Soviet War Foes Shown but Peace Talk Persists
UP Staff Correspondent MER JENKS reports that while there are talks of peace, the Soviet Union and its satellites continue to build armed strength. Prisoners released from six years in Russia note factories operating at full capacity as nations around Moscow prepare for potential conflict. Molotov calls Tito's communist regime unsustainable, while Yugoslavia's borders see daily incidents. Marshal Zhukov returns from retirement as tension rises across Europe. Eisenhower cites a Soviet army of about 175 divisions and 000,000 men with 20,000 planes, though satellite forces are not included.
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Geace
Soviet Union
Russia
Stand
Romania
Cei
Diet
V. M. Molotov
Marshal Tito
Europe
Kremlin
Tito
West
J. D. Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Fons Committee
Hottest Day in Spots Records Tumble at Noon
A noonday high reached 101 degrees marking Spots Hottest Day of the year as the third day. Weather followed Monday’s 103 reading while officials from Harris County engineering department visited Houston for a street paying program. Art students were reminded to remove paintings from the campus art room for a College building display with items to be given away. City budget hearing held a four minute special session amid ongoing discussions.
Unclear Baytown Fragments Prompt Cursory Scan
Fragmentary OCR text references Baytown related names and events, including mentions of Harris Road McDonald and an ear operation at a Houston Baptist hospital. The passage also notes a room fire and various scattered personal items, but no clear coherent event or timeline is established.
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Barris
Orville
Harris Road
McDonald
Baytown
E. Mf
Sthroom
San Antonio police chief vows major shakeup in force
San Antonio Police Commissioner George Roper warned of a major shakeup in the police department within two or three days. He accused the force of graft and sabtoage, called prostitution a severe issue, and said he was offered a bribe by a delegation tied to several legal activities. He spoke at an American Legion dinner after winning election in June on a pledge to prosecute crooked officers.
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San Antonio
George Roper
Roper
San Antonios
American Legion
Legionaires
Reds Show Interest In New UN Plan
UN advanced base at Kaesong reports United Nations chief truce negotiator Joy proposed a two man subcommittee to break a 15 day armistice deadlock. Communist chief Nam UJ showed interest asking for a written copy for study overnight. If accepted, subcommittee could work without publicity and main talks may recess. Ridgway warns Reds that UN forces will meet war with weapons fury.
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Kaesong
Korea
United Nations Command
C. Turner Joy
Nam UJ
Baytown
Nam Ho
Joy
Matthew B.ridgway
UN Command
Kores
UN Forces Strike Two Key Korean Fronts
UN troops attacked three Communist positions southwest of Kamsong on the central front, capturing heights and forcing enemy retreat. Another assault on a third hill near Hansong continued into the dawn with unclear results. Elsewhere patrol skirmishes, Kaesong clashes, and ongoing naval bombardment of Wonsan marked the conflict as UN forces press the front amid heavy fire.
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Eighth Army
Korea
ISPI
United Nations
Kamsong
Hansong
Kaesong
Yongyang
Wonsan
Iran presses three point oil ultimatum in talks with Britain
In Tehran Iran issued a three point ultimatum to Britain during oil talks. Negotiators failed to break the deadlock with Britain submitting an eight point plan to nationalize fields yet allow a British run body to distribute oil. Iran demands Britain buy oil from the National Iranian Oil Company and set compensation terms.
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Tehran
Iran
Britain
Chitish
Richard Sickes
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Houssein Fatemi
Ritish
Ansgro- Iranian
Abadan
Texans Host Busy Hen Convention in Dallas
At the 28th annual Texas Poultry Improvement Association meeting in Dallas leaders urged expansion of egg production. Ambrose Brownell of Milwaukie, Oregon, president of the American Poultry and Hatchery Federation, noted 300 million hens daily in the U.S. for eggs plus 100 million for hatching. L. M. Manford of Cuero was elected president. T. D. Craddock of Hamilton, vice-president. P. T. Hensarling of Stephenville, secretary-treasurer. G.C. Gibson and J. H. Quisenberry spoke as attendance closed with a banquet and dance.
