Defense Appropriations Backed for Extra Warplanes
U.S. House appropriations committee approved about 0.0 million in additional defense funds to buy more warplanes and convert naval vessels for warfighting. The panel, meeting hours after briefings by Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, signaled further defense spending in coming months and discussed reallocations within the Air Force and Navy programs.
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U.P
House
Fe Sommittee
We Department
Garamider
Johnson Siso
Housé Fiedte
Con- Sa
Joint Chiefs of
Phone Rail Parleys Work For Settlement
Negotiators near agreement in a telephone dispute as federal mediators prepare new talks to avert a May 16 railroad strike. The CIO Communications Workers of America postponed its midnight strike after finding areas for agreement with AT&T on a 11 3 cent hourly wage boost. CWA Division 10 said principles were agreed but AT and said no settlement. Meanwhile 11 000 Western Electric Installers in CWA Division 6 remained on strike but withdrew planned picket lines. The railroads' dispute with the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen prompts the National Railway Mediation Board to open new negotiations in Chicago for an extra fireman on multiple diesel engines. firemen had threatened a strike but postponed at the host's request.
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Chicago
CIO Communications Workers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CWA Division 10
Tric
CWA Division 6
Brotherhood of
National Railway Mediation Board
Immunis Rats Leave Sinking Party Ship Reds Admit Members Down
A chaotic substring of political talk and local vignettes includes party membership figures, the Communist Party USA in decline, and surrounding society notes. Readers are reminded of shifts in political alignment and notable local names amid a broader national discussion on communism and public figures.
Navy Marked Plane Wheel Found In Sea
A bullet marked U S Navy wheel from a Privateer was found in the Baltic Sea after an attack by Soviet aircraft. Swedish authorities recovered the 90 centimeter wheel in a salmon net near Gotland and said the markings matched U S Navy insignia. The noted time test date 23-3-1945 appears on an inspection plate. The U S asserts the Privateer was unarmed during the April 8 incident over Latvia and Soviet frontier waters.
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London
U.P
Baltic Sea
Liepais
Lauiva
U.S
Gotland
Waval
Scraft Arts
Russia
Leipaja
Letvia
United States
Tennesseans Now Drinking Paint Thinner
SNOXVILLE Tenn 2P Things are so bad for a man who wants to wet his tongue in this dry city that some of the best people are drinking paint thinner. City Councilman Cas Walker said today the council would consider drafting an ordinance prohibiting the sale of the thinner. The city welfare director was directed to have the liquid analyzed and report findings to the counci
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Snoxville
Tenn
Cas Walker
Counci
Osaka Hit by “Big” Earthquake in Japan News Agency Report
Kyodo News Agency reported a large earthquake struck the Osaka area at 4 05 pm today or 1 05 am CST. Osaka lies in the southern half of Honshu, the main Japanese islands.
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EORXO
Kyodo
Osaka
Honshu
Voting Booth Move For May School Election In Baytown
Precinct changes shift Box 102 to Baytown Junior High School due to Cinco de Mayo events at Mexican Recreation Hall on Baytown Refinery property. Other polling sites remain, with listed judges and clerks for Precincts 8 100 101 102 148 and 165.
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Baytown Junior High School
Baytown
Thad Felton
West Texas
Henry Cathriner
Bailey
Herbert
J. B. Hollaway
North Main
C. G. Parsley
M. W. Geisen- Gorff
R. H. Cavanay
City Hall
J. W. Riggs
E. E Slasie
Frank Moore
Beytown
Maragon Convicted on Perjury Counts in Senate Probe
A federal jury found John Maragon guilty on two of three counts of lying to a Senate investigating committee. He was acquitted on the third count. The verdict followed about 1 hour 36 minutes of deliberation. Maximum penalty is 20 years with two to 10 years per count. Bail was denied and he was jailed pending sentencing.
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Washington
John Maragon
Senate
Maragon
Vaughn
White House
Jennings Bailey
Méragon
Bali
New Pasadena-Galene Park Tunnel Opens May 27
Houston report notes ceremonies planned on the Galena Park side of the Ship Channel with a county-wide event. The crowd will then walk through the $8,000,000 tunnel to Pasadena’s side for a city-hosted celebration. Traffic to start just before midnight May 27 as the court names top operating officials.
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Houston
Pasadena-Galene Park
Hugh A. May
Galena Park
Houston Ship Channel
Pasadena
Commissioners Court
Hinabor By Olin Miler
A fragmentary line of verse references a confrontation with Satan, hinting at rebellious or defiant sentiment. The piece presents a chaotic mix of quoted speech and misread text, suggesting a damaged OCR fragment from a periodical.
Chilean President to tour Baytown refinery schedule set
Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla will visit the Baytown Refinery around 11 am Saturday with a high officials group. Farned notes a regular tour as the Chilean leader has a tight schedule and no public appearance planned. The party, arriving Friday night in Houston, will also tour City Hall and Sheffield Steel, then San Jacinto sites before a Ship Channel cruise and press conference at Shamrock.
