Fourth Baytown polio victim dies at Cedar Bayou hospital
Ray Wiggins, 5, of Cedar Bayou, died after polio illness spreading to the Baytown area. His mother Mrs. Richard agg of Twin Gables said Ray spent four nights in hospital care and was rushed to a gaol Clinic before transfer. He was ill for several days with a bowed back and loss of appetite. He leaves four siblings Delinda Geraldine Wade and Audrey Fay. Superintendent reported five day illness. parents described rapid decline.
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Ray Wiggins
Richard Agg
Twin Gables
Baytown
Cedar Wy
Sean Ray
Eere
Rao
Wiggins
Delinda
Geraldine
Wade G
Audrey Fay
Michael
Cedar Bayou
Hyman Schachtel reviews Caine Mutiny at Lee Auditorium
Rabbi Judah Schachtel of Congregation Beth Houston will discuss Herman Wouk's novel Caine Mutiny Tuesday in Lee Auditorium as part of a Friends of Art event. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Bay Delegate Local 134 and related carpenters council activities. Business details and drive for funds to aid a seminary are noted with local sponsorships and a planned two day open event starting 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Hyman Judah Schachtel
Congregation Beth Houston
Herr Wouk
Caine Mufar
Leeditorium
Ehiel
Friends of Art
BR Beachett
Financial Sry
Piers Local No. 134
Antonpition
Texas Pees of Barbor and Jets Council of Carpenters. Se
Help Ay Cite
Asory
Morgan Jr
Seth H
Sunad
Parking Tickets Stamp Raytown Drivers
Raytown drivers faced many traffic tickets yesterday mostly for parking violations. The city chief ordered patrolmen to stop metered tickets for drivers who fail to pay. A street ticket costs one cent per minute and a fine can reach one dollar in court.
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Raytown
Unclear clipping hints at local sports and people in San Diego
Fragmented OCR mentions towns like San Diego Houston Austin and Baytown with stray names such as Dickerson Reid Bond and James. References to basketball players, a rider year and a patient awaiting operation surface amid random notes on graduation and betting.
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Issir Dickerson
Jaker
San Diego
Calif
Redecape
Houston
Sten Reid
I Rider
Gander
Frank James
Austin
Bayt Town
Dim Bond Ulink Poldberg
Bob! Stout
Three States Choose GOP Delegates Today
Senator Bennet predicts Taft will win Utah and possibly most of its delegates as three western states hold GOP delegate selections. Utah Arizona and Colorado stage conventions with Taft Eisenhower split, Colorado offers promise to both camps amid internal feuds. Election tallies show Taft leading in delegate count with Eisenhower and others lagging. Stassen and Warren campaign notes appear in broader coverage. Lodge Jr. rules out any executive appointment if Eisenhower wins.
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Gates
Arizona
Colorado
Dwight D. Bisenie
Tate
Eisenhower
Utah
Dan Thornton
Eugene D. Millikin
Taft
Herold EH. Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Gen. Douglas
MacArthur
Richard B. Russell
Atlanta
Little Rock
Henry Cabot’ Lodge Jr
R-Mass
Boston
Ee Bry
Top Truce Talks Set For Sunday Session
The Communists agreed to a full session with United Nations delegates on Sunday as prisoner exchange talks stall. Vice Admiral Joy, senior Allied delegate, called the top command meeting after Friday talks broke down. The Reds appear to accept voluntary repatriation in principle but demand more prisoners return behind the Communist line, with 70,000 of 170,000 prisoners already willing to go home and 116,000 as a possible target subject to screening and changes.
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Panminiom Igri
United Nations
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Tron
Reds Lose 11 Planes in Korean Air War Action
Seoul reports Fifth Air Force says UN planes destroyed 41 enemy aircraft in the week ending Friday. Eight MiG-15s shot down in high altitude jet battles south of the Manchurian frontier by American F-86 Sabre jets. The week saw likely two enemy planes destroyed and seven damaged while Red ground fire claimed three allied fighters.
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Seoul
Uki
Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Manchurian
Steel Firms Demand Injunction Amid Seizure Battle
Washington reports optimism in steel firms as they seek a temporary injunction against President Truman’s mills seizure. Supreme Court looming. judge Pine expected to rule next week on injunction and wage-order case. Industry plans possible appeals while price hikes of about 23 a ton may be authorized to offset wage increases. President Randell and Sawyer weigh approval of a 5.5 ton offer as a down payment.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Supreme Court
U. S
David A. Pine
Holmes Baldridge
Pine
Federal Appellate ‘Court
Wage Stabilization Board
Ellis Arnall
Clarence E. Randell
Island Steel Coy
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Tnt
Nunan Agrees to Testify on Tax Case Scrutiny
Former Internal Revenue commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. agrees to testify for a public session set by House Ways and Means investigators. Illness kept him from two earlier dates. a physician advised a brief recovery before appearing. Nunan led the IRS from 1944 to 1947. the panel questions concern cases during his tenure and $176,000 in unreported income from 1946 to 1950.
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Washington
Normer Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Nunan
Richard Burke
House
Ways’ End Means
Brown ,and Bigelow, Co
St Paul
Heavy City vote may surpass all records in run off
Baytonians cast a heavier vote than expected as precincts reported 715 voters by noon with 648 in the bond election. Incumbent W D Reeves faces Walter H Boucher for District Five on City Council while a $1 million water and sewer bond is on the ballot. Precinct 160 saw 238 voters, most approving bond measures. City Hall and other precincts reported strong turnout amid bond issue uncertainty. Mayor J As Ward urged swift action if the bond fails.
