Baytowns Herbert Crocker Eyes Golden Gloves Title Run
Baytown claims a top Golden Gloves contender in Herbert Crocker a 1 year old welterweight set for the Houston finals at the city auditorium. Crocker 1 year old son of S E Crocker from 113 Harkins Street fights through the Houston regional rounds with a semifinal tonight and aims for runner up honors. He trains under Ottomar H Zeigler and balances a milk route job rising at 3 am. Surrey another East Harris athlete Edward Surrey from Crosby high school will also contend in the middleweight class after a sensational knockout of Elton Kessner last night.
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Clifford
Bond
Baytown
Houston City Auditorium
Herbert Crocker
S. E. Crocker
Harkins Street
Busch Terrace
Crocker
Troy Gay
Bellaire
Kneock
Houston
Baytown Battler
Aubrey Barcheers
Houston Red Shield
Rovert E. “Lee High School
Herbert
Phenix
Bartowns
Milman
Wil
Bobby Bessa
Robert E. Lee
Gyim Crocker
Ottomar H. Zeigler
Donald Fry
Fort Worth
Harris County
Edward Surrey
Crosby
Surrey
Grocery Robbed Fourth Time in Three-Year Period
Burr said his store was burglarized again, marking the fourth theft in three years. The intruder forced entry with a light hinged door hasp, and Burr noted previous burglaries drained cash, groceries, and business equipment while he had to restock each time. The incidents reflect ongoing losses as he described getting used to the repeated break_ins.
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Hurt
Ani
Burr
Harr
Varied Weather Strands US In Snow and Ice
Widespread ice from Missouri to Texas isolates nearly 100 communities and prompts aid. Floods kill three in West Virginia, force 700 from homes in Kentucky, raise Ohio River crest near Cincinnati. Kentucky rivers rise, storms close roads as avalanches halt transport. tractors move loads through snowdrifts to isolated towns. Weasels, carried by the army, assist evacuations and medical needs.
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Missouri
Bootheel
Arkemses
Oklahoma
Texas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Cincinnati
Petres
Tennessee
Dakotas
Hoover Commission Postoffice Reform Talk On Jaycee Radio
Jaycee sponsored broadcasts tomorrow outline Hoover Commission recommendations for reorganizing the U S Post Office Department. Speakers include Jack Strickler Don Shepherd Pete Baumgarten Net Pace Jr Jesse Black Harland Hall H M Johnson and George Ferguson. Programs air on EREL KECT KREL and KRCT levels as part of a Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce statewide effort.
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Hoover Commission
U. S. Postoffice Department
EREL
Jack Strickler
Don Shepherd
Pete Baumgarten
Net Pace, Jr
KECT
Baytown Jaycees
Gay
Jesse Black
Harland Hall
KREL
H. M. Johnson
George Ferguson
KRCT
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bayou Seniors To Stage Benefit Chicken Supper
Cedar Bayou High School seniors will host a chicken supper in the school cafeteria Friday evening to fund the annual graduates’ trip. Supper from 5 30 to 7 p m precedes the Cedar Bayou Cleveland basketball doubleheader with room mothers serving. Committee includes Mrs G W Maley Mrs L W Jones Mrs J P Smith Mrs A S Teer and Mrs Etta Hoffman. Senior sponsors are Mrs Louis Hatchell and Coach Louis Davis. Public invited.
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Cedar Bayou High School
Cedar Bayou
Closing Six Military Hospitals Ordered in Economy Move
Washington February 2 Army and Navy hospitals to close or downsize under a Defense Department plan to save about 254 million dollars yearly. Six hospitals to shut over five months include Murphy General Augusta and Percy Jones Battle Creek along with Mare Island and Long Beach Naval Hospitals. Several Army Navy and Air Force facilities will be reduced to dispensaries or small bed counts with hundreds of beds reassigned.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Louis J
Navy
Army
Navy Air Force
Texas
Army —Murphy
Matigen General Hospital
Fort Lewis
Fort Monroe
Virginia
Station
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Naval Hospital
Jacksonville
Florida
Memphis
Tennessee
Corpus Christ
Air Force
Lackland Hospital
San Antonio
Lowry Hospital
Denver
Colorado
Chambers Rice Farmers Warned Over Water Rentlevier
Chambers Rice farmers along Old River face curbs on water supply under state rights. An equitable allocation may deny some farmers water fully or partially. Farmers are told to wait for their water allocation before preparing land for next season. Water rent for 1950 crops may be prepaid unless rice is delivered to Southern Warehouse Corp for drying and storage until payment.
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Old River
Texas
Southern Warehouse Corporation
Doctor Says Mercy Killer Was Insane
In testimony a psychiatrist contends the Mercy killