Bay district grants substantial pay raises for 1952 53
The Bay school district approved merit and cost of living pay raises for most administrators and support staff for the 1952 53 year, boosting top salaries from $6 750 to $7 500 for the curricular director, elevating principals, department heads, and staff across the district, with clerical and secretarial workers also receiving increases while extra hour pay for after hours remains at the same scale.
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Bay
George Gentry
Og Wansk
Stuart
Saltworth
R. B. Sparks
Robert E. Lee High
Tom
J. d. Jones
Senatendent
L. Bennett
Tictor
X . Filiz
Carolyn Kilgore
W. L.ward
J. C. Burkett
Tommy Seale
Miss Edna
Rob Lee
Teeners QUACK SHACK reschedules to Thursday through Saturday
Spotty notes show Spots tation Teeners QUACK SHACK moved from Tuesday Friday and Saturday to Thursday Friday and Saturday this week. Prolettes To Meet CUARDETES, womens aux o Company E of the No- Shard, will meet at 41:30 pan. Tuesday asked to rgto the meeting for 4th family the organization Feretting, g k.
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Tation Teeners Quack Shack
Local Meeting Sparks Fractured Claims and Nerve
Fragmented notes show townsfolk at a school meeting face derision over staffing moves and leadership changes. Amid chatter about state laws, housing plans, and local trade offers, residents debate roles and future moves as confidence wavers.
Clothes Dryer Plays Tune When Laundry Finishes
Engineer W A Wiemann of Westinghouse in Mansfield unveils an automatic clothes dryer that signals completion by playing the song Wow Dry I Am after a two load cycle ends. The appliance plant notes the device adds a musical cue to indicate the drying cycle is done.
Disaster Area grows as U S expands aid to drought regions
U S officials designating drought hit North Carolina as a disaster area on Tuesday with possible inclusion of Louisiana and Rhode Island. The move would allow emergency loans by the Farmers Home Administration to farmers unable to secure private credit for seed feed and other farm needs. North Carolina cited two months of drought that destroyed about 100 million dollars in tobacco and other crops. Louisiana officials were invited to an Atlanta conference on drought loans, signaling expected disaster area status.
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Patricia Wiggins
Washington
North Carolina
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Missi
South Carolina
Maine
Atlanta
Trustee Criticizes Bus Drivers As Reckless At Board Meeting
Highlands to Baytown route drivers were accused of reckless driving with speeds around corners and driving two abreast. Trustee L Kellogg urged safer drivers before proposed raises, while the board kept pay at seventy five dollars monthly despite hardship hiring. Board President Stark urged reassessment to avoid higher pay than other roles. No action on Kellogg's reckless driving charges was taken.
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L. Kelloge
Highlands
Kellogg
George Gentry
A. R B. Stark
Stark
Gentry
Woman Hero Hoax Death Plot Bares Publicity Stunt
Washington August 5 1 1 Maynard SmalIy Smith the Medal of Honor winner faced arrest on false report charges after a bereaved mother 21 named Mrs Ernestine Whomble confessed the suicide bid she staged was a hoax Smith denied any prior meeting with Whomble and said the stunt was for publicity to boost his Virginia governor bid Fellow worker Roland Bennett called the tale false Smith earlier cheated history with prior legal troubles including AWOL suspensions and a 1947 fake hormone scheme case. the hoax seeks to revive his notoriety.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
Maynard H. ‘Smaffy Smith
Ernestine Lucille Whomble
Smith
Virginia
Clark King
Air Force
Washington Post
Whombie
Hollywood
Radio-Tv
Whomble
Rites Set For Mrs. Krenek at Crosby Native
Wilma Krenek 45 long time Crosby resident dies at Rir Houston Hospital after illness. Rosary at home Tuesday and church services at Sacred Heart with Rev Paul Buchalica. Burial in Catholic Cemetery near Crosby. Survived by husband Lew Krenek daughter Mrs Billy Martin two sons Sgt Wilbur Krenek and Clarence Krenek mother Mrs Martin Stalla five sisters two brothers and one grandson. Pallbearers listed.
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Wilma Krenek
Crosby
Crosby School Board
Rir Houston Hospital
Pem
Krenek
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Paul Buchalica
Matilda Birlick
Dayton
W. H. Gilbert
Highlands
C. J. Baumbach
W. C. Herrod
Monroe City
A. A. Gilbreath
Beaumont
Alfred
Ed B. Scalia
Kenneth Martin
Willie Roy A. Brown
Calvin Gilbert
Donnie Ramsey
A. H. Franta
Willie Michalsky
James Bond
Van Fleet May Be Up For Rotation In Korea
The article reports that General James A. Van Fleet may be reassigned from command of the Eighth Army in Korea to another four star post. It notes a possible reshuffle at the United Nations command in Korea after a command streamline and visits by Washington officials to Japan and Korea.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations Command
Japan
Washington
Air Force Seeks to Censor Bus Crash Victims Names
Two Air Force civilians attempted to block release of identified dead from a Mon day bus crash near Waco Texas. The effort faced immediate rejection, with officials noting 28 lives lost and 25 injured in the collision near a crest at 4 05 am. The unmapped unidentified dead include a Wright Patterson airman. Investigators questioned a possible third vehicle involvement, while testimonies pointed to no mechanical fault.
