Violent death toll rises in Texas tolling at least 94
United Press reports a violent death toll in Texas climbed to 94 since Friday night. The count includes 24 traffic deaths, 12 in fires, two in plane crashes, three from miscellaneous causes, and a race-related shooting near Calvert Bremond. The survey also recounts several individual tragedies across Robertson County Dallas and nearby areas.
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United Press
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Robertson County
Calvert and
Bremond
J. J. Crocker
A. FE. Deckard
Marlin
Deckard
Francis Wilford Hallman, Jr
Point
Wits Point
Asy Vance
Dallas
Bales Sippei
Paui Schmit
Dellas Berber
Leftist Suspect Tied to CIO Chiefs Shootings in Detroit
Detroit police linked Paul F. Kassay a flexed Communist sympathizer and former rubber plant captain to the Reuther shootings and CIO Auto Workers dynamite cases. Officials noted his background and a previous Ohio ruling. he faced charges under a criminal syndicalism law but was released after a constitutional ruling.
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Detroit
Paul F. Kassay
Reuther
CIO @ Auto Workers
Donald S. Leonard
Kassay
Leonard
Ak-zaval
Ohio
Ohie
Kasssy
Town Gossip and Holiday Buzz in Local Ledger
A lively Around Town column notes SE Jennings recovering from virus pneumonia and speaking from his hospital bed while others like B J Nelson and Tommy attend to neighborhood news. David Amnett winds up hunting Secon. Marie Kelley sells Christmas candy. Siam Ann Grantham plans a matinee before returning to San Antonio. Grover Edge drops by with veterans news and W P Mill joins a large gathering at city hall.
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Sexe Jennings
Goose Creek
Siam Ann Grantham
San Antonio
Shepherd
Raymond Mize
Marie Kelley
Jona Tipin
Qarth
John Elis
Uming
Grover Edge
Qterans
W. P. Mill
Abandoned Car Not Used By Convicts
Fort Worth dispatch reports the abandoned car found in White Settlement does not match the three fugitives from Huntsville. Police say the driver was a small dark haired man with a mustache and glasses, seen heading toward Fort Worth around 2 am yesterday. The vehicle was abandoned on White Settlement Road by 7 pm yesterday.
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Fort Worth
Huntsville
J. A. Davenport
White Settlement
Storm Hits Pacific Coast With Loss Of Life And Miners Trapped
A Pacific Northwest blizzard killed one man and trapped several miners in Washington state as heavy snow and winds disrupted travel from Oregon to British Columbia. Two feet of snow blanketed the Cascades while a rescue party with a bulldozer battled deep drifts toward a miners cabin near Cle Elum. A logging railroad worker, Burmis I. McHenry, died when a toppled tree struck him.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Oregon
Oregon Coast
New England
Ar- Washington
Burmis I. McHenry
Cle Elum
Washington
Cascade Range
Mentans
Nebraska
Hitlers Close Second in 20th Century Influence Poll
New York press poll ranks Franklin D. Roosevelt as the most influential figure of the first half of the 20th century. Adolf Hitler follows closely, with Edison, Churchill, Ford, Lenin, the Wright brothers, Einstein, Stalin and Pasteur also in the top tier. Roosevelt led by six points amid a 16-9 scoring system.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Winston Churchill
Henry Ford
Nicolai Lenin
Wright Brothers
Albert Hinstein
Josef Stalin
Louis Pasteur
Hitler
Stalin
Veterans Service Center Set to Open in January
Grace Davis of 3120% Indiana begins training at the Veterans Administration office in Houston to lead the new Veterans Service Center. Financed by Red Feather funds and backed by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, it will reopen in Chamber of Commerce offices on January 3 to provide veteran advisory help and assist with claims processing. The committee of five from the veterans groups will supervise, with J. W. Mechroff as chair, Helpr Walker as assistant, and Grover Edge as service officer. The center operates Thursdays and Fridays from five am to five pm and 2 am to 12 noon on other days.
