Sealy Youths Hurt In Head-On Crash With Truck
Four teens were injured in a head-on collision on Highway 90 near Sealy as a car carrying two Sealy youths and a pickup rammed into a truck. Injuries included scalp wounds and a throat wound. Names include Grant 19 and Jones 18. Baytown hospital transfer possible. incident occurred about 4 pm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Se Bevlow
Sealy
Lee
Bo-Bd) Grant
Royce
Pete Jones
Sealy Hospital
Baytown
Peiping Spying Penalty Talks Resurrected in Congress
A wartime powers debate returning to Congress examines penalties for spying and subversion, seeking broad authority to curb communism. Proposals would empower peacetime enforcement and potential investigations of labor groups while evaluating if they are controlled or dominated by communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Concentra
Burglary, narcotics thefts and event notices in ongoing city crimes
Readable fragments report burglaries on FW half Saturday night with beer cases missing, and a drugstore break in Clannel Saturday night with narcotics stolen and cash register taken. Also notes a DeMolay dance Monday night at Cedar Bayou with dates, and a work party at the stat 6 pm for ceiling repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noth- Fee
I. L. Tal- Spat
MM. Brown
Serackers
Rae N. B. O'Grady
Welch Estate Valued In Millions In Houston Beneficiaries Expected
Houston mourns multimillionaire Robert A. Welch who died at 52 after a long illness. Friends say his will may make him one of the state's wealthiest and greatest benefactors. Welch, director of Ashitel Sounth Lami Co, left generous gifts during life and funded hospital rooms and local causes while living. Estimates of his fortune range from 66 to 109 million, yet he lived modestly riding a bus and tipping generously. Funeral planned for Monday. further details on Weich-Page Two.
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Houston
Gardner
Robert A. Welch
Welch
South Carolina
Hermann Hospital
Ashitel Sounth Lami Co
Baytown
Decr
Hyp
United Fund
Fund
Christmas Toll Seen As Auto Death Record Looms
United Press reports a projected new high for Christmas holiday traffic deaths with at least 324 killed in auto accidents from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Total fatalities reached 703 across all causes, including 63 fires and 93 other mishaps, while the overall record 856 seems unlikely to fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
National Safer Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Safey Council
Albert Lea
Minn
Otto Nelson
Roland Purdie
Dearborn
Ar Mullan
Air Force
John M. Foss
Robert Clark
Mary Clark
Raymond
Aged Man Found Dead at Morgan's Point
Seventy one year old George D Sander a Morgan's Point resident for 3 ½ decades was found dead in his one room home Sunday afternoon by his nephew James Heinrich relatives and neighbors had grown worried He spent his career as a mechanical engineer in shipping and ran a fishing camp in recent years He is survived by his widow Lucille three sons Richard William and George Jr a daughter Rhea Stad and a sister Rhea Heinrich Funeral services were held at the Art Simpson Funeral Chapel at 2 p m Monday with Rev Dr Jona C Eichorn officiating Burial followed in Morgan's Point cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Sander
Morgan's Point
Deai
Sander
James Heinrich
Morgan‘s Point
Bayshore
Lucille
Camden
M. J
Rhea.Stad
Talmyra
N.J
Richard
William and
George Jr
N. J
Rhea Heinrich
Art Simpson
Jona C. Eichorn
la Porte
Texas Deaths Lead Nation in Holiday Toll
A United Press tally shows Texas leading the nation in traffic deaths during the long holiday weekend from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day, with at least 37 highway fatalities and many more fire, plane, and other accidents statewide. Notable crashes include a train collision near Arlington that killed four in a carload and a Santa Fe freight car wreck that claimed five lives in Harbin.
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United Press
Texas
Lone Star
Arlington
Santa Fe
Charles Bishop Wiliams
Harbin
Tex
Wealthy rancher records death by own action in plane crash
Walter Cox, 24, told two friends by radio he planned to die by his own action to escape loss of wife and friends. In Abi lene Texas the CAA tower recorded a three hour exchange as Cox sobbed and urged his plea for mercy before flying his plane into a gravel pit.
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Sweetwater
Tes
Walter Cox
CAA
Abilene
Tex
Cox
Pasternack Dies at 64 in Baytown Death Notice
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Pasternack, 64, will be at 1 a.m. Monday at Levy Funeral Home in Houston with Rabbi Max Geller and Rev. Sam Israel officiating. Burial in Adath Israel cemetery. She died Sunday at a Baytown hospital. Survivors include two daughters I L Lerner and Clara Pasternack, Baytown. a son Dr. Joseph G. Pasternack, Corpus Christi. two sisters Tra Gubberman, Baytown, and S M Schnidter, Houston.