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Jud Dixon
WACO
Air ‘Force
Here
Waco Times Herald
Air Force
Washington
R. L. Trask
R. W. Ralston
Wright Patterson Air Forces
Dayton
Ohio
Mondedé
Charles Wo Wright
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Southwest Greyhound
Greyhound
W. BL. Stallings
Greyhound General Claims
List Of Dead In Bus Crash In Waco
Authorities identify multiple victims from a tragic Waco bus crash as teams from the State Department of Public Safety and Wright-Patterson Field assist. Identified: Maria C. Munez 67. Mrs Charles Tucker 28. Ronnie Tucker 7. Sharon Eilene Tucker 6. Nelda Christine Tucker 20 months. M B Herring driver northbound bus. Billy Malone driver southbound bus. Mrs Minble Sigle. unconfirmed deaths include Hilario Zamouda and wife, of Waco.
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Waco
Crssh
State ‘Department of Public Safety
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Compton Funeral
Sharon Eilene Tucker
Nelda ‘Christine Tucker
M. B. Herring
Billy Malone
Minble Sigle
Hilario Zamouda
OPS Chief To Resign From Office of Price Stab Unit
Washington sources report Ellis Arnall plans to resign as OPS chief by September 1. The former Georgia governor, appointed last February to six months, may discuss the matter with President Truman on Wednesday. Arnall intends to return to private practice in Georgia regardless of events.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Truman
Price
Arnall
Georgia
OPS Boss
Signs Lacking To Baytown On New Freeways
Baytown Chamber of Commerce members pressed Tuesday for more highway signs guiding motorists to Baytown. The group will study needs with State Highway District Engineer Jim Douglas, aiming to improve routings from Houston to Baytown via routes 225 and 146, noting ferry waits and forthcoming tunnel as current constraints. Chairman W. T. Busch will appoint the committee.
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Houston-Galveston
Baytown
Texas Highway Department
Highway Committee
Jim Douglas
W. T. Busch
Houston
la Porte
Thad Felton
Bay Own
Meek felons surrender to officers near Houston
Two Sugar Land prison farm trusties fled after supper but were recaptured by dawn Tuesday. Marmalejo, 28, burglary sentence from El Paso, and Garcia, 38, murder conviction from Hidalgo County, were identified. Marmalejo yielded after a deputy found him near the South Main underpass. Garcia was spotted near Playland Park. Both were moved to Harlem prison farm No 1 to work in cotton fields.
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Houston
Cty
Sugar Land
Sugar Land Trusty
Fort Bend
Harris County
Harlem
Alejandra Marmalejo
el Paso
Jesus Garcia
Hidalgo
Oo Marmalejo
Chris Weirich
South Main
Central Prison Farm
Marmalejo
Texas Rangers
Fort Bend County
Garcia
Playland Park
Dixiecrat Group To Support Eisenhower Spurns Mississippi Rebels
A Mississippi Democratic faction led by former Lt. Gov. Sam Lumpkin meeting in Jackson on August 5 moves to back Dwight D. Eisenhower without voting Republican. Govern Hor Hugh White backs the Stevenson Sparkman ticket. The group weighed an informal coalition with Republicans but sees slim chance of success, while Georgia sets electors to vote for the party ticket, signaling a southern pattern after the Democratic convention.
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John Herbers Jackson
Miss
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Sam Lumpkin
Lumpkin
eHort
Eisenhower
Mississippi
Eisenhower Won't Back FEPC Law At VFW Speech
Denver August reports Eisenhower prepared for Los Angeles appearance before the VFW encampment while critics noted he declined to endorse a federal FEPC. Delegates including Bishop Nichols pressed civil rights talks as Eisenhower, returning to Denver, faced tough campaign questions and a Baruch medal ceremony.
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Ike
FEPC
Denver
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Los Angeles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Eisenhower
D. Ward Nicholl
First
African Methodist Episcopal Church of New York
GOP
Nichols
UN Prods Reds on Prisoner Parcels in Geneva Rule Test
PANMUNJOM Wednesday Aug 3 UN challenged North Korea to prove sincerity on Geneva Convention Article 72 by allowing parcels of food medicine clothing books and instruments to prisoners of war. Maj Gen William K Harrison asked Gen Nam to recognize humanitarian aims and permit parcel deliveries.
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Gates
William K. Harrison
Reds
Harrison
Nam
Commu
Geneva
Durpo
UN Jets Down Four MiGs in Five North Korea Duels
United Nations aircraft claimed four Communist MiG-35s shot down and six damaged in five separate engagements over North Korea on Tuesday. An F-84 Thunderjet reported one of the damage claims, with Sabre jets and fighter-bombers striking targets across the peninsula as battles continued since July.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
Korean’ Peninsula
First Rice Sales Bring Good Price
The 1952 rice crop sold early Tuesday with 4000 barrels of Zenith averaging $16.03 at Alvin. Baytown area growers, Duncan Bros of Alvin among them, anticipate marketing the first crop between August 5 and 20.
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Alvin
Baytown
Duncan Bros
Tepar Growars
Heake
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