Splash Day Bands Selected For Galveston Beach Event
Western music acts headline the May 6 Splash Day dance at Buccaneer Hotel in Galveston. The Michell Family Band and Bob Grady's band will perform for cancer fund proceeds, with hoedown fiddlers from four states competing for $1000 prizes on Pleasure Pier. Jordan Sisters from Houston will also sing on the program.
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Galveston
Beppy
Buccaneer Hotel
Michell
Bill Mitchell
Bob Grady
Galveston County Cowboys and Cowgirls Association
Cancer Fund
Hoedern
Pleasure Pier
Greater Galveston Beach Association
Jordan Sisters
Houston
Jordan
Rachel
Tommye
Dawne
Jane
Veterans Hospital
KTRC
Mitchell
Papa
B. M. Aitchell
Mama Vera Mitchell
Pegsy Jean
Texas
Association
Margaret
Arlington
Nina Eliabeth
Galena Park High School
Patsy Ruth
Fiddlers Association
South
Vatican Radio Says Ukraine Catholic Church Suppressed
Vatican radio reported Ukraine Catholics faced total suppression with priests sent to concentration camps and bishops imprisoned. It claimed 3600 Ukrainian Catholic priests were interned and church property seized by the Soviet Orthodox Church under secret police. Catholic parents opposing anti Catholic measures were deported to Siberia.
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Vatican City
Vatican Radio
Ukraine
Moscow
Teasures
Siberia
Crippled Byrom evades hunters in Wise County woods
DECATUR UD Lawrence By rom, a crippled desperado linked to Justin banditry, eluded 50 armed pursuers in Wise County woods after authorities said he was spotted Wednesday night. Sheriff Ray Nobles warned he was likely long gone but remained dangerous as the hunt continued near Boyd.
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Decatur
Lawrence
Rom
Zisyear
Desperado
Possermen
Wise County
Hig
Ray Nobled
Byrom
Darton
Justin
Boyd
Nobles
Piano sale notice from Brook Mas Piang Co Houston
We would like to correspond with game one in this vicinity who needs a piano. We have two lovely pianos for sale to a reliable party. Pianos are guaranteed for 10 years. Write wire or Chore Credit Manager Brook Mas Piang Co 1522 Main Houston.
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Brook Mas Piang Co
1522
Main
Houston
Grand Jury Plans Horse Meat Inquiry
A federal grand jury opens an inquiry into horse meat shipments to Dallas Fort Worth and other Texas areas based on evidence from last month’s probe described as a million dollar racket. U S Attorney Brenk Potter announced indictments against Meyer Gilgus and Louis Riskin for shipping horse meat without federal inspection stamps, sold as beef tenders, with trial set for May 8 in Dallas.
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Dallas
Grand Tory
Fort Worth
Texas
U. S
Brenk Potter
Meyer Gilgus
Kansas City
Louis K. Riskin
Minneapolis
Gilgus
Riskin
Potter
Giigus
T. B. District Court
Economy Group Meets Governor in Texas
The Texas Economy Commission met the governor to plan a 24 member panel led by John S. Redditt to curb state executive spending. Governor Shivers urged cutting waste and warned a sales or income tax could be likely unless spending is restrained. Baytown members EB. Hirkpetrick Sr. and Bob Methierne noted.
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Austin -Cp
Texas Economy Commission
John S. Redditt
Lafkin
Allan Shivers
Shivers
EB. M. Hirkpetrick, Sr
Bob Methierne
Baytown
Commission
Pasadena-Galena Park Tunnel Opens May 27
Harris County Commission sets May 27 for a formal opening of the Pasadena Galena Park Tunnel under the Houston Ship Channel. The $5 million project will be opened to traffic at 11:55 p.m. with a county wide ceremony. A 809 musician band and National Guard jet wing will perform. plaques, ribbon cuttings, and tours follow.
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Baytown
Harris County Commissioners Court
Pasadena-Gadena Park
Houston Ship
Pasadena
Robert L. Worthington
Homer Hilton
County Ferries
P. P. Butler
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Galena Park
Roy Hofheinz
Harris County
Texas National Guard
Butler
Glenn A. Perry
Palmer and Baker
Tornado Strikes Highlands Ruining Stores and Streets
Residents recount a sudden tornado tearing through Highlands as hail and rain followed. Main Street lanes flooded six inches in some shops while merchandise flooded floors. Crops suffered little as farmers already planted. last weekend rains noted as sufficient.
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Main Street
Wallisville Road
Houston Street
Highlands
Houston
San Jacinto
Seven Killed In School Bus Crash
A school bus crash left seven people dead including three children. Witness Bill Energy, 33, said the Greyhound struck the bus from behind as it turned left, pushing it into a ditch. He expressed disbelief at the loss of life.