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Fannie Pasternack
Levy Funeral Home
Houston
Max Geller
Sam Israel
Adath Israel Cemetery
Baytown
I. L. Lerner
Clara Pasternack
Joseph G. Pasternack
Corpus Christi
Tra Gubberman
S M. Schnidter
City Installs Emergency Water Well
Baytown moves to add emergency water supply with a new well at East Pearce and South Seventh. Pumps are being installed and wiring completed in two weeks. the 400000 gallon elevated tank foundation bids open Tuesday and the tank will be installed by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. once foundation is up, aiming for late February or early March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
East Pearce
South Seventh
C W. Grantham
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Texas Avenue
Tragic polio victim Joe Matchar dies at 7
Seven year old Joe Matchar died after bulbar polio left him dependent on an iron lung for years. He survived by his mother Mrs Bill Gregory and sisters Mary and Paulette of Crosby. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Crosby with burial in Crosby Catholic Cemetery.
City Council Seeks Clean Slate at January Meeting
The City Council plans the New Year with a focus on clearing old business at the January 1932 meeting. agenda centers on city department purchases including a fire pumper truck chassis two water department pickups two police patrol cars and a Fire Chief A H Lintelman car. Bids will also be opened for the foundation of a 400000 gallon elevated water tank at Pearce and Seventh and for a water department billing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Department
A. H. Lintelman
Pearce
Shoppers Set Record For Park Meters
Baytown meters set a weekly record amid Christmas shopping, taking in 104,904 coins totaling $1,055.41 for the week ending December 24 1950, surpassing the prior peak of $1,030. The holiday period boosted meter receipts across the three business sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Paris Crisis Woes Spur Biffault to Form New French Cabinet
Paris reports former premier Georges Biffault agrees to attempt formation of France's 18th postwar cabinet as the weeklong government crisis unfolds. In Austin Maj Horace Shelton dies at 75 after two heart attacks at Seton Hospital. Tokyo patrol bomber crash kills one of fourteen crewmen. Wakefield sees Dr Alan Nunn May freed after six years eight months in prison. Miami Coast Guard intensifies search for missing jeweler William Spratling after his Havana to Nassau flight. Berlin government dissolves wartime information office run by Gerhart Eisler who fled to avoid perjury charges.
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Paris
Georges Biffault
France
Cal Jinet
Austin
Horace Shelton
Seton Hospital
Wi ‘Akefield
Eng
Alan Nunn May
Canada
Union Charged With Slowing War Effort
Washington December 29 UP The Senate Internal Security subcommittee urges union rank and file of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers to revolt against pro Communist leaders The union expelled from CIO in 1950 for following the Communist party line its members work in copper non ferrous metals and other industries The subcommittee says the union halted copper production by two strikes since the Korean War began Harvey Matusow testified that Clinton Jencks warned communists planned strikes under wage demands to curb metal production for the Korean war effort The report notes the union is controlled by officers identified as Communists yet most members are not Communist The subcommittee hopes the rank and file will rid itself of the present leadership The union disputes the charges saying members do not strike to disrupt the nations Korean war effort The union issued a 1000 word statement signed by four international officers See Union Page Two
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
CIO
Communist Party
Harvey Matusow
Clinton Jencks
Mine-Mill
New Mexico
Hire
Salt Lake City
Hich
International Union of
Mike, Mill and Smelter Workers
Senate’ Subcommittee
Join Clark
Orville Larsen
Charles Wilson
M. E. Travis
Christmas Gun Accidents Tragic Toll on Negro Family
A Christmas gift gun incident in McNair left 10 year old Booby Joe Fincas gravely wounded when a 222 caliber rifle misfired during a bird hunt. Leroy Dennis, 15, claimed the two younger boys were nearby as he aimed. the bullet pierced the neck and esophagus, sending the boy by ambulance to Houston for surgery.
