Middletons plan to fund sewer and water bonds fails
Voters rejected two bond issues totaling 1.0 million for sewer and 525,000 for water in five precincts. The 430,000 and 525,000 bonds were decisively defeated, with large turnout and Precinct 100 at Wilkenfeld Furniture leading the support against the city plan. Mayor says no bonds and work must continue with existing funds.
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Ced
San J Jacinto
Schdo
Wilkenfeld Furniture Store
Ward
Bonda
Don Dicton
Twa Bond
Twa
Oil union strike threat looms over wage dispute
The OW Workers International CIO committee finished plans for a nationwide oil workers strike set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday 30. Oil unions, including 7,000 Chicago locals and 15,000 statewide workers, pressed for a 25 cent per hour raise and shift protections. Negotiations with Standard Oil continued though mediator Cyrus S. Ching and President Truman had delayed action.
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OW Workers International
C10
OWIU
Jack) Knight
Knight
Cyrus Ching
Truman
Chicagos
Ed J. McKenna
Central States Petroleum Union
Nelson backs down as power claims surge in letter
In SNGTON, SUCRI reports House Whip Lee Co. Arends says mounting protests in an emergency show Republican leaders’ stance. He says he is greatly encouraged by Mr. Ars admission in a letter, detailing party position and responses to the crisis.
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SUCRI
House
Rea
Lee Co. Arendstody
Ars
Baytown and Houston articles mix in chaotic community notes
A garbled report outlines Baytown and Houston civic activities including a Boy Scout event with many participants, a precinct meeting and election references, and notes on a Houston Lighting Company building project. It also covers discussions on constitutional limits and the president’s emergency powers amid steel seizure debates.
Town library closure notice sparks local action
Fragmentary OCR outlines Town STSHEWELL planning to close the public library tomorrow rather than on the 6th. It mentions Friends of the Library, review efforts, and local residents like Hinda Grower and Len De Mine amid scattered references to events, sports gear, and weekend plans.
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Stshewell
Friends of the
Career guides for seniors aid college planning
The Baytown Sun begins a 20 part series to help high school seniors choose careers and outline the college programs needed. Articles, distributed by Ring Features Syndicate, are written by Fenn College staff from a Cleveland prospectus. First installment appears on page nine.
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Baytown Sun
Ring Features Syndicate
Thestaff
Fenn College
Cleveland
Search Halted For Missing 176 Sailors
Washington (UP) The search for 176 missing Hobson crewmen ends after the destroyer-minesweeper sank in the Atlantic during a collision with the carrier Wasp. Only 61 survivors were found. authorities debate whether the rest are dead as rescue conditions hindered by strong winds and cold water. The task force was en route to Europe when disaster struck Saturday night near the Azores.
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Hobson
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Navy
Wasp
Sorme
Hanson
Rodman
New York
Europe
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranea
Cmdr
W. J. Tierney
Philadelphia
Charleston
S. C
Boston
Azores
Wasp Hat
Mark Clark Named Chief in Far East
President Truman appointed Gen. Mark W. Clark to replace Ridgway as Allied supreme commander in the Far East. Ridgway would succeed Eisenhower as Allied supreme commander in Europe on June 1, with Gruenther and others in key staff posts. The North Atlantic Treaty Council noted Eisenhower's resignation and urged the U.S. to nominate an American general. Clark previously served as Mark Clark’s chief of staff in the Fifth Army.
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Truman
Gen
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
Far East
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Hisenhower
Council
Truone
New Council
White House
U.S
Rideway
Korea
Eighth Army
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Gruenther
Mark Clark
Red Forces Hit UN Defenses Across Korea
An Eight Army report says Communist strength rose to about 750,000 in Korea as Red troops conducted probing attacks across the peninsula. UN forces repelled the assaults amid bad weather grounding planes and heavy shelling at coastal targets. American ships bombarded rail lines and bunkers while the enemy built up supplies during truces talks.