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Chilan
Gabriel Gonzalez Videin
Baytown
Gordon I. Farned
Gonzalez Videla
Houston
Truman
Independence
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Shemrock
Holcomte
Sheffield Steel
Ship Channel
San Jacinto Battleground
San Jacinto Monument
Port Commmission
75Th Street
American Shrimpers Released By Mexico
In Tampico the Mexican Navy freed five U S fishing ships after fines of 580 dollars each for illegal shrimp fishing in Mexican waters. The vessels with 16 crewmen had been seized Sunday and 7000 pounds of shrimp confiscated, ending a potential diplomatic dispute.
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Tampico
Mexico
U P
U.S
Tampico Harbor
Albert J. Pawling
Texas
Pawling
Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Manuel Tello
Senate probes gamble ring as betting commissioner cited odds
Senate investigators subpoenaed two major gamblers Joe Adonis and Frank Erickson as part of a wider inquiry into syndicated crime and underworld influence. Committee chair Ernest McFarland said the panel seeks evidence on organized gambling networks, with Adonis delayed by medical reasons in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Senate
Congress
Tome
Kansas City
U Uider
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
Joe Adonis
Frank Erickson
Adonis
Erickson
Frank Costello
New Yorker
McFarland
U.S
Marshels
New York
Adonis Subpena
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Marshell
Adoms
Washington
City Council Chooses Sprayer Options Test Night
Virynnewood officials tested three fogging machines from Afr-O-Blind Martin-Smith and Abash Insect Control to compare performance. Demonstrations on Briarwood extension produced thick diesel smoke as Mayor Ward schedules a Friday council meeting at 7 pm to decide which sprayer to buy.
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Virynnewood
J. A. March
Qodis A. Muennink
Public Works
G. W
Red) Grantham
Briarwood
Wynnewood
E. W
Charlies Reeves
Martin-Smith Company
Henry Steimer
Meyer Ward
Ward
Clyde Ozbun Leaves For Mother's Funeral
Clyde Ozbun and wife Mrs. Clyde Ozbun of 610 Hast Hunnicutt traveled to Pontiac Michigan for the funeral of Ozbun mother Mrs John Henry Ozbun who died Sunday. She is survived by her husband six other children ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. The Baytown couple left Monday after receiving word of the death planning to stay briefly for the service then return.
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Clyde &. Ozbun
Pontiac
Michigan
Ozbun
John Henry Ozbun
Baytown
Orbin
Explosion Shatters Seattle Apartment House Injuring Twenty
An early day gas leak caused a four story U shaped apartment building to explode in Seattle. Police feared a second blast as twenty people were injured and ten treated at nearby hospitals. Coroners deputies planned a full ruin check before confirming fatalities. Nearby residents offered shelter to survivors.
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Seattle
Wesh
Richard Mekenny
Mahoney
John Todd
Joe Glenna
Abs
Jim Squires
Lockout Hinted By Union Men At Texaco Plants
Texas Company gates closed at Port Arthur for 5900 union workers amid a strike by Oil Workers International Union CIO. Workers returned to plants but were refused employment as notices cited the refinery remaining closed. Wyoming Casper refinery walkout canceled. union action postponed indefinitely.
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Up.j
Texas Company
Oil Workers International’ Union
CIO
Texaco
Tam
Port Neches
Fingl
Texas Employment Commission
Frank Wallace
OWIU
Bnuight
Denver
R.G Seberlemmar
Wyoming
Witkout
Casper Wyo
Oil Workers International
O. A. Knight
Casper
Retired Dairyman H W Hoffman Dies in Texas
H W Hoffman 77 a Wooster resident since moving near Houston died at Baytown hospital at 12 45 am funeral set for 2 30 pm Thursday at Fogle West Funeral Home Houston Rev O Byron Richardson Wooster Baptist Church to officiate burial in Brookside Cemetery near Humble He was a retired dairy dealer and director of the South Texas Producers Association Survivors include his wife Eiza Hoffmen two children Wilbur T Hoffman and Mrs Cleo Bonner Jr and Mrs Scott plus three grandchildren from Wooster and Houston
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W. Hoffman
George B. Scott
Wooster
S Baytown Hospital
Fogle-West Funeral Home
Houston
O. Byron Richardson
the Wooster Baptist Church
Brookside Cemetery
Humble
Hoffman
North Houston
Wooster Street
Brenbem
South Texas Producers Association
Dairyman's Organization
Scott
Eiza Hoffmen
Wilbur T. Hoffman
Cleo T. Bonner Jr
Wilbur Scott
David Hoffman
Baytown Area Teacher of the Year Nomination Call
The Baytown Sun invites letters nominating a favorite teacher for Teacher of the Year with a $100 award to the winner's school and $25 to the writer. Nominations consider teaching support, civic group backing, active religious affiliation, and demonstrated personal interest in students’ progress.
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Hills
Baytown ‘San
Barbers Hill
Cedar Bayou
Godse
Créeke
Sun
Uiler
Pups
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