Heat Wave Ruins Texas Crop Outlook and Causes Panic
A severe heat wave drives record temperatures across Texas from Maine to North Carolina borders analogs, with 100 plus daily highs since August. State officials estimate crop losses near a quarter of a billion dollars as cotton yields plummet and water supplies tighten.
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Srain
Startwell
Henry
Texas
Maine
North Carolina
Boston
White
Wichita Falls
Southwestern Bell Telephone
North Texas
Childress
Dallas
Fort Worth
College Station
Waco
San Antonio
Texas League Hitting Week Marks Low Batting Averages
The Texas League shows its worst hitting year in decades with team averages lagging. Houston leads as top clubs hover near .270s while San Antonio and Oklahoma City trail, and season highs slip as individual leaders hover around .318, the lowest since 1940.
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KE & Mooney
Léon
Houston
San Antonio Ai
Oklahoma City
Shreveport
Weres
Eas
Sid Ners Leass
Grant Dunlap
Buich
Jdan Donaldson
Tulsa
Boy Kills Self Proving Courage in Russian Roulette
Waterbury Connecticut report of 17 year old Herbert W. McDonald attempting a dangerous stunt to impress a girl Harriet Harrison. He loaded a .22 revolver and fired a shot to his head. Police said he loaded a chamber he believed would not fire and failed to twirl the cylinder as planned. The gun held a second live bullet. The shot killed him instantly.
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Waterbury
Conn
Herbert W. McDonald
James E. Steck
McDonald
Harriet Harrison
Stack
Police official raps low staffing wages in Chicago
Chicago police claim the department cannot attract new recruits as starting pay of 2430 dollars a year lags private industry. Captain Stephen Naughton, head of training, says he cannot assemble 300 needed recruits for a class. Forty eight officers on leave were asked to return. only three did as others earned more elsewhere.
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Chicago
Stephen Naughton
Princess Margaret Celebrates 21st Birthday At Balmoral
A small group of guests arrived at Balmoral Castle to help celebrate Princess Margaret's 21st birthday in Scotland. Court circles say no wedding plans were announced and Margaret remains linked with several potential partners.
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Bremar
Scotland
Balmoral Castle
Margaret
Sir Isaac Newton's Bed New in New Hampshire
SEW BOSTON N H JEB EGER W Babson economist of Wellesley MA admired Sir Isaac Newton British scientist and discoverer of gravity In recent years Babson has established a gravity research foundation in this town He believes it safest spot in New England for atomic warfare Babson bought many old houses and buildings All have been repaired and refurbished and the latest reconstructed is the old Dodge general store A portion of it is being turned into a bedroom the central furnishing of which will be the bed in which Sir Isaac Newton once slept.
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Boston
N. H
Jeb&eger W. Babson
Wellesley
Massachusetts
Sir Isaac Newton
Babson
New England
Dodge General Store
Worried Clerk Tries to End It All in Queens Incident
Ralph alls, 40 year old New York clerk, attempted suicide citing overwhelming worries. He was rescued from a gas filled Queens apartment, treated at Kings County Hospital, with stomach pumped and in good condition. Earlier reports mention ingestion of wood alcohol and DDT, pills and aspirin as part of the incident.
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New York
Ralphalls
Kings County Hospital
Nicholls
Queens
Baytonians Mother Dies In Houston
Adem Morris 74 mother of Mrs. M. 3. McCarty of Bay town died at 10 36 p m yesterday at her Houston home. Funeral services set for 3 30 p m Sunday at Harthman Chapel Houston with Burton Coffman officiating burial in South Park Cemetery. Survived by four other children McCarty Morris of Summerfield E D Morris of Houston, two sisters Mrs Ida Baxter and Mrs Fannie Heasiett and brother J W Brewer of Bay town. Morris was a twin sister of Banter.
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McCarty
Baytown
Houston
Harthman Chapel
Burton Coffman
South Park Cemetery
McCarty Morris
Summerfieldé
E. D. Morris
Hous
Ida Baxter
Fannie Heasiett
3. W. Brewer
M Morris
Red Cross Disaster Fund Nearly Used Up
Washington D C The Red Cross reports that nearly all of its disaster fund for 1951 52 would be used for Midwest flood rehabilitation. President E Roland Harriman says at least 10 06 000 of the 31 000 000 set aside will aid 27 000 Midwestern families and warns there will be little or nothing left for future disasters.
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Washlngton
IUR
Red Cross
Midwest
E. Roland Harriman
Harriman
Hurricane Aims at Yucatan Gulf Banked for Caribbean Coast
A hurricane moving toward the Yucatan and Gulf areas is tracked along the southern Caribbean, with historical notes recalling 1946 Corpus Christi and Pensacola impacts. Advisory warns of a dangerous storm passing south of Grand Cayman and toward the Yucatan channel, urging caution.
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Mexico
Corpus Christi
Pensacola
Florida
Louuisiana
Jamaica
Pan American Airrs
Montego Bar
PAA
British Overseas Airhaé
Kingston
Keus Island
Grand Cayman Island
Weolan Peninsula
Yuecatan Ghennel
Tomoorrow
Scan Sea
Sick List Reads Like Local Scrap of Names and Places
A fragmented local notice lists residents and addresses such as Edgar C. Gill of Sunset, Hildegard Mainey of Chu Cumins Channelview, William Travis of Cedar Bayou, Alten Wuensth on Marylane, and Mrs Thresa Dangerfield at High Aads. Amounts and dates are garbled but imply a roll or list of residents possibly for a summons or community record.
