworn in immediately, as Michigan shifts to a 50-46 Democratic Senate. Moody vows to strengthen defense, fight inflation, and keep Americans informed to make right decisions.
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Lansing
Mich
Eish Moody
Washington
Detroit News
Gay
Arthur H Vardenbers
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Moody
Vandenberg
Senate
Stalin
Offensive Begins As UN Forces Face Red Counterattack
Late bulletins describe Chinese Communist spring offensive across Korea with UN lines under heavy pressure. Artillery and air power unleash massive fire as forces withdraw from Chorwon area and central front. UN airstrikes reportedly kill hundreds, with numbers rising toward 2000, while ground fighting rages along a 9.3 mile front from Chorwon to Inje and Imjin River actions near Korangpo.
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Tokyo
U.P
United Nations
Korea
Hantan
Chorwon
Inje
Hwachon
Fifth Air Force
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Manchuria
8Th Army
Korangpo
Imjin
MacArthur Targets Marshall Not Truman In Rift
Washington reports that General MacArthur’s sharpest challenge to Far Eastern policy centers on General George C. Marshall, now civilian secretary of national defense. The dispute repeats earlier World War II tensions over Europe-first strategy and military vs diplomatic policy, with Congress awaited testimony detailing who said what in secret strategy discussions.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Gpi
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Dean Acheson
MacArthur
Felow
Generl George C. Marshal
National Defense
Congress
Bethan
Australia
Fdr
Marshall
Europe
Japan
Southwest Pacific
United States
Bataan
Roosevelt
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Garfield Denies Communist Ties at House Hearing
Washington January witness John Garfield told the House Un American Activities Committee he has never been a Communist. He offered full cooperation and said he opposes tyranny and dictatorship, asserting he has always hated Communism. The actor follows four others who admitted prior Communist ties. Jose Ferrer reportedly to be called later.
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John Garfield
House
Washington
Ufi
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Garfield
Hollywood
Larry Parks
Sterling Hayden
Richard J. Collins
Meta Eeis Rosenberg
Paramount Studios
Jose Ferrer
Mississippi flood crest threatens Iowa and Illinois towns
The record Mississippi crest moved south from Dubuque after topping 22.74 feet, with 10 800 homeless in central Iowa and northern Illinois. Residents evacuated Clinton Muscatine Davenport Rock Island and Moline as dikes held back rising waters amid a grim forecast.
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Mississippi
Dubuone
Towa
Dubuque
Red Cross
Iowa
Tinois
Sireant
Clinton
Muscatine
Lavenport
Tri-Cities
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Davenport
Rok Island
Texas Legion Keeps Out Of Controversy
The Texas American Legion urges support for NATO and Acheson removal, calls for a blockade of Red China, and demands Russia be expelled from the United Nations while taking a hands off position on the Truman MacArthur dispute. The executive committee, led by Senator Rogers Kelley, criticizes the State Department and vows to curb Kremlin influence.
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Austin
Texas American Legion
Dean Acheson
Russia
United Nations
Rogers
Kelley
Edinburg
State Department
Texas Legion
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