Widow to share in oilman's $50 million estate
Hollywood report states Mrs. Louise McCaskill and her son react to Mississippi wildcat oilman Malcolm McCaskill leaving a one third widow's share. The 39 year old cafe hostess described years of cheese and crackers drilling while supporting her family.
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Hollywood
Lauis McCaskill
Malcolm McCaskil
McCaskill
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Mississippi
Snce
Henry M. Anthony
Aberdeen
City fire insurance panel to meet Friday
City commission will hold a regular meeting Friday to review fire insurance recommendations and report back to the council. Grace Mount sponsor groups and local caroling events are listed with plans for attendance and related activities at the meeting venue.
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Sion
Porte
Com Abich
Grace
Tiitay
Ht Brannon
Gissess
Dem
Grace Mt
Caroling Ig
Smhers
Bese
West Janes
Unclear local item from Baytown Sun page notes
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names such as Leon, Butch, Stephenson, Hildebrandt, and references to well wishes, a virus, walking blocks, and a Baytown setting. The piece appears to be a scrambled local column with scattered people, events, and miscellaneous notes without a coherent narrative.
Bay Hunter Body Found After 41 Days Missing
The Galveston Bay search for James Henderson 96 a Port Arthur bookkeeper ended with the recovery of his body. His hunting partner Eart Reichert 25 of Le Porte was found Wednesday. The Mary Gene IT later located Hendersons body at 5 15 pm Wednesday. Funeral services will be in Texarkana with burial at Chapelwood Cemetery. Reichert survived by his widow two daughters and several siblings.
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Parker Bros
Mary Dene
Galveston Bay
James Henderson
Port Arthur
Henderson
Eart Reichert
le Porte
Reichert
Mary Gene
Bill Massenburg
Art Simpson
la Porte
Simpson
Kemah
Justice of the Peace
Calder Ewing
Judge Ewing
Simpson Funeral Home
Texarkana
Buchanan Methodist Church
Chapelwood Cemetery
Todd Shipyards
Sam. Dee
JC-ettes Still Have Names Of Needy
The Jnyene-ette clearing house for Christiannsy baskets lists names of needy families. Mrs. C. L. Liggett, chairwoman, notes most names are older people without children, with many Highlands families on the list and consideration asked for Highlands groups to help. Only 135 dollars in cash donations were received, including 50 from the Jayceeettes. Donations aid families with no other assistance.
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Jnyene-ette
Himise
C. L. Liggett
Liggett
Clearing House
Jayceeettes
Goodfellow Gifts Boost Holiday Fund With Toys and Cash
Goodfellows headquarters report cash and toys flowing in for Christmas. Total gifts reach 1192.59 dollars with toys already secured. Community groups including Ruth circle Grace Methodist church Cub Scouts Phi Theta Kappa and Future Teachers club contributed. Over 500 children named to receive gifts this Christmas.
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Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Ruth Circle of Grace Methodist Church
Den 2
D. G. Longacre
Phi Theta Kappa
Lee College
Future Teachers Club
Robert E Lee
Lizzie Williams
Bomber Crash Kills 17 At Guam Housing Project
A crippled B29 bomber struck an Air Force officers housing area in Guam on Thursday, killing 17 people including six children and two women. The crash left a half mile path of destruction with eight crew members also killed or injured. two flight crew survived. An Air Force colonel, his wife, and three children were among the dead, and several residents were wounded. Three firemen were hurt tackling blazes in the project.
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Agaia
Guam
Dee
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Pele
Bleven
Cedar Bayou High Admitted to Southern Association
Cedar Bayou high school has been admitted as a member of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Supt. R W Akridge released a letter from W R B Goodson, chair of the Texas executive committee, noting final approval at the Memphis meeting. Spring Branch high school joined at the same time. other local members include Baytown, Cypress Fairbanks, Deer Park, Pasadena, Galena Park, Katy, Humble and Houston.
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Cedar Bayou
Akridga
Association
Spring Branch High School
Baytown
Cypress Fairbanks
Deer Park
Pasadena
Galena Park
Katy
Humble
Houston
Blaze Traps Firemen At Skid Row Hotel Fire
Chicago dispatch says firemen battled a blaze at the Reliance hotel on skid row. One firefighter died, another resident killed, and several others were pulled from the rubble. Six firefighters were rescued alive. up to five more feared buried as walls weakened. John Tybor, recently discharged from Manteno hospital, was identified as the resident who died and police noted a cryptic note claiming prior arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reliance
John Tybor
Manteno State Hospital
Baytown Drizzle Bets On Widespread Texas Rain
Baytown area experienced a damp morning as an occasional drizzle fell. Forecasters warned showers would spread across the state by Friday due to Massire rising off the Gulf with a southerly wind and cooler air from a weak cold front in Texas. Temperatures dropped to 42 after a high of 72, with the morning reading at 7 degrees.
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Baytown
Gulf
Texas
Canada
Driver Near Death In Car Truck Crash
Fourteen Dayton scouts and two men were injured in a head on crash four miles north of Mont Belvieu on Highway 146. D. B. Futtrell, 45, owner of Futtrell Law of Lufkin, critically injured. Willie Lee McCann, 35, Scout master, seriously injured. Many boys thrown from pickup bed. hospital treatment varying from brain concussion to fractures. Authorities consider charges against Futtrell. multiple hospitals reported wide treatment effort and ambulance response.
