Truman Previews Fair Deal in Cabinet Meeting
President Truman summoned his cabinet for a special preview of the 1950 Fair Deal program. White House sources hint the talks covered State of the Union messages, the budget, and economic plans to be sent to Congress early next year. The session follows his Florida trip and precedes Congress reconvening after Christmas. The program emphasizes fighting communism abroad, continued foreign aid, strong national defense, and economic measures including housing, taxes, agriculture, and social security reforms.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Tru
Arrow
Missouri
K. Truman
Dean Ache
Florida
Adopt
Frank Pace
William Foster
Brannan Plas
Infant Polio Victim Is Coming Home
Baytown residents report two polio cases with one infant to be released from a Houston hospital today and another child said to be considerably improved. Details mention Stanley Matlock Jr. from Willow Street, and Don Harman Jr. from Ingram Street, with hospital sources noting both are under polio ward care.
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Baytown
Blal
Stanley Matlock
Jimonith
J. Lb
Helferson Davis Hospital
Descy Don Harman
Don Harman
Jesse Wilder 42 Dies After Long Illness in Baytown
Jesse Lee Wilder 62, Baytown refinery employee and former Goose Creek city commissioner, died at his home after a prolonged illness. He served as Goose Creek fire and police commissioner, and was active in Second Baptist Church. Funeral at 2:30 pm Friday at Second Baptist with burial in Rest Cemetery. Survived by wife, three sons, two daughters, nine grandchildren, three sisters. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named from refinery and church.
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Jesse Lee Wilder
Goose Creek
Wilder
Baytown
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Alabama
Texas
C. D. Henrey
Burigzi
Bill of Rest Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Winter Weather Hits Texas With Freezing Temperatures
Last night Baytown and Texas Panhandle areas saw temperatures drop to near freezing amid a norther with gusty winds. Forecasters expect a brief cold spell then a warming trend by tomorrow afternoon as skies clear and frost forms, with lows regionwide from the 20s to the 30s and scattered inches of snow reported in some sections.
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AkweEse Lee Aee E
U.S
Chester Rogers
E. A. Farrell
Houston
Gulf Coast
Texas Panhandle
Dalbart
Amarillo
U. S
Dalhart
Panhandle
Alice
Clarendon
Brownsville
Dalvbart
Amerila
Selt Flats
Marfa
Wink
Midland
Lardhock
Dallas
San Antonio
Texarkane
Dalbert
Galveston
Severe Ice Storm Halts Midwestern Towns
Severe ice storm isolating scores of Midwest towns left at least five dead in 24 hours. Freezing rain created a glaze up to 134 inches, breaking communications and slowing railroads. Amateur radio networks aided officials as Sedalia and Quincy suffered the worst icing in city history.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Sedelia
Quincy
Incis
Tutmois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Lower Michigan
Eester
Mercury
New York
Louisville
Kentucky
Kansas
Nebraska
Hansas
Sedalia
Sedalian
China Wins Red Conquest as Stalin Counts Birthday Gain
Untitled Press reports a major Communist victory with Peiping forming a Communist government. The expansion lifts world Communist reach to 754 million, or one third of humanity, under Kremlin rule. Stalin, celebrating his 76th birthday, views it as a welcome gift. The piece notes satellite regimes bend to Moscow, with Hungary and Romania punished for deviation. See China-Page 2.
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China
Josef Stalin
Peiping
Germany
Elbe River
Pacific Ocean
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Russia
Politburo
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Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Korca
Poland
Romania
Stalin
Broscow
Laszlo Rajk
Traicho Kostov
Yugoslavia
Moscow
United States
Britain
Caine
Mos
Government cuts egg price supports 37 cents a dozen
Washington December 22 AP The Agriculture Department will support 1950 egg prices at an average of 37 cents a dozen eight cents less than this year This could lower retail egg prices by 8 to 10 cents a dozen Consumers buying 31 dozen eggs a year could save about 2 48 to 3 30 Next year the government hopes to boost consumption and reduce the huge 2 5 billion egg hoard Brannan marks first choice in eight years to set egg prices away from parity telecom
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Charles P. Brannan
Brother Of Alice Mayor Killed In Truck Wreck
ALICE Dec 22, URE. B. (Red) Goldthorn 37 year old Alice resident was killed last night four miles west of San Diego in Duval County when a big oil equipment truck carrying eight crew collided with a carnival truck. Goldthorn brother of Mayor B. O. Goldthorn of Alice was dead before removal. Weldon Thompson of Alice driver of the truck was critically injured.
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Alice
Red
Goldthorn
San Diego
Duval County
Carnival
B. O. Goldthorn
Weldon Thompson
Dark Christmas Ahead For 10 Baytown Families
Baytowns Christmas Clearing Bureau faces ten families in need with two dozen more awaiting aid. J M Johnson, chairman of the Jaycee operated bureau, reported five families helped yesterday and urged donations of food gifts or cash, with the bureau contact number provided.
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Baytown
Ae Mes
J. M. Johnson
Jaycee Ette-Operated
Mind Blank After Killing Suspect Says
John M. White a 19 year old theatre usher was arrested for the fatal shooting of cabbie Lloyd L Frantz and the wounding of his wife after claiming a mind blank following a Christmas party. Police found Frantz dead near his car and his wife unconscious in the back seat. White said he drank heavily and did not remember the shooting. The trio had left the party minutes earlier and White asked to see a doctor for his head injury.
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Charlotte
N.C
John M. White
Lloyd L. Frantz
Frantz
White
Waite
Ruling Saves U S Colleges Much Money
Veterans Administrator Carl R Gray Jr ruled in favor of colleges charging nonresident tuition for ex GI students under the GI bill. He affirmed the VA may pay the nonresident rate even when veterans reside in the state of study. The GAO had alleged overpayments to the University of Wisconsin and others.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
The
Treasury
University of Wisconsin
GAO
Phone Workers Ready to Strike Within Minutes
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company employees were reported poised to strike within 15 minutes. A walkout likely depends on CIO union officials meeting Governor Forrest Smith of Missouri. Lonergan said 50,000 members authorized a strike by four to one, with timing not disclosed. A late bulletin noted a wreckage sighting of a plane near McKinnen.
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ST Lecals
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
CIO
tomorr_ zow
Forrest- Smith
Missouri
Frank P. Lonergan
Communication Workers’ Division 26
Texas
Lonergan
anWlaikout
Baytown Will Appraise Annexed Territory For Taxes
City Manager D Middleton announced Baytown will begin appraising the newly annexed area for tax purposes after January 1. Unofficial estimates place the value of about 9 000 acres at over 12 million dollars, with potential city taxes exceeding 100 thousand dollars annually.
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Baytown
City Manseer Co
D. Middleton
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Decker Drive
C. EB. Hanretty
Banratty
Howard Dickey Leaves San Jacinto for Driscoll Hospital
Howard R. Dickey, former administrator at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital, accepts role as administrator of the planned Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi. He will start January 1 to help plan and build the 125 bed facility funded by the Clara B. Driscoll estate, with no patient charges under the will. patients may contribute to the operating fund.
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Howard R. Dickey
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Corpus Christi
Dickey
Children’s Hospital
Clara B. Driscoll
Wio
Plaas
Decker Drive
Baby Three Plays Santa Gets Spanked
In Harlingen on December 22 a three year old, Tommy Russell, played Santa for visiting neighborhood children. He handed out packages under the yule tree, and his mother, Mrs. George Russell, rushed in from a back room to see the last present, a shirt she had wrapped for him.
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Harlingen
Spirit of Christes
Tommy Russell
Tommy
George Russell
Goodfellow Fund Totals Portend Shortfall for 1949 Drive
The Goodfellows fund tally reaches 874.60 with $155 charity from a San Jacinto third grade, while organizers caution that $1000 may not cover all needs this year. Contributions from Baytown area groups and clubs are listed, and distribution logistics for remaining toys and bags are outlined as Christmas nears.
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Weeey
Raymon L. Wynne
T. Horeezy
Derry
James Rice
Douglas Conly
S & Sands
the Moreno
Bruce Causey
George McKinney
San Jacinto School
Robert E. Lee
Rotary Club
San Patinto Council
Knigits of
Columbus
Carver Pta
Highy
Baytown
Mahone Rushing
Welfare League
Thrift, Exchange
Lee College
First. Baptist Church
Cedar Bayou
San Jacin
Anti-Reds Seek To Know Fate Of Prisoners
Tokyo dispatch reports anti-Soviet demonstrators pressing MacArthur for an impartial inquiry into the fate of Japanese prisoners held in Soviet zones. The crowd, barred from the Soviet embassy, demanded information on about 376,000 missing or detained Japanese. Embassy guards repelled the protesters as the demonstration persisted into night, with officials accusing each side of deception and the Allied Four-Power Council near collapse.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Embass
Fini William Sebaulé
Pan
Sovie
Kuzman M
Telephone Lines To Houston Connected With Eight More
District Manager AW Hunt announced eight new long distance lines now connect Liberty Liberty to Texas City and Galveston with straight lines. Crews are cutting over exchanges. exact changeover date not set, expected February 1950. Party lines will first remain, then straight lines within a few weeks after the changeover.
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The
Telephone Company
Houston
Liberty
Texas
Galveston
Hunt
Stealight
Nes
Telephone Manager
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