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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
1
Amid tensions in Asia General Douglas warns the United Nations may face military odds in Korea. He says failure on the issue could be disastrous on battlefields and urges decisive action as reports from Tokyo detail consultations and rising concerns over strategy and response.
Fragmentary report lists a birth time 3:01 a.m. and names such as Mr and Mrs T Te ktRehe, Caroline, Smith of Bar, JL Gelber, and Ed dy Smith. Mentions Baytown and a local event at 400 East with six pounds listed, but details are garbled and uncertain.
Bex Goldfield, a Baytown grocer, is hospitalized with a broken nose and head injuries after a fight with Frank Glass, ex-husband of a store cashier. Police charge Glass with aggravated assault, drunkenness, and possible car theft. Glass was treated and jailed after refusing transport to hospital.
Fragmentary text refers to a visit with tia Falls and a see Dick Ekerberry Sapte. Mentions passing out, plans for modeling a job at a Texas festival, and a wrist bandage. Scattered phrases include Port Arthur, Sinner, and Parker Wants, with unclear names and dates.
Nasrol Ish Entezem, president of the General Assembly, said the United Nations Security Council’s inaction forces the Assembly to address an extremely grave world situation. In Korea, unidentified planes dropped bombs near Pyongyang at 1 15 a m today, drawing immediate anti-aircraft fire.
General Charles Willoughby told newsmen at a war room briefing that Chinese forces are still crossing the Manchurian border and could drive UN troops from Korea. He warned that UN forces would surely do more fighting before they withdraw, noting American and British regiments.
A two-vehicle crash at Crosby Cedar Bayou and Archer Road near Baytown injures two women. Mrs. Trahan is pinned for 15 minutes but survivess. Her ten month old daughter escapes serious harm as both drivers suffer minor injuries. all are taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.
Mollie Cary Mayhan 86 died after a heart attack at home of her daughter Mrs Alvin Young 684 Bowie and at a hospital shortly after. Justice of the Peace Rescue Zierlein ruled death due to heart attack. Funeral at 4 pm at Spie ndora Baptist Church with Rev G M Coe. Burial at Spieren dora Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Young Mrs Eva Forester and Mrs Rosie Young and two sons Ee.
Galveston police and Texas Medical School officials report no trace of two white Pekin ducks stolen from an experimental pen. Dr R H Rigdon says authorities may use humans for cancer research if needed, and charges may not be pressed while the dogs await further findings on the ducks disease status.
A humid dawn sees 25,000 acres of timberland burning across Texas Gulf Coast and pine forests. Firefighters battle wildfires threatening large areas with losses potentially reaching 2,000,000 dollars as crews guard against flare ups and seek relief from shifting winds.
British forces and American units faced a Chinese trap near the Chosin reservoir as UN troops withdraw toward safer lines. The northeast front around Pyongyang remained fluid with intelligence warning of possible parachutist threats while concentrations of enemy troops shifted across Kaecnéng and surrounding areas. The US Second Division and 27th British Brigade regrouped after a brutal night retreat under heavy fire from Chinese divisions.
President Truman sent a special message to Congress requesting a total of 17.93 billion in defense funding. He asked 16.88 billion for the armed services and 1.05 billion for the Atomic Energy Commission to confront a grave threat to world peace.
China’s official editorials and radio broadcast warned the United States it will bear consequences if it refuses to withdraw troops from Korea and Formosa. The note coincided with President Truman signaling possible atomic use in Korea as Congress prepared to back his postwar plans.
United Press Star correspondent PRE NEWSOM reports a mixed week with solid Western defense progress and Yugoslavia’s crisis aiding a broader anti communism stance. Britain and the US move toward stronger military funding while China and UN forces face setbacks in Korea amid escalating tensions.
In Pyongyang soldiers declare bombing has not stopped the enemy. Officers and men here say concentrated American type armies make much better A bomb targets, indicating belief that atomic weapons would not halt the advance.
Washington reports that Earl Browder, once a prominent party leader, could not meet bond conditions and will remain free only temporarily while he prepares a defense to the current indictment.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee will fly to Washington to discuss a possible Allied withdrawal from Manchuria as a bargaining point with Communist China. He is expected to meet President Truman at the White House to push for a fair proposal to Russia and a high level conference on peace in Asia.
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