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Dayton
Mont Belvien
Futtrell
Futtrell Law Company
Lufkin
Willie Lee McCann
Dayton Colored School
Dayton Memorial Hospital
McCann
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Dan Duggan
Liberty
Leon Provost
Clarence John’ Baldwin
Ben Baldwin
Eugene Provost
M. W W. White
George C. McGown
Lionel Jeniing
Harold Mont
Laverne Dever
Tyrone Dever
Mercy Hospital
Lieberty
Roger Godfrey
Bennie Prater
Charlie Smith
Wilfred Antonine
Earthman
Paul A. Lee
M. M. Brown
J.C. Bickerstaff
Chambers County
Three More Dogs Killed By Poison
Three more dogs died from strychnine poisoning reported to the police on Thursday. One was found on West James near the area where 13 others were affected earlier, and two more were found on East Sterling. Police Chief H B McKee said UK police cannot locate the poison source and warned of lingering danger in the neighborhood.
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West James
East Sterling
H. B. McKee
Man Fined $100 For Stealing Uranium
Tulsa report states Robert Sheldon Mathews, 23, an atomic energy worker, was fined 100 dollars for taking a four pound chunk of uranium from the government as a souvenir paper weight. The charge was filed in 1951, but trial delayed until his Army two year hitch completed. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced by Federal Judge Royce H. Savaze.
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Tulsa
PHA Sympaathetic Hidge
Atomic Energy
Robert Sheldon Mathews
Royce H. Savaze
Never Would Have Caught Me Hall Blames Whiskey
Jefferson City Mo Dec 17 UP Carl Austin Hall awaiting execution in the state gas chamber at midnight said in a final hour statement that police never would have caught me alive if whiskey hatin fouled me up He blamed whiskey for the kidnap murder of six year old Bobby Greenlease and said his gun was too far away when officers entered his room Hall spoke of remorse for the crime but showed a lack of concern for the victim s family and noted the ransom money as a life and death matter
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Ward Colwell
Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Hall
Bobby Greenlease
St. Louis
Heady
Hail
Beria Ordered To Stand Trial On Treason Charges
Moscow reports Beria the former secret police chief and six top aides are to face trial for high treason and anti Soviet plots. The state announcement lists Merkulov and Dekanozov among defendants and cites crimes dating to 1919. Trial date not disclosed in the dispatch.
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Beria
Kenneth Brodney
Moscow
Lavrenti P. Beria
Russia
Secret Police
No. 2
Mar
Ary Workers’ Movement
E V. Merkuloy
V. G. Dekanozov
Georgia
Stalin
B. Kobuiov
Us.s
Texas groups demand stronger barriers against Mexican labor invasion
In Austin on December 17 the Texas Federation of Gabor AFL and the American Gi Forum released a 60 page report calling for tighter controls on illegal Mexican labor, labeling it a wetback invasion of Texas. In Grand Prairie a 48 year old woman with a leg cast died in an explosion that gutted her trailer, Mildred Lester the victim. In Panmunjom sources say the UN will broadcast home appeals to unrepatriated American prisoners next week, hoping Indian guards will protect those seeking repatriation. A South Korean escapee identified three Americans willing slaybacks and two more who were doubtful.
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Austin
Texas Federation of Gabor Afl
American Gi Forum
Texas
Ilegal Mexican Lador
Grand Prairiw
Tex
Mra
Mildred Lester
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Food For Korea Campaign Reaches Halfway Mark In Baytown
The Baytown drive to adopt 400 Korean children for a year by local volunteers has raised funds and sees continued church group participation. M. W. Berry and Frank Kelly from St. Mark's Methodist lead reporting, with other churches organizing drives. A ship with Texas aid heads to Korea on Jan 12, via CROP, not a government body, as Baytown nears the halfway goal with $125 packets of rice funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Baytown Area
East Harris County
St. Maris
Baytown
Houston
Korea
Texas
South
Christmas Concert by Lee College Community Choir Monday
The Lee College Community Choir presents its second annual Christmas concert at p.m. Monday in the Lee College Auditorium under Conductor T. F. Seale with Associate Conductor R. L. Dockendorf. The program features early 20th century melodies to modern rhythms, including a six part cantata The Holy Birth by Haydn Mor ran. Soloists include Mrs. RC Wahrund, Mrs. Geni Brown, George Meason, Joe F. Moore, Joe Glass, Clinton Bates, Miss Louise Van Meldert, and Miss Patsy Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College Community Choir
Lee College
T. F. Seale
Seale
R. L. Dockendorff
Lee Colleges
Haydn Morran
RC. Wahrund
Geni Brown
George Meason
Joe F. Moore
Joe Glass
Clinton Bates
Louise van Meldert
Patsy Saunders
Hugo Jungsl
Jane Roberts
R. T. Dockendorf
Thief Steals Widow's Christmas Money
Mrs Exie Garner a Penney's worker and widow with several children reports her billfold containing most of the family Christmas funds stolen. She recalls shopping for Christinas gifts at a dime store when the loss occurred and remains uncertain when the theft happened as she searches town for the missing wallet.
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Exie Garner
Christies
Garner
Penney's
Ace Tee
RTO
Garner Mills
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