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Dallas
United States
Ambrose Brownell
Milwaukie
Oregon
American Poultry and Hatchery Federation
Texas Poultry Improvement Association
L. M. Manford
Cuero
T. D. Craddock
Hamilton
PT. Hensarling
Stephenville
RM. Csthery
Springfield
Missouri
National Turkey Federation
America
Calbert
GC. G. Gibson
Extension Service
College Station
J. H. Quisenberry
Texas A and M College
Youth Riots Sweep West Berlin Youths Clash With Police
Several thousand Communist youths marched into West Berlin and fought hand to hand with club wielding police before being driven back into the Soviet sector in a tense late bulletin from the Cold War era.
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Red
Berlin
ICPI
West Berlin
Utah Plans Tougher Prison Second Break Brings New Policy
In Utah a second riot at the state prison leads to a get tough plan. Acting Warden Wes Haslem and Guard Edward Schmidt were held seven hours by 22 inmates in a maximal security block. Governor J Bracken Lee backs punishment for all 500 inmates if one breaks line and a harsher disciplinary code is to be adopted. The unrest stems from perceived mistreatment and severities toward inmates.
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Utah
Point
Kingly Clawson
State Board of Corrections
J. Bracken Lee
Lee
Clawson
Haslem
Schmidt
Robber Humiliates Night Attendant During Heist
In Houston Charles Rector a 23 year old night filling station attendant was robbed when the thief forced him to lock himself in the rest room after taking 32 percent. The incident adds a personal sting to the crime as Rector endured the humiliating demand.
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Houston
Charles Rector
Rector
Indies
Bonham remembers 103-year-old Confederate veteran Whitsett
Joseph Haden Whitsett, 103, one of Texas last three Confederate veterans, died in Bonham after a long life from 1853 Texas residence to veteran service with Shelby's Escort. He left two surviving Confederate veterans in Texas. Whitsett's pension records in Austin show 1865 notes. he later worked freight, farming, and ran a Dodd City store.
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Texas
Bonham
CSA
Shelby
Second
Bsourh Cavalry
Whitsett
Walter W. “Williams
Franklin
Thomas Evans Riddle
Confederate Veterans Home
Austin
Als
Cabell
US Treasury
Fannin
County
Wil Pass Haddon
M. L. Krister
M. M. Langhorne
Jefferson
Bon‘ham
Dodd City
The
Women Start Powder Puff Plane Race in California
One hundred eighty women pilots depart from Orange County Airport for Detroit to compete in the fifth annual Powder Puff Derby. Stock planes under 250 horsepower skim the Tuniway at 2 pm, racing 2348 miles to finish on elapsed time. Refueling stops include Blythe Phoenix Tucson Columbus El Paso Abilene Fort Worth Tulsa Springs St Louis Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. Sponsored by the Ninety Nines and the Santa Ana Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Ssantavana
Calit
Orange County
Detroit
Fort Worth
Blythe
California
Phoenix
Arizona
Tuscan
Columbus
Ohio
el Paso
Abilene
Kansas
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Springs
St. Louis
Missouri
Indianapolis
Indiana
Fort Wayne
The
Ninety- Nines
Aviatrix
Amelia Earhart
Santa Ana
Council Cuts 5230 From City Budget
City council members led by M L Campbell and H A Campbell sliced 5236 from next year’s city expenditures in the 1951 52 budget session. They revised entries across departments including city manager council salaries and civil defense while adding minor raises and a new car for Middleton.