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Page 17
Bill Energy
Greyhound
Gangland Murder Mystery Solved in Joliet Car Trunk
Chicago report details a 25 year old man Stensland telling police he saw two men force a body into a car trunk and gave a license number. Police traced the vehicle to mortician Ernest Wunderlich of Joliet, who explained a mechanic hid in the trunk to listen for a noise from his car’s rear end.
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Chicago
Robert Stensland
Stensland
Ernest W. Wunderlich
Joliet, Ilinois
Wunderlich
President of Chile Plans Quick Visit
President Gonzalez Videla and party arrive for a weekend tour visiting the Sheffield Steel Plant in Sheffield, the Humble oil refinery in Bartown, and the San Jacinto Battleground. They will ride the Houston Ship Channel area aboard the port commission yacht, hold a press conference, and attend a reception and dinner before traveling to Lubbock for irrigation work.
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Gonzalez
Sheffield Steel
Bartown
Humbie
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Shrine of Texas Independence
Houston Ship Channel
Industria
Port Commission
Lubbock
Gonzalez Videla
Caile
Texas
Henke-Pillot Store Plans Extended With Parking
Henke-Pillot store expansion outlined with large glass fronts on Market Street and two concrete-paved parking lots for 285 cars. The building will feature curved plexiglass cornices and 14 checkout stations with the Henke and Pu lot tower and theater marquee on the exterior. Permit submission pending due to incomplete plans.
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Henke and Pulot
Secon
Pruett
Brigadiers Plan Pre-Season Show Featuring Corelyn Mallory
The article outlines a brigadier pre season performance with echelons drill and counter marches. Corelyn Mallory is named company commander and Wilma Britt fur major. Traflers include Sally McAlpin Carolys Wynne Peggy Faulk Mary Lou Williams Helen Mason and Hugenia Jefferson.
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Marise
Corelyn Mallory
Wilma Britt
Sally McAlpin
Carolys Wynne
Pegsy Faulk
Mary Lou Williams
Helen Mason
Hugenia Jefferson
Livestock Market Quietly Steady Across Classes
Livestock sort worth shows cattle at 225, 838 lb steers at 2850, big load 991 lb steers at 26.50, calves scarce with slaughter calves 26.00-28.00, common 25.50-39.00, culls 18.90. Hogs are 15-25 lower, sows cheaper, pigs steady, good 290-270 lb at 36.75, 16.25 for small sizes, feeder pigs 14.00 down.
Youth From La Porte Newest Polio Victim
An 18 year old boy from La Porte is the first new polio victim brought to Hedgecroft Clinic since April 11. Harris County outside Houston reports 11 cases with no deaths this year and 81 total cases with two deaths in Houston. Last year at this time there were six cases and two deaths.
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Houston
Hedgecroft Clinic
la Porte
Harris County
Accident Fatal To Baytown Relative Of Urnan Kin
Wiliam Deniel Urnan, 31, was fatally injured when a crane boom fell on him at a Houston construction site. He died at 5 02 pm Thursday in a Houston hospital, skull fractured and left arm and teeth broken. Clarence William Passwaters, 43, brother of Mrs. J W Smith of Baytown, died at 6 pm Thursday at his Houston home. funeral arrangements were to be announced.
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Wiliam Deniel Urnan
Houston
Charles Noun
A. W. Mattson
Baytown
Urden
Clarence Wiliam Passwaters
J. W. Smith
Humor valued in Kiwanis talk by Rev. P. Walter
Rev. P Walter Henckell spoke at the Baytown Kiwanis Club fourth charter anniversary dinner urging humor as a tool in daily life. Guest Ivan Hudspeth presented W. G. Wilson a Kiwanis scroll and perfect attendance pins to several members. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Bill Byland and Mrs Walter Kilgore. Also noted: Canadian bird sanctuaries cover about 5800000 square miles and New Yorkers dine out every sixth meal.
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Walter Henckell
Wayne McCleskey
Kiwanis
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rev. Henckell
Henckell
Baytown Hiwanis Club
James Bond
Uinster
Deer Park
Ivan Hudspeth
Kiwanisistrict Three
W. G
Bill” Wilson
Kiwanis International
Wison
Brags Callaway
I. A. Wilkie
Warren Bunting
James Sherwood
John Whitfield
Mark Eakin
Bill Byland
Greens Bayou
Ward Farrington
Honstor
Walter Kilgore
Congressmen Squabble For Play Tickets
About 120 members of the House travel to New York to see Broadway shows. Tickets total 18 for South Pacific, 61 for Kiss Me Kate and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes combined. A straw-draw plan is floated, with losers sightseeing.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
New York
Kate
Leadville Hosts Lofty Pepulay Office at 10152 Feet
The article notes Leadville Colorado as home to a high elevation office at 10 152 feet and discusses the term euthanasia its Greek roots meaning painless happy death.
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America
Leadville
Colorado
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