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Darenge Fenby - Bartown
Edgar C. Gill
Sunset
Hildegard Mainey
Chu
Cumins
Channelview
William Travis
Cedar Bayou
Alten Wuensth
Marylane
Thresa Dangerfield
Minor Mishap Victims Recovering in Hospital
Mrs M E Battson and Miss Alene Martin of 1611 Willowere recover from minor injuries after a automobile crash at West Defoe and North Gilfard. Taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital by Earthman ambulance. Cars driven by Mrs Bazzocn's husband and D G Russell of La Porte. Patrolmen Bickerstaff and Hardy issued Russell tickets for no operator's license and failure to grant right of way.
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M. E. Battson
Alene Martin
Willowere
West Defoe
North Gilfard
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Bazzocn
D. G. Russell
la Porte
J. C. Bickerstaff
E. AR. Hardy
Russell
Ex Baytonian's Baby Dies in California
Relatives in Baytown were notified of the death of Holly Blayne Fisher a week old daughter of Bri and Mrs Grester Fisher of Van Nuys California. The baby was born last Saturday and her mother is the former Grace Funderburk of Baytown. The maternal grandmother is Mrs Katie E Funderburk of 116 Miriam.
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Bri
Grester Fisher
van Nuys
California
Holly Blayne
Fisher
Grace Funderkurk
Baytown
Katie E Funderburk
Miriam
Looking Backward Headlines From Five Years Ago
A garbled roundup notes regional events including a fatal crash injuring E Vernon Wills, Baytown’s brief downpour at 9:30 am, slippery downtown streets, the Quack Shack closure after a Jaycees sponsored event, and a prior ten year-old U S policy on Americans leaving Japan tied to a US ship. Dan Stailworth spoke with an assistant for a conference about the football season.
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Austigia Pilea
Su Roche
E. Vernon Wills
Baytown
Quack Shack
Jaycees
Japan
Uni
Dan Stailworth
Alan
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A comic vignette sequence presents Dr Pullai an, the society dentist, soothing a wealthy client Mrs Gruber as she frets at his drilling. A life insurance query prompts a nervous bridegroom about parental death causes. A fortune teller predicts a future world famous infant for longevity. The Bible contains the word science.
Shoe Shine Parlor Raided for Gambling in OsK Addition
Police in Baytown raided a 4:30 am shoe shine shop in Osk Addition finding nine men working at 32455 stake. They were polishing the board with galloping hordinoes and were fined 20 dollars each on gambling charges.
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Baytown
Osk Addition
Cleve Dickens
Father Of Baytonian Dies In Crockett
Tucker Baster, 76, father in law of Mrs Hiebrandt, died early today at his Crockett home. He worked 25 years with Delta Lead and Timber in Texas and Louisiana and five years with the Texas Railroad Commission in Hilgore. Survivors include three daughters, three sons, a sister, a brother, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Callaway Funeral Home in Crockett is handling arrangements.
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L. G. Hillprandt
Leonard, Jr
Crockett
Texas Legislature Proposes Amendment to Section 48 and 49
Legal document outlines joint resolution ICE HOUSE MNO 2 proposing amendment to Texas Constitution sections 48 and 49. It involves changing debt limits for multiple bonds, funding veterans and related provisions, with provisions for election and issuance of bonds by the board renamed as a state board. The measure also restructures the board designation and duties under the new section 42-8.
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HOUSE
Constitution of
Texas
Jamboree Highlights From Weekends on KREL Radio
Radio listings show KREL program schedule with sports scoreboard segments, church services, morning devotions, music programs, and weather news. Notable items include Indians vs White Sox softball, Trini Bs Lower program blocks, and War News updates interlaced with faith and community programming.
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Turday
Waniores
Trinity Valley Farm News
Trini
Nevis
Washington News
Dick Mason
Fred Barman
Harver
Qi—Ranse
Texas Veterans Land Fund Bond Plan in Governor AG’s Office
The document outlines bond issuance up to 100 million dollars to create a Veterans Land Fund. Bonds secured by Texas and governed by Senate Bill 29, Chapter 318, with interest not over 3.4 percent, to be sold at the lowest cash price and to finance lands for Texas veterans of World War II and later wars. Preferential purchase rights will aid administrators of teacher retirement funds, University funds, and other state bodies. Funds from land sales and deferred payments will retire bonds, with proceeds reinvested to expand land purchases for veterans.
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Seardh
Pexas
Veterans’ Land Fund
Boerdag
Sizta
Texas
Senate
Permanent University
Fermanest School
Venerans’ Lend Board
Janis Suitedle
United States
Texce Prison System
State of
Texe
Amer
Veterans’ Land Board
Veterans” Land Fund
Wee
Texas Veterans of Service
Armed Forces of
United States of America
Veterans’ Band Board
General Revenue Fund
Texes
Anteriza
Texans
Sherest
Texas Bond Amendments and Fire District Proposals
The document outlines proposed Texas constitutional amendments on bonds funding the General Revenue Fund, rural fire prevention districts, and the investment of the University of Texas Permanent Fund. It includes submission dates, voting instructions, and text changes to sections on bonds, ad valorem taxes, and district creation. It also discusses election logistics, ballot wording, and governor proclamation requirements.
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State of
Texas
Youngs
EAGH
State of Texas
Tia Stra
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