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Chester Bulgier
Campbells
M. L. Campbell
H. A. Campbell
Tim R.H. Pruett
Rufus Bergeron
E. W. Buelow
J. A. Ward
W. D. Reeves
Baytown
Fire Department
Fairy Godfrey
Edna Oliver
City Secret
Civil Defense Office
A. L. Campbell
C.D. Idedleton
M.L. Campbell
Middleton
Oir
Corporation Courts
A. V. Barber
Finance Department
Barber
Water Department
Budge
George Chandler
Rockefeller Weds Widow 77-Year-Old Millionaire
John D. Rockefeller Jr and Martha Baird Allen widow of Arthur M. Allen were married in Providence Rhode Island in a private ceremony at Mrs Allen home The ceremony was conducted by Rev Arthur H Bradford and Rev Robert J McCracken with Rockefeller as best man and two Rockefeller sons Nelson and David in attendance The two families had long friendship dating to Brown University years True to form the event linked the Rockefeller name with Rhode Island social circles in a quiet rites-and-family affair.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Martha Baird Allen
Promix
Providence
Rhode Island
Rockefeller
Allen
Claude R. Branch
John D. Rockefellers
Nelson
David
Kern Plans Fire Probe After August 4 Blaze
Sheriff C V Buster Kern says his office will probe the 330 000 tea Farm fires from August 4. George H Cook of Houston, owner of the building, suspects arson after a fire broke out behind a trash box in a night club area, burning the structure to the ground.
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C.V
Buster
Kern
George H. Cook
Houston
Reports Of Prowler Alarm In Baytown Area
Residents in Coady and northwest Baytown feared an armed madman was at large after reports of a prowler. Deputy Sheriff Paul Anderson led a five hour search from midnight, aided by firemen and guards around VFW Hall Radio Station KREL and Decker Drive, but no suspect was found. Several locals worried about their families and some women asked whether to keep children indoors. A jail escape from Bellville and a Huntsville prison break were cited as possible causes, though authorities saw no evidence the escaped lunatic or convicts were in East Harris County.
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Rosalie Myers
Coady
Baytown
Paul Anderson
Decker Drive
VFW
KREL
Vol
National Guardsmen
Anderson
Bellville
Huntsville
East Harpsrr
Anderton
Offer
Atlantic Hurricane Advances Toward Leeward Islands
The Werther Bureau reports the first hurricane of the 1931 season, a 100 mph storm, has strengthened near the Leeward Islands about 1630 miles southeast of Miami. It moves northwest at 15 mph, located 70 miles east of Fort De France. Warnings issued from Martinique to Antigua. hurricane center winds 109 mph with 40 mph winds in the outer ring.
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Miame
Fis
Werther Bureau
Leeward Islands
Miami
Reconnaisance
Fort de France
Mar- Linique
Caribbean
South Atlantic
Florida
North Atlantic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
Antigua
Weather Bureau
Two Grace M Survivors Spotted 30 Miles East of Port Isabel
A Navy search plane radioed shortly before noon that two survivors from the missing Grace M were seen about 30 miles east of Port Isabel. The fishing boat crew had reported the ship sinking 70 miles off Port Aransas. Coast Guard Cutter Triton headed to recover the survivors, presumed to be Murray and his wife. The captain, James Murray, 31, from Houston, hoped for a vacation, and the crew's fate remained uncertain.
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Corpus Christi
Port Isabel
Grace M
James EL Mirrar
Port Aransas
Coast Guard
Tritor
Murray
Bosun
Joseph Co. Chighizola
Aransas Pass
Campeche
Mexico
Murrays
James A. Murray
Houston
Eddie Rickenbacker
Green haired youths flood Indianapolis pool
Dozens of boys in a Southside neighborhood appeared with bright green hair after pool officials dumped a chemical used to purify water into the pool by mistake. The chemical is said to be harmless beyond staining hair green, and the dyeing occurred free at the pool.
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Indianapolis
itiPi
Baytonian Returns With That Coveted MD
A Baytown man, T T Peck Jr MD, joins Dr W E Marshall in practice at 3301 Market in Baytown. Peck, after Navy service and studies at Rice, Baylor, and St Joseph’s, completes medical training and returns to Baytown with his MD. He is married to Rose Corley, with two children Larry Temple 24 and Terry Rose four weeks old.
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W. E. Marshall
Baytown
Leber
Rice Institute
Ton
T.T. Peck, Jr
Sure Seon
Market
Cig
Peck
Navy
Columbia University
Pacific
Lee College
Sant Houston State Teachers College
Baylor Medical College
St Joseph's Infirmary
Houston
Navy Hospital
Peck Rene
T. T. Peck
Town
Dr Peck
Miss. Rose Corley
Madisonville
Larry Temple
Terry Rose
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