Judge To Rule On Indictment Of Truman Foe
Federal Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut said he will rule in January on motions to dismiss the 14 month old lobbying indictment against Roger C. Slaughter of Kansas City a former Missouri congressman. Slaughter challenges the charge that he failed to register as a lobbyist for Midwest grain exchanges arguing the registration act is unconstitutional and does not apply to lawyers. He contends the indictment lacks specifics on occasions or dates.
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Roger Slaughter
Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Roger C. Slaughter
Kansas City
Slaughter
Missouri
Truman
Midwest
Chicago Boards of Trade
Asiarespolis Grain Exchange
Wnie
Schweinhaut
Jankers
Hint
de Pers
Ser Cushy
Judsez
Frumén
Es Axel
Albert L. Reeves
Feushter
Christmas Vacation Shortened by One Day
Santa Claus has left a gift for SKK school children in the Beytown area. Students begin Christmas vacation after classes end tomorrow afternoon and return January 3. The break length was reduced by one day due to last October’s hurricane. Lee College follows the same schedule as public schools.
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Santa Claus
SKK
Beytown
Lee College
Goodfellows fund drive progress and call for volunteers
The 1938 Goodfellows drive reports $668.20 raised toward a $1,060 goal as donations from Baytown groups and individuals arrive. The note urges more gifts, names recent contributors, and asks volunteers to deliver bags Friday from Thad Felton's showroom.
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Goodfellows
Ignn
Bryan ‘Stratton
Tanr Sylvester
Jimmie Hemmenway
Baytown
Surance
Cedar Bayou
Styme Alpha Chi
Lee College
Lack
Thad Felton
Pearce and Commerce
Town Notes Highlight Seasonal Delays And Local Happenings
In a jumble of fragments the column mentions coffee shop chatter about eye doctors and local shops, references Christmas week leisure and toy headquarters, plus a nod to communities taking a holiday. Names and places are garbled but the sense is a town update with assorted items and reminders.
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veloWs
Thas
Extra Police To Speed Up Christmas Traffic Here
An extra force of traffic officers will patrol Texas Avenue and Defoe from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily to ease Christmas shopping congestion. Four additional foot patrolmen will be stationed in the business section from North Main to Pruett, directing traffic in two eight hour shifts.
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Texas’ Avenue
Defoe
McKee
Toay
North Main
Better School Lunchrooms Eyed by Baytown Officials
Baytown school trustees reviewed AAUW lunchroom recommendations at a meeting led by Board President Thea Wilburn. The report urged broader cafeteria use for health education, parent programs, simple meals, staff training, and removing money making pressure, while critics questioned home intrusion and feasibility.
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Baytown
S. Fennema
AAUW
Wilburn
Humble Dock Worker Badly Burned By Acid
Cleo T. Bonner Jr., 25, of Wooster, was severely burned at the Baytown docks of Humble Oil and Refining. He dived into a water vat to escape a sulphuric acid spill from a broken coupling while pumping acid from a barge, and his clothing burned away. He was hospitalized in serious but not critical condition. his eyes were injured but doctors expect he will not lose sight. Bonner had three years of service as a tender helper at the Consolidated Chemical Industries Baytown terminal.
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Cleo T. Bonner, Jr
Wooster
Bonrer
Consolidated Chemical Industries, Incorporated
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Bonner
Chemical Company
Bavtawn
Key Figure to Testify Again Two Charged in Vallone Murder Case
Houston December 20 A 23 year old accordionist once linked to Vincent Vallone’s murder was to testify today in a habeas corpus hearing for Diego Carlino and Louis Marino. Prosecutors seek to secure evidence while defense attorney Percy Foreman questions whether the musician provided or secured the murder weapon. Carlino has been jailed since October 17 in Texas City. Marino is free on $10,000 bond.
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Houston
Vincent Vallone
Percy Foreman
Peter Reno
Langston King
Reno
Rene
Ral
Vailone
Texas City
Vallone
Foreman
Diego Carling
Louis J. Marino
Carlino
Marino
Carling
Chocolate Bayou
Death by Own Action Ruled in Shotgun Death
A verdict of death by own action was returned for Howard Haddon, 59, found with a shotgun wound to the head at his Crosby Barbers Hill Road home. The Crosby Cedar Bayou area resident reportedly placed birdshot against his forehead and pulled the trigger. Survived by a daughter and sister, funeral set for 4 PM at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with burial in White Cemetery near Highlands.
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Howard Haddon
Louis Haddon
Croasby-Barbers Hill Road
Justice of the Peace
Roscoe Zierlein
Haddon
Zierlein
Mo M. Brown
Gerald Higgins
Crosby-Cedar Bayou
Lillie ‘Mae Gates
West Columbia
Stella Shelton
Houston
Pam
Paul A. Lee
E. R. Burns
Cedar Beyou Baptist Church
White Cemetery
Highlands
Ousted Naval Chief Slated To Lucrative Private Job
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, ousted naval operations chief, likely to retire next month and may take a lucrative private post. He declined Navy Secretary Matthews’ offer to command U.S. naval forces in European waters and has until January 19 to decide on retirement. Also noted is a separate item from Hong Kong about Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, known as the Young Marshal, whose execution related to the Sian plot was reported in unconfirmed Formosa advices.
