Four Planes Crash Across Nation Kill 16
Authorities investigated wreckage from four crashes across the country killing an estimated 16 people. A B 30 bomber was among the planes, with searches recovering five bodies in Georgia and Utah and Texas remains, while cause of the crashes remained undetermined and several crewmen were not yet identified.
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United Press
Meer Savennah
Georgia
Chatham Air Force Base
Texas
St George
Utah
Franklin
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
McKinney
Tulsa
Oklshama
Post Office Battles Holiday Mail Load
Festmaster N B Ballard reports Baytown Post Office handling the season's largest influx of Christmas mail. Letters and cards move through meters from month start to 22nd. parcels also rising. Many Baytown residents are leaving for holiday trips, with families headed toward Dallas, Fort Worth, Sherman, and Kansas, while post office activity remains high.
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N. B. Ballard
Christimas
Baytown
Bistory
Ballard
Tragedy On Christmas Tree Destroys Daniels Home
A defective elevitie extension cord lit the Christmas tree at 201 Bolster Street, causing a morning fire that destroyed the Daniels residence, furnishings, and most clothing. Fire Marshal Bounds estimates a $3500 loss. Mrs Daniels and two children Hubert Lee 14 and Ruth 8 escaped through a back door with help from neighbors. Father worked at the Baytown Refinery. The blaze likely burned inside walls for hours before discovery. gifts on the tree were ruined but the tree was only scorched. See full report on Page 3.
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LE MM. Daniels
Bolster Street
Daniels
T. H. Bounds
Baytoyn
Goodfellow Bags On Their Way To 676 Needy Kids
The Goodfellows plan 676 bags of toys treats and candy for Baytown area youngsters from newborns to age 12. Donations funded this year’s higher cost per bag and more toys from groups and individuals. Bags are to be delivered by nightfall.
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Chief
Goodfellow
Baytown Ares
Goodfellows
Goodfélion
Building Code Set For New Fire Zone
Baytown council, in a special meeting, set building code specs for the new No 2 fire zone and exempted Baytown Mutual Benefit Association from city taxes after legal brief by City Attorney David Donoghue. Next regular meeting slated January 5.
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No. 2
Baytown
Baytown Mutual Benefit Association
David Donoghue
No. 1
Pope urges peace and warns against vain utopias in 1950
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII in his Christmas message urges turning to peace for the 1950 holy year. He warns totalitarian regimes and Communist rulers cannot solve mankind’s crisis, cites extermi nated China and revolutionary upheavals, calls for faith in God over flawed human schemes. In Washington, President Truman rededicates the U S to a Christian-led global peace effort as the pope praises allied cooperation toward harmony.
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Vatican City
Pius
Sacred College of Cardinals
Papal Court
StePters Casilica
Commandism
Vatican Palace
Europe
Asia
China
Washington
Truman
Pius III
United States
Truck Runs Wild Killing Two and Smashing 24 Cars
A seven ton truck rolled down a Cherokee town hill smashing 24 autos along seven blocks. Two men, Ray Hensen and Jeffrey Barry, died instantly. Maxine Hensen and other occupants were injured. Driver said brakes failed and he could not stop the vehicle. Police estimated property damage around 10 thousand dollars.
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Cherokee
Dec
Art Locke
Demese
Locke
Bob White
Sac City
Towa
Bali
Ray Hensen
Jeffrey Barry
Polite
Gensen
Maxine
Mets
Hos
Pital
Brom
Barry
Hensens
Harris County bond issue may total 7.59 million dollars
Harris County voters may face a bond issue near 7.59 million dollars next month with January 28 as the likely election date to decide the bond plan and a separate precinct liquor ban vote. The total hinges on hospital bonds for a new city county charity hospital and other projects. A state attorney general review is sought on issuing 1.5 million in hospital bonds matching a 1.5 million gift from Houston oilman H R Cullen.
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Harris County
Jus Hée
Commissioners Court
Houston
H. R. Cullen
H. L. Washburn
Puppy’s Whine Leads Search To Graves Of Two Boys
In Wichita Falls on December 23, a puppy’s mournful whine directed responders to shallow graves containing five year old Billy Rogers and Donnie Totten, buried by a bulldozer while their father, a local contractor, owned the equipment. After a four hour, sub freez ing search near the Wichita River, bodies were recovered.
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Puppy
Wichtta Falls
Billy Rogers
Donnie Totten
Billy
Wichita Falls
Wichita
Leon Pries
Rogers Construction Company
Sheriff's Office
Decision On Texas Red Leader Expected Today
In Houston on December 23, Judge T M Kennerly said a ruling in the civil contempt case of James J Green, Texas Communist party secretary, could come later today. Green refused to open party records tied to deportation proceedings against a German couple. The judge also planned to decide if Ruth Koenig Susman must testify before immigration officials in the same case.
