YANK TANKS CHECK COMMUNIST DRIVE
The House schedules a vote on a stand-by wage price rationing bill as workmen begin clearing land for Beytown's carbon black plant. Stearns Rogers will build the $1 million plant for J M Huber Corp at Needlepoint Cedar Bayou North of Baytown. Surveying and road work proceed ahead of construction.
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Beytown
Stearns -~ Rogers Constructor Company
J. M Huber Corporation
New York
Needlepoint
Cedar Bayou
Bay
Huber Corporation
Impany
Poducer
Baytown
Lions Club Buys Air Oxygen Lock for Baytown Hospital
Baytown Lions Club purchased an air oxygen “lock” device for San Jacinto Memorial Hospital to aid newborns failing to breathe. The $780 machine, discounted by L and L Company of Houston, will remain in the hospital and be available to doctors practicing there. A plaque will note the donation to the community.
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Lions Club
Baytown Lions
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Ions
Max Altman
Screamers
Ww_ A Bridges
L and L Company of
Houston
Don Allen
Bridges
J. W. Crossman
Baytsom
Altman
Chinese Reds Mass Troops for Invasion at Amoy
Nationalist intelligence reports claim 150000 Chinese Reds massed at Amoy awaiting invasion of Formosa. Reds have more than doubled invasion potential since Nationalists paused mainland operations per President Truman’s June 26 request. Invasion forces also gathered at Hangchow Bay and other Amoy-area points.
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Taipan
Formosa
Amoy
Central China
Tru- Tan
Hangchow Bay
City Budget Requests Rise by 113 751 in Baytown
City budget requests for the coming year total 567 675 28 with last year’s general fund at 253 924 The estimated income for the new fiscal year starting October 1 is 484 722 short by 82 953 28 The city expects 176 060 more revenue from Humble Oil earmarked for capital improvements The city manager notes department heads will not get full requests but must justify needs The tax base includes real estate improvements leased lands personal property utilities and past improvements with the general fund tax draw projected at 315 710 after anticipated collections plus other revenues raises total 484 722 to balance but cuts remain likely
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A. L. Banks
Humble Oil and Refining Company
C.D. Middleton
Baytown
Lee City
Refinery Worker James Pruett Dies at Home
James Pruett a 33 year old refinery worker was found unconscious on the lawn of his Market Street apartment about 4 30 pm Tuesday and died of natural causes likely a brain hemorrhage per Justice of the Peace Roscoe Zierlein. Neighbors and passerby observed him earlier and G B Townes carried him inside before his death.
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Townes
Pruett
Tipton Town Gossip and Local Happenings Notes
Sround town via tipton and her mother Margaret Wilkins in Red Bluff report enjoying dunes while awaiting car repairs. Mrs Deckard promotes a Bayou pep squad meeting in the little wheel auditorium. City officials rush to Houston. Florence Powell ponders life with empty nest. The Bay twins have been named.
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Tipton
Margaret Wilkins
Red Bluff
California
Sey
Stas
F. Deckard
Little” Wheel
George Chandler
Wate S. Busch
Houston
Hobart Noth
Florence. Powell
Marion Cees
Lorene Fisher
Frank
Unreported Texas Weddings Tighten Draft At Austin
AUSTIN AP Brigadier General Paul Wakefield says many Texas men classified 1-A have not reported marriages or changes in status, jeopardizing the September draft quota of 2513. He warns boards to rectify classifications quickly as delays and noncompliance threaten inductees.
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Austin
Texas
Paul J. ‘Wakefield
Selective Service
Wakefield
Tocal
DEA
Improving But Still Serious in Korea as US Presses On
A Pentagon briefing said the overall U S position in Korea is improving though still serious as US and allied forces push more troops and air power into the peninsula. British warships bombarded Mokpo, with dockyards ablaze from B 26 strikes. An Army spokesman predicted a turning point in South Korea within two weeks after one more retreat.
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Washington
Korea
Pentagon
United States
Douglas WecArthur
Tokyo
Seventh Fleet
Mokpo
South Korea
Wichita Falls Flood Forces Evacuations As Guard Units Mobilize
Rain swollen Holliday Creek flooded Wichita Falls forcing evacuation of about 50 families near the stream. Mayor Harold Jones declared a state of emergency, Red Cross-led evacuation, and Army National Guard units were ordered to active duty with increased drills to prepare for deployment next month.
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United Press
Holliday
Wichita Falls
Harold Jones
Oll
Red Cross
Sheppard Air Force Base
Hsing
Wichite
Acheson opposes Senate aid to Spain plan
Secretary of State Dean Acheson today opposed the Senate passed plan to lend Spain $100,000 and rejected arms aid. He said any action must involve allies and be businesslike, with repayment prospects. Acheson noted the Export-Import Bank has funds for such a loan and criticized using the Economic Cooperation Administration route.
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Dean Acheson
Senate
Spain
Nh _ Acheson
America
Séhate
Pat McCarran
Nevada
House
Sena
Acheson
State Department
Congress
Chel. Department
Economic Co-operation Administration
War In Brief: Marines land and battles around Pusan
The First Marine Division brings seasoned troops and new weapons to bolster U S forces as North Korean forces try to encircle two US divisions 65 miles from Pusan. American infantry with Sherman tanks counterattack amid fierce fighting in the area. Western UN delegates back a US resolution condemning North Korea’s attack while Russia presses for a Chinese Communist representation policy. The US seeks $4 billion for overseas allies from foreign manufacturers. Army orders four National Guard divisions to triple drills to prepare for federal duty next month.
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United Press
First Marine Division
Tokyo
Pusan
Blake
Russia
National Guard
DuPont to Build Plants for H Bomb Explosives
Atomic Energy Commission announced a contract with DuPont to construct plants for producing explosive components for the hydrogen bomb. The Army plans to raise overall military strength to over 1,000,000 by the mid 1940s, about 270,000 above last week’s target and more than 400,000 above current levels.
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Washington
Ensl
Kumchon Escape Aim Amid Korean War Clampdown
In Kumchon area firefights erupt as US 24th Division troops report a significant push by enemy forces. Major Hobart Gay leads a withdrawal to open routes along highway and rail lines toward Taegu, while troops describe an intense all-out line to break through and escape encirclement.
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Kumchon
Pasit
Ae le Division
Ious
Majoral Hobart ‘Gay
Salons
Ta’ Taegu
Raid Wrecks Chemical Plant In Far East Raid
General MacArthur's headquarters said a May B 29 raid on the Konan chemical plant on Korea's east coast wiped out at least 20 percent of the main factory building and damaged 40 percent of the plant. The facility, a principal maker of war materiel, includes a harbor and dock able to handle ocean going vessels. Another portion of the same works was hit last Sunday with further destruction reported.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Ketan
Far East
Konan
Oreleast Aid
Superforts
Last Sun
Marines Land in Korea First Division Arrives at Port
The Leathernecks of the First Division unload from seven ships at a Korean port under electric lights. Marines in full battle kits shout that the war is over and welcome by South Korean women as they come ashore. The first transport tied up at 2:10 a.m. Baytown time. Local residents report Marines greeting dockworkers and securing equipment.
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First Marines
Baytown
San Diego
Stars and Stripes
United Nations
Lie van ‘Moran O
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