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Indiana
Veterans Administration
Houston
Veterans Service Center
Red Feather
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chamber of Commerce
Davis
J. TV. Mechroff
Relpr Walker
Grover Edge
Lions Club backs Lee band trip to Chicago with new gifts
Drive chairman J B Hollaway announced three more contributions of 100 dollars each to the Robert E Lee band fund for a trip to Chicago next summer. Sam Stassi and another donor provided gifts as the On to Chicago campaign wraps at year's end. No final fundraising total yet, as members are away for holidays and hunting trips. The Lions Club sponsors the campaign to send the band to the Lions International convention in mid July.
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Robert E. Lee
Chicago
Drive
J. B. Hollaway
Texas.Avenue
Market Street
Sam Stassi
Enormymots
Holiaway
Sezid
T Het
Lions Club
U S Officer Freed By Reds In Austria
American relief official Ishael Jacobson, expelled from Hungary on espionage suspicions, was released in Austria and reached Vienna with a Soviet escort. He denied any espionage links and noted potential closure of AJDC Budapest. Another American, Vogeler, held in Hungary, reportedly confessed to espionage. Two American fliers held by Chinese Reds also reported safe at a base near Tsingtao.
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Austria
Ishael Jacobson
Hungary
Vienna
Jacobson
Nickelsdorf
Budapest
American Joint Distribution Committee
Wickelsdorf
AJDC
ADIC
United Press
Robert Voreler
The
International Telephone and
Cheva Reds
Washington
ECE
Tsingtao
State Department
Harris County Seeks Bond Vote On Hospital And Roads
Harris County plans a January 28 election on a 37.5 million bond package for a new city county charity hospital and road improvements. Hospital bonds require a simple majority, road bonds need two thirds. A gift match of 6.9 million is proposed for the hospital bonds. County officials move to issue a formal order for the election. petitions for the road bond are circulating with 50 signatures required.
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Harris County
County Commissioners Court
Houston
Cullen
H. L. Washburn
Rita Hayworth Delivers Premature Baby Princess Jasmine
LAUSANNE Switzerland December 28 Rita Hayworth gave birth to a premature girl weighing five pounds and two ounces after a six hour delivery at Monthhoisi Clinic. Prince Aly Khan said both mother and baby were doing well and the child would be named Princess Jasmine. The event followed their May marriage on the French Riviera and came seven weeks early.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Monthhoisi
Jasmine
Aly
Rita
Ali
Tirker
Lausanne Palace
Prince Aly
Steen
Miss America Jacque Mercer Marries Student
Miss America Jacque Mercer wed 20-year-old Douglas Cook in a spur of the moment ceremony, breaking her pageant contract to remain unmarried during her reign. The couple planned a Hollywood move as Cook enters art school and Mercer pursues film work, shocking officials and fans alike.
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Litchfield Park
Ariz
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Cook
University of Chicago
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Miss Mercer
Park W. Baverstick
Doug Cook
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Chicago
Budget Battle To Greet New Congress
In Washington the 1956 budget fight loomed as Democrats and Republicans clashed over federal spending and a 2.87 billion dollar deficit. Senate leaders Lucas and Wherry and Rep Taber attacked or defended Truman tax policy amid warning about the dangers of an unbalanced budget and calls for fiscal restraint.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Scott VW Lucas
Ilinois
GOP
Kenneth S
Wherry
Nebraska
Tabor
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Socialista
Taber
Sun Carriers Zoom For Christmas Dinner Plan
The Baytown Sun carriers and their fathers will attend a Christmas dinner at the Humble Dining Room tonight as the paper runs its route. After a meal a football movie will be shown. Wherry and Taber urge deficit financing caution and balanced budgets amid tax and spending debate.
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Baytown Sun
Babson Annual Report headline on Page One Tomorrow
A newsroom teaser notes Babson College will publish its Annual Report on page one of tomorrow's edition, signaling a detailed financial and institutional briefing expected to include metrics, governance notes, and forward plans.