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Houston
James J. Green
Texas Communist Party
T. M. Kennerly
Green
Communist Party
Kennerly
Ruth Koenig Susman
Texas
FBI launches all-out hunt for CIO Center would-be dynamiters
DETROIT December 28. The FBI declared an all-out search to nab the assailants who targeted the CIO United Auto Workers international headquarters. Justice Department and Detroit authorities pledged a full field investigation as gunmen who attempted the assassinations of Walter and Victor Reuther are believed linked.
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FBI
Would-Be Dynamiters
CIO Center
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers International
Justice Department
Washington
Flarry
Walter
Victor Reuther
Esame Aascitants
Bright Skies On Christmas Weather Menu
Texas weather outlook shifts from cold wave to clear skies for Yuletide. Frost lingered on ground as subfreezing lows reported across West and East Texas with no precipitation statewide. Cities including Dalhart Amarillo El Paso and Houston logged subfreezing temperatures though warming trend began.
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Baytown
East Harris
Dalhart
West Texas
East Texas
Amarillo
Junction
Midland
Clarendon
el Paso
Presidio
Wink
Guadelupe Pass
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dellas
Texas
U.S. Weather Service
Seal Sale Nears End At Baytown Christmas Drive
Baytown Jaycee Christmas Seal Sale reaches 5000 dollars toward a 7500 goal for anti tuberculosis work. Sale closes tomorrow but mail contributions accepted at Christmas Seal Headquarters Box 4240 Baytown. Johnson says final pickups and merchant solicitations will wind up as cans are collected and bonds offered.
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Baytown
H. W. Johnson
Seal
Jaycee
Johnson
Operation Christmas Santa To Greet Kids At Big Party
Baytown hosts its largest Christmas season with shoppers busy at stores. Santa Claus will appear at the Jaycee Christ 784aS party on Texas Avenue at 6 p.m. Bob Nolan hosts as crowds gather between Ashbel and Jones. Over 2000 candy bags prepared for youngsters under 12. Community singing, Lee College Sextet carols, and a seven piece German Band perform from a trailer stage. Some stores stay open late for last minute gifts. others close early for families.
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Baytown
Marion Pond
Trenton
Missouri
Marian
Lucy Ann
Waco
Christine
Joe Ed ‘Lemore
Yankeeland
Fort Worth
Sherman
Milton Meyer
Milton Meyer Hope Too m Rattler
Kansas
Walt
Mose Sumners
York
Jim Sherwoods
Jim
Kiwanis
George Gentry
Dr. E. Robson
Santa Wa
Jimmy McKinney
Jimmy
Town Sun
G. R. BY
Ohio
Rsc
Texas Avenue
Pam
Ashbel
Jones
Texas
Bob Nolan
Lee College
Merger of Pan American and American Overseas Airlines
The Civil Aeronautics Board is urged to approve a $17.5 million merger that would unite Pan American Airways and American Overseas Airlines. Examiners say the combination boosts efficiency, reduces taxpayer subsidies, and strengthens Pan American’s hold on trans Atlantic routes while limiting TWA’s competition. Critics allege risk to national interest. supporters say it benefits the public and air transport economy.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American Airways
CAB
Thomas l. Wrenn
American
Over
Transcortinentsi
Western Air
Trans World Airline
International Airlines
James M. Landis
Truman
CAP
Crystel
Jaun T. Trippe
Pan American
C. R. Smith
American Lines
Armexican
Erseas
AOA
Atlantic
Shannon
London
Scandinavia
Europe
Pan American Acqiuires
Transcontinental
United States
TWA
Wreth
Trippe
Wrenn
AGA
Iwe
Paris
Ford
India
Justice Lacking In Houston Night Court
Houston reporters staged an arrest to test night court justice. George Bugbee, 21, was booked on drunkenness and held in a cell after a police call about wandering liquor on Trimble’s curb. He described Judge Harold Allison as a clock watcher and claimed swift, unclear sentencing in most cases.
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Houston
Houston Press
George Bugbee
Houston Chronicle
Harold Allison
Will Sears
Vance Trimble
The
Press
Trimble
Bughbee
Ae Jeil
Bughee
Alison
Bugbee
Allison
Alison Slam
Baytown Woman Eliza Pickens Dies In Houston Hospital
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth A. Pickens of 307 East Sterling were held at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev. M. E. McPhail officiating. Burial followed in Hill of Rest Cemetery. She died at 6:25 a.m. Thursday in a Houston hospital. survived by two Baytown nieces.
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Elizabeth A. Pickens
East Sterling
Paul A. Lee
M. E. McPhail
First Presbyterian Church
Hill of Rest ‘Cemetery
Miss Pickens
Houston
Baytown
Lions Band Drive Ends Tomorrow in Bay Town
Lions Club booths promote the On to Chicago drive with a deadline at 8 p.m. tomorrow to raise 8000 for the Robert E. Lee Band trip. By this morning contributions total 4883, with hope for more on the final day. Lions and band members report individual gifts over 1500 and 1100 raised in projects before the campaign. Hollaway urges last-minute donations to ensure the trip.
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Lions Club
Chicago
Sund Reiging
Robert E. Lee
Lion Drive
J. EB. Hollaway
Lions
Ifl
Baytown
Bodlaway
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Eritz Miler
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