Christmas party at St Joseph's School in Baytown
A Baytown community Christmas party hosted by St Joseph's School runs 2:30 to 4:30 at KC Hall with children, entertainment, and a Santa appearance. A $1 per person dance follows, with funds supporting holiday assistance and home deliveries to Riverview residents. a separate bond issue update concerns Harris County Fresh Water district No 1.
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Christmas Gifts and Gift-Getter Tales From Town
The fragment describes a Christmas scene with names like Mr and Mrs Barrow and Mrs G, mentions Santa, toys, and local shop interactions. References to Camp Atys Pat Byers and Bert Black's appear as townsfolk preparing for holiday gifting.
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Not Senta, Because He Doesn't Cuss
A Houston woman phoned police to report a man on her apartment roof saying he was angered and cussing loudly. Officers investigated and found no Santa Claus. the caller claimed a disturbance but details were unclear.
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George Sheppler
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Baptists Must Comply With Labor Law
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention falls under Taft-Hartley. It ordered a bargaining election at the Nashville headquarters with the International Print Pressmen's Union seeking a unit at the board's print shop. The ruling cites more than $500 in past year sales, largely outside Tennessee, while two justices dissented.
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Grand Jury Deliberates Hit Run Death Case
Mrs Alma Berniece Sheppard faces a charge of failure to stop and render aid in the November death of Lloyd Ethington. A preliminary hearing was held in Justice of the Peace court with testimonies from Mrs Curtis White and others about the Decker Drive collision near San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. White described glimpses of a dark car, while witness Johnson saw a car sideswipe another and a third car crash. Proceedings detail Sheppard’s police station visit and her claim she thought the other driver would stop.
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Lloyd Ethington
Tendi Oendaveles
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Curtis White
Johnson
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
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Hoover rally spurs GOP senators for new US policy
Former President Herbert Hoover rallied leading Republican senators behind a new foreign policy focused on defending the Western Hemisphere. He urged a large navy and air force while keeping ground forces minimal, arguing nations in the region should build their own defenses before US forces intervene abroad.
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What Yule Season Is Like in Korea War Front
Four days before Christmas in Korea, American infantry push through mud huts toward frozen foxholes while tracers and flares light the night. Medics, Brini soldiers, and weary fighters maneuver amid artillery roars and danger. A no mans land cemetery stands as a stark quiet amid the chaos.
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1.13 Inch Rantfell Relieves Drouth in Harris County
Farmers and firemen welcomed a light shower that ended a long dry spell though forecasters warned the 80 day drought may persist across most of the state. Six months of little rain left crops damaged and pastures poor with little relief expected. County Agent Dan Clinton doubted major crop recovery without heavier rainfall.
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Harris County
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Children Deserve Christmas Goodfellows Help
Chief Goodfellow reports 800 Baytown area children would go without toys this Christmas without the Baytown Goodfellows. Toys candy fruit and mats are delivered to needy kids as donors and local groups, including J Weingarten Incorporated and Baytown Rotary Club, provide cash gifts and goods to cover expenses.
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Baytown
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School Kids Go Vacation Remembering Christmas Break
Students at Lews schools and Lee College wrap up classes for the Christmas holidays. Public schools and St Josephs Catholic School families report return dates around January 2 to January 3 with classrooms hosting home room parties, gifts, games, and festive decorations.
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Lee College
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Tennessee composerGrandstaff to receive Christmas pardon
Governor Gordon plans a Christmas pardon for Tennessee’s famed composer convict Frank Grandstaff, age 49, sentenced to life in prison under a habitual criminal statute. The pardon, likely to be signed before Christmas, would free him to hear a cantata he wrote for the city during his stay at the penitentiary.
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Oak Spars City Council On Texas Avenue Tree
City managers say no action until after regular meeting on January 26. Mayor and five council members vote to cut down the oak despite sentiment from Baytonians and an agreement with the county commissioner that the tree remain while it lives. Conncilman R Bractt was absent.
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C. D. Buddiston
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Pruett
Stalin Birthday Quietly Observed Across Soviet Union
Moscow reports Premier Joseph Stalin marked his birthday in quiet fashion while presiding over state affairs at the Kremlin. Collective farms factories and clubs sent greetings and gifts as the Soviet press prepared its customary laudatory coverage. The only prior public note on the date appeared in the Soviet calendar listing "1878, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin born."
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Christmas Message From a Local Teller
A terse holiday note from a local teller asks about when Christmas will be celebrated or observed. The message conveys curiosity and seasonal greetings in a brief, informal tone.
Anna Rosenberg Confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON The Senate today confirmed the nomination of Anna M. Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense. A Senate committee found no evidence that she ever supported communist organizations or fronts.
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Anna M. Rosenberg
Government settles long railroad wage dispute
The government announced a three year no strike settlement ending the wage dispute. It covers workers and provides a wage increase of 23 cents an hour to skilled workers and five cents an hour to red men, retroactive to October.
US Forces Suffer 11 704 Casualties In Early Korea War
Reported figures show US forces tallying 11 704 casualties in the first 18 days of heavy fighting with Chinese and North Korean units. The data covers losses from the outbreak of the Korean War through mid December, with Allied casualties rising to nearly two dozen hundreds and South Korean forces bearing additional losses during the period.
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Gas Grenades Used in Hungnam Beachhead Probing
United Nations forces at Hungnam hold a five mile defense line after withdrawing across the Tengsong River. Chinese and North Korean Reds probed with gas grenades, using a smoke and tear gas mix. U.S. troops reportedly wore gas masks though its certainty is unclear. Interdiction fire and naval gunfire dominated the night as Reds attempted infiltration amid heavy shelling.
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GlS Fight Noisy Grimy Beachhead Battle Near S-Mile
By Jack Barby ReGen AM BEACHHEAD reports a grime covered fight as Marines hold a beachhead amid demolitions dust and smoke. Captain Corbin Davis commands ridgeline defense while enemy pressure tests perimeter and the town endures heavy shelling and a giant smokestack detonation.
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Bressart Grilled In Chicago Base Murder Confessed
Raymond John Bressart a 98 year old Chicago mechanic was questioned in the 1963 rape murder case of Miss Bar Daza Jean Tomliamsen in Baytown. He confessed to strangling her to force a kiss after she claimed fidelity to another man. Autopsy showed death not from strangulation and Bressart faces trial for murder.
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Baytown
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Bressart
Jean Tomliamsen
Fishdays Half House Action War Powers Delayed to January
Washington House actions on President Truman's emergency war powers were postponed until January after a Christmas recess left only 150 of 216 members present. Chairman Emanuel Celler proposed delaying the bill until January 1, with New Year's Day session planned. An amendment by Chairman Carl Vinson sought limits on executive changes to Defense Department organization and reassignments of military functions among services.
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Innocent plea filed in $1380 campaign contribution case
Rep E Brehm of Ohio pleaded innocent to charges he legally accepted $1380 in campaign contributions from two former female employees. He faces seven counts with a maximum $5,000 fine and three years per count if convicted. Trial set for March 22 before Judge Edward A. Tamm. No bond posted in related Houston burglary case involving Elmer Kruse. a separate judge noted public safety concerns.
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