Financial analyst Sabson forecasts 95C outlook
Baytown Sun notes Roger W. Sabson a noted financial analyst will present his forecast of the business and financial outlook for 95C. Sabson is expected to discuss market trends, investment climate, and economic indicators shaping the year ahead.
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Roger W. Sabson
Baytown Woman Mattie Walston Dies at 73
Funeral services for Mattie Walston 73 of 205 West Cleveland were held at Earthman Chapel with burial at Hill of Rest Cemetery. She had lived in Baytown about one year and died at a Houston hospital. Survivors include daughter Mrs Edda Lee of Cleveland and two sons Johnny James Walston and W E Walston, both of Baytown. Pallbearers named Allen Wells Adrian Tsageks Marvin Wells Max Anderson Floyd Phillips Billy Wilkins.
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Mattie Walston
West Cleveland
Earthman Chapel
Hill of Rest
Allen Wells
Adrian Tsageks
Marvin Wells
Max Anderson
Floyd Phillips
Billy Wilkins
Missouri Governor Seeks to Avert Bell Strike
Missouri Governor Forrest Smith said he is confident the governors conference in St. Louis will avert a 50 000 employee strike at Southwestern Bell Telephone. He expected mediation steps to end the dispute and noted a 10 day truce expires New Year’s Day. Attending governors include Carlson Turner McMeth Stevenson with Texas labor commissioner possible. Smith travels to St Louis for talks ahead of the meeting.
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Jefferson
Forrest Smith
Missouri
St Louis
James Hitick
James Meredith
Smith
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Sid McMeth
Arkansas
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Allen Shivers
Texas
Vance Julian
Bissouri Labor Mediation Board
Woman In Doctor's Care After Tragedy
LM Daniels was under a doctor's care after a double tragedy. The Daniels home at 201 Bolster Street was badly damaged by a fire from a faulty extension cord lighting a Christmas tree. Daniels' father QO S Flinpins of Deanville was killed in an automobile accident near Caldwell Bird and Airs. The family, including Hubert Lee and Ruth, are staying with Daniels' parents on Causeway Road and plan to rebuild.
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Airs
Daniels
Byre
Bolster Street
QO. S. Flinpins
Deanville
Caldwell Bird and
Hubert Lee
Ruth
W. J. Daniels
Causeway Road
Texas Rebukes Federal Churches on Sweatt Case Brief
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel rejected a Federal Council of Churches brief supporting Sweatt’s challenge to segregated state schools. He demanded disclosure that many denominations in Texas and 14 Southern states maintain separate churches, schools, and congregations for white and Black citizens. The issue centers on whether separate facilities can ever be equal.
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Texas
Coun=il of
Churches of Christ
Council
Sweatt
Houston
United States Supreme Court
Price Daniel
Charles H. Tuttle
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Daniel
Tuttle
Federal Council
Megro
Center
Tattle
The
Law Schoor
Agen
Texas Courte
Church Group
Dry Election Date Delayed by Legal Checks in Harris County
East Harris County faces uncertainty on a local option liquor election after County Judge Glenn A. Perry reviews 136 voter petitions and 15 to 16 legal requirements. A 15 member Beevtown council delegation pushed the court for a vote while a January 28 date is discussed amid a countywide bond issue campaign led by Christian Laymen councils and local ministers.
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East
Harris County
Glenn A. ‘Perry
Justice Precinct
Melvin V. Berry
Commissioners Court
Gee Court
Perry
Sadee Perry
Beytown
Hest Barris
Christian
Eatown
Goodfellow Report Details Christmas Charity Funds
In Baytown the Goodfellows report shows $1117 spent on Christmas for local kids, with $1101 collected by last Saturday from milk bottle drives and donations. The 1940 party cost was $1121.30 with some surplus potential and plans to cover this year’s needy youngsters.
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Goodfellow
Jaycees
Jimmy Bailey
Goodfellows
Baytown
Relia
Welfare League
Doralouise Craxford
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