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St. Paul
Manchester
Towa
Eighth Army
Korea
Aro
Flier's Jail Term Upheld by Air Force General
Fort Worth reports Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson upheld the two year court martial sentence of 1st Lt. Verne Goodwin for refusing to fly. Goodwin, 20, was discharged April 16 at Briggs Air Base El Paso. He said his decision stemmed from anxiety over his pregnant wife and concern it could affect her condition. The case heads to a judge advocate general board in Washington for further review.
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Samuel E. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
Verne Goodwin
Carswell Air Base
Goodwin
Briggs Air Base
el Paso
Anderson
Judge Advocate General's Office
Air Force
Washington
Randolph Air Base
San Antonio
Mather Air Base
Calif
Scandinavian Earl Warren Remembered by Family Biography
The 5.5 foot 1 inch, born March 19 1391 in Los Angeles area, worked in railroad car shops and as a railroad call boy. He played high school baseball, Bakersfield town band clarinet, hunted, fished, camped with a large family. Married widow Nina Meyers in 1925, six children, one from her previous marriage. Met wife at a swimming party. Favorite spectator sport is football. Earned a law degree at University of Call. Former district attorney and governor since 1938. Lifelong emphasis on family and conservative style.
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Bos
Angeles
Railroad Call
Bakersfield
Cal
Nina
P. Meyers
Gakand
University of Call
Independent Japan Joins Free World in War Warning
Japan is now independent as a free nation and joins 29 Allied powers in resuming diplomacy with Tokyo. Soviet charges US seeks a Far East war while Japan pledges to defend the Pacific with a U.S. security pact. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida promotes rearmament under alliance with the United States amid Cold War pressures. China signs a separate peace in Taipei as Japan reopens relations with India and others. Communist China and Russia remain technically at war with Japan.
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Soveregin Nation
Dean Acheson
Russia
Truman
Japan
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Panyushkin
U.S
United States
Far East
Tokyo
Floussia
Pacific
U. S
San Francisco
China
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang- Kai-Shek
Reeves Wins Run Off For District Five Council Seat
W D Reeves will be sworn in for a second term May 7 after defeating W H Boucher 1439 to 923 in Saturdays District Five council run off. Reeves led in all five precincts, with his best 493 votes to 265 in Precinct 100 Wilkenfeld Furniture. Precinct 149 San Jacinto approved sewer bonds 241 to 224 but rejected water bonds, mirroring Reeves opposition to the bonds.
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W. D. Reeves
Reeves
W. H. Boucher
Boucher
Wilkenfeld
San Jacinto School
Ray C. Weaver Jr
Milton L. Campbell
W. B. Lawless
BE. W. Buelow
Frahta Motors
Witkenfeld
Furnitu
Storez
Flood Hits Salt Lake City Amid Historic Utah Delta
Floodwaters from a warm snowmelt crested in Salt Lake City, inundating about 150 of 600 blocks as South 7th Street became a canal. City workers sandbagged embankments while the Mississippi and nearby dikes broke, flooding 3,000 to 5,000 acres of farmland near Fulton, Illinois, Muscatine, and Davenport as reservoirs overflowed and streets flooded.
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Missouri
Mississippi
Utah
7Th Street
Wasatch Mountains
Parley's Creek
Red Butte
Mountain Dell
Parley’s Canyon
Earl J.glide
Fulton
Clinton
Muscatine
Davenport
Burnside Enters Cedar Bayou School Board Race
N D Burnside a Rice farmer and cattleman from Wallisville Road joined the Cedar Bayou School Board race for the May 3 election. Filing deadline is 7 20 pm today. Other candidates are D D Mangum Omar Shoemaker and incumbent G C Grube who has not yet announced for reelection. Burnside is a Harris County native and 1939 Texas A&M agriculture graduate father of three.
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Cedar Bayou
N. D. Burnside
Wallisville Road
Gl Mangum
Omar Shoemaker
East Texas Rivers Fall As Dangers Decline
Warnings remained along lowland points as the Red Cypress and Sulphur rivers dropped in most areas of northeast Texas. Jefferson area flood levels eased though high water along Sabine river regions could persist into May with Sabine approaching 36 feet at Gladewater by Wednesday morning, threatening oil wells and tanks.
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Texas
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Jefferson
Tomor
Sabine River
Sabine
Gladewater
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