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Washington
Louis E. Denfeld
Cf Naval Operations
Denfeld
Navy
Francis .P .Matthews
U. Sionavil Forces
Chiang
Hong Kong
Chang
Hsueb-liang
Chiang ‘Kai-shek
Christmas Seal Sales Still Lagging
The annual anti tuberculosis Christmas Seal sale falls about 2000 pounds short of its 7500 goal, per Jaycee Chairman HK Mt Johnson. He urged mailed recipients to contribute, noting Baytown would gain from higher donations and requesting gifts to Christmas Seal Headquarters Box 2240 Baytown Texas. Johnson said Baytown merchants haven’t all been contacted yet and workers have solicited about three quarters of local businesses.
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Jaycee
HK Mt Johnson
Christmas Seal
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Mutual Benefit Association
B.p.ob. Johnson
Banker Changes Plea To Guilty In Lottery Fraud
A Cincinnati banker changed his plea from innocent to guilty on two counts in an indictment charging lottery fraud. The defendant, described as a distinguished-looking banker, appeared in New York as details of the case were disclosed.
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New.ork
Doble
Cincinnati
New York
Couple Tries death by own action To Aid Children
CBATTANGOGA Dec 28 Two young children of a prominent doctor and his wife are in grandparents’ custody after the couple attempted death by own action to provide an income for the children. Mrs Mildred Minderman Crawford died from morphine. Dr Joseph B Crawford, 34, remains in critical condition in hospital. Notes by the 2 year old mother described the plan. The children Linda Mary Ts and Douglas Bruce, 15 months, are with grandmother Mrs Henry Seerman of New Orleans. Police disclosed the death by own action notes.
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Cbattangoga
Torin
Mildred Minderman Crawford
Joseph B. Crawford
Sill
Crawford
New Orisons
Linda
Mary
Douglas- Bruce
Henry Seer
New Orleans
Minderman
Lookout Mountain
Council May Settle Annexation Tonight
Baytown council plans to vote on an annexation ordinance at 7:39 p m this evening in a session expected to involve a tax money allocation. A full property valuation has not been completed but estimates place the territory value just under 100000 dollars. Individual councilors have not committed to a vote as the decision will influence which bids to accept for equipment purchases.
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Baytown
Rita Hayworth Denies Imminent Confinement in February
LAUSANNE December reports claimed Rita Hayworth would soon confinement. She told UP she does not expect to have a baby in February and nothing dramatic will occur. Hayworth, wife of Prince Aly Khan, sat outside Chatel Dorigny with a mink coat awaiting Christmas as photographers watched. Princess Andree, Aga Khan’s stepmother, teased in French as Hayworth joked about her French. Hayworth said she is reading a script and hopes to resume filming after the holidays.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Dorigny
Shala
Hollywood
Prince Aly
Princess ‘Andree
Aga Khan
Atharrace
Aga
Miss. Hayworth
Snow Likely For South Plains By Wednesday
Unseasonably warm today gives way to a cold front as forecasters warn of a snow shower spread into the Texas Panhandle and upper South Plains by Wednesday. Temperatures may fall to 10 to 20 degrees in the Panhandle by tomorrow morning while mild conditions stay north and south of the line.
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United: ‘Press
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Dallas
Texas
Forth
Paso
Southwest
Hell
Third Polio Case Reported In Week In Area
The area records its third polio case of the week with patient Jerry Dan Herman, a year old, admitted Saturday. Condition improving though still serious after recent illness. He is under treatment at Memorial Hospital San Jacinto and San Jacinto Memorial.
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Barta
Jerry Dan’ Herman
Ves
San Jacinto, Memorial Hospital
Ana Chaz
Mayor O Dwyer Weds Model Sloan Simpson in Florida
Mayor William O Dwyer of New York and fashion model Sloan Simpson wed in Florida before 500 spectators in a Catholic church. The ceremony lasted 30 minutes then the couple sailed aboard a yacht for a honeymoon cruise. Frances Langford and Jon Hall attended, and the wedding featured a rainbow over the church as fog lifted from the channel.
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New York
Florida
Stuart
Fis
William Dwyer
Sloan Simpson
O'Dwyer
Josephi
Frances Langford
Jon Hall
Anguar
Almer
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J. C. Burkett
Robert E. Lee
Dithman
Tor
Lions
Chicago
Baytown — Lions Club
J. B. Hollaway, Sr
Ima
Erian Stratton
Fimas Hemenway
Jira Silvester Dutch
Li I Baytown
Sromathous
Goodfellow
Thea Wilburn
C. H Stevenson
American Association of University Women
Stevenson
Thad
First Churchof Christ,“Scientist
Christian ‘Science
Crosby
King Georgei
Hugi
Reginald EL Palmer
Encyclopedia Britannica
Rita
Jerry Harman
Heiston
Agein
Channi
Hill
Ummerning
Ares
Toronto
University of ‘Toronto
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