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City Hall
Mexican Recreation Hall
San Jacinto School
Baytoniari
J. As‘ Ward
Flood Waters Recede Across East Texas
East and Central Texas rivers gradually recede after heavy weekend rains. Flood threat shifts to cattle country and oil fields as Trinity Sabine and Red rivers ease. forecasts show crests near Mineola and Gladewater then falling, with no major damage expected.
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United Press
Texas
Trinity
Sabine
Red
Trinidad
Henderson County
Rosser
Kaufman
Charles Bureau
Mineola
Gladewater
Texan Admiral Murray to lead 4th Naval District at Pearl Harbor
Rear Admiral Murray, head of the Atlantic submarine force since 1950, will become commandant of the U S 4th Naval District at Pearl Harbor next month. He succeeds retiring Rear Admiral Charles H McMorris.
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Murray
U.S. 4Th Naval District
Pearl Harbor
Charles H. McMorris
Old Oak Gets Termites' New Life On Texas Avenue
Pruett the estate and city councilman said he spent funds to enrich soil around the old oak on Texas Avenue, installed a concrete curb and root pipes for air and water. A surgeon from Orange told him the trunk is the termite problem and predicted the tree will blossom in six weeks after bark is stripped and termite slugs scraped off. Workers planned to complete treatments at noon.
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Texas Avenue
Pruett
Price
Orange
Missouri River Rampage Nears End in Flood Disaster
Missouri River crested near 30.66 feet and fell to 27 by midnight as engineers predicted return to bank level soon. Kansas City dikes reduced 24 hour patrols while floods displaced up to 87,000 people and damaged over 415,000 acres with losses exceeding $200 million across Missouri lowlands.
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Kansas City
Missouri
U.S. EB
Mississippi
Alton
St Louis
Two Clarkes Honored At Baytown Jaycee Ceremonies
Edwin G. Clarke was installed as president of the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce and Ewell A. Clarke was named Jaycee of the year at a banquet. Edwin noted a strong foundation for future work, while Ewell received the Jaycees highest award, a gold key, for past year activities.
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Baytown
Jaycee
Edwin
Ewell
Edwin G. Clarke
Jaycees
Saing
Humb Room
George Crist
George Ferguson
Little League Project
Hnox Beavers
Utility Tran
S Manne
Max Goldfield
Alfred Moskowitz
W. D.broyles
Walter “Lahde
Quack Shack
T EB. Cook
Cook
R. W. Presnal
Bay
Beverly Rockhold
Baytown Sun
KREL
Thad Fenneme
Critically Fit
Jack*Hodson
Tommy Werd
Ba Baccus
Bay Scotts
Bynum
Nowa
Texas
T. B. Cook
Edwin Clarke
Jim Yarbrough
Galveston
Menne
Moskowitz
Galafieta
Family Guards Girl Against Life Saving Transfusions
In Odessa a Jehovahs Witness family blocks a life saving blood transfusion for Marie 20 after a head on collision left her in critical condition. Judge orders restraint on interference but the father and two brothers threaten to eject the medical team. A doctor, reluctant to be named, notes the family's stance clashes with saving her life. Marie previously consented to a transfusion that saved her life at the hospital.
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U.P
Mari
Charles D. Butts
William “Clige
GE Midland
John
Ben
Brooklyn
Sre
Jehovah's Witnesses Sect
Marie
Snake Mail Sent To Dead Letter Office
Postman John A. Pope discovered a 31 inch non poisonous snake in a mailbox at the St Louis post office and turned it in as mail. A three cent stamp had been affixed to the envelope indicating the pet topic. Co workers deemed the address improper and sent the item to the dead letter office after a minor altercation.
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ST_LOUISMEE
John A. Pope
Nick
Oil field accident injures Houston worker
James F. Melton of Houston sustained a back injury in an oil field accident around 3 am today. He was taken by Earthman Ambulance to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital and is under observation to determine possible fractures. Melton is employed by Houston Oil Well Service.
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James F. Melton
Houston
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Melton
Houston Oil Well Service
Hi Neighbor Olin Aiillor Seeks Spring Remedy
An odd clipped line from the Chicago Sun Times notes a neighbor named Aiillor seeking a remedy for spring fever but unable to fake it. The brief quip reflects urban voice and minor humor about seasonal malaise.
Army Hikes July Draft Calland Discharges Rise
Washington dispatch reports the Army plans a higher draft call for July and a surge in discharges. General Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff, indicated the force will be about half its manpower needs, with hopes for more eligible for release as the July start approaches.
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Lawton Collins
Ua -Has
Driver Faces Charges After Near Collision on Park Street
W H Serls of Baytown, a Black man, narrowly missed two parked cars while driving recklessly on Park Street. Five hours later he awoke jailed facing charges of drunken driving, no license, reckless speed, and improper passing, with fines totaling $60, as Police Chief H McKee and Assistant Chief W R Montgomery noted.
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W. H.serls
Baytown
Park Street
Serls Barly
Serls
H. 3. “McKee
W.*r. Montgomery
Veep Plans Houston Visit
The Vice President will tour Houston Tuesday night to speak at a Shamrock hotel dinner promoting government bond sales. He plans to fly to Saning Wednesday for a speech in the city auditorium sharing a platform with radio emcee Phil Bake.
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Houston
Wisraeli
Shamrock Hotel
Saning
Phil Bake
Captain Minter Terry Receives DFC and Air Medal
Captain Minter Terry earns the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for meritorious service. Mrs Terry, residing in Greene, will attend a formal review at 8:50 on Wednesday at Ellington. The ceremony honors Captain Terry's aviation achievements and service record.
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Minter
Terry
Greene
Ellington
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