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McNair
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Joe Fincas
Bobby Joe
J. D. Brown
Leroy Dennis
Dennis
James Jonson
San Jscinto Memorial Hospital
Jeff Davis
Earthmian Ambulance Ten
S. R. Brooks Cedar Bayou Resident Dies
Samuel Rosemond Brooks 77 longtime Cedar Bayou resident died at 2 p m Sunday at his Bob Smith road home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church with pastors E R Burns Wayne McCleskey officiating. Burial in Cedar Bayou Masonic cemetery under Paul A Lee funeral directors. Survivors include four sons Jesse Edward Samuel Douglas and W M Brooks of Baytown Calvin S Brooks of Houston and three daughters Velma Williams Mrs George Horn and Mrs T D Roten all of Baytown plus 18 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He belonged to Cedar Bayou Methodist Church Baytown Woodmen of the World lodge and Woodmen Circle No 143. Pallbearers named Roy Andress Frank Devereaux E T P Bishop George Wright Roy Donnelly Louis Van Meldert.
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Samuel Rosemond Brooks
Cedar Bayou
Bob Smith Road
Dam
Cedar Bay
E. R. Burns
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
Wayne McCleskey
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Donahoe Airman Funeral and Donor Drive Notification
Funeral services for Paul K. Donahoe a La Porte airman who died in a Globemaster crash near Moses Lake Washington will be held at 9 30 a m Thursday with full military rites at Nor mangee Cemetery Normanger Texas Art Simpson Funeral Home is in charge Pallbearers are provided by Ellington Air Force Base and honorary pallbearers include the La Porte High School class of 1948 and parents of the 334th Aircraft and Warning Squadron He is survived by his widow Novice a two month old son Kenneth Duane his parents Mr and Mrs S D Donahoe four brothers Martel Loyd H Wayne and Carlos all of La Porte Donations of game including ducks geese venison and others are being sought in Baytown for Korean veterans in Corpus Christi Donors may drop at Jim Nelsons Sporting Goods or call 2057 for pickup. donations will go to the WA center in Houston then to 705 patients at Corpus Christi Naval Hospital Insurance hearing on city owned property will be held Tuesday at 4 p m City Council will hear arguments from both Baytown Insurance Exchange members and non members about alleged bias in city business
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Finneral
Paul K. Donahoe
la Porte
Moses Lake
Wash
Normangee
Normanger
Tex
Art Simpson
Ellington Air Force Base
la Porte High School
Elss
334Th
Harris County National Guard
Novice Donahoe
Kenneth Duane
SD. Donahoe
Martel
USAF
Loyd H
Wayne
Carlos
Baytown
Grover Edge
Corpus Christi
Edge
Jim Nelson
Sporting Goods
WA Center
Houston
City Hall
Baytown Insurance Exchange
Rites Tuesday For Mrs Ida Luedecke
Mrs Ida Frieda Luedecke 64 of Oakland Estates died Sunday at a Baytown hospital. Her body is to be taken to Shiner for a funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. at City Cemetery with Rev William Feller officiating. Burial by Paul A. Lee Central Home. Survived by two daughters Mrs R H Huebner and Mrs Laura Mercer, three sisters and two brothers, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Frieda Luedecke
Oakland Estates
Baytown
Shiner
City Cemetery
William Feller
Warrington Lutheran Church
Paul A. Lee
Luedecke
Ger
R. H. Huebner
Laura Mercer
Warwick, VI
Annie Baumann
Northeim
Ellen
Marburger
Mary Neuman
San. Antonio
Oxwald Podsim
Westoff
Walter Pogsim
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Baker
Mexico
San Antonio
Alton Jones
Hill Terrace
Pete
Schulenburg
Queen Elizabeth
Sandringham
England
Empire
Byihis
Britain
International Radiophote
NGTON
Dea
Nhower
Stee
Tse
Uit Uamitice
Uszt Jacor Relations Board
Lana
DeMolay 2 Club
DeMolays
Cedar
Bayou
Eters
J. T. Tallent
Tallent
Seeia
Hall Montag
Rance Birestor
Bund Town
Uy Hinton
Mike
Sid
Carl Rath
Little
Baytonians
Dick Dickerjez
Santa
Mike Maipne
Sreting
Gene Mal
George Duncan
Duncan
Karren Kay
Earl Critz
Willie
Harl
Joe Malchar
Joe Matchar Polio
Joe Matchar
Joe
Joe Sr
Mary
Little Joe
Jeff Davis Hospital
Sundance
Bill Gregory
Paulette
Crosby
V. J. Korenek
Joe Chovanec
Fayetteville
Sacred Heary Church
Paul Michalka
Crosby Catholic Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Julius Burjanek
Leo Rucka
Douglas Hooks
Floyd Janek
Tokyo
Japan
Miami
U. S. Coast Guard
William Spratling
Havana
Nassau
Berlin
Information Office
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Union
S. R. Brooks
Donahoe
Globemaster
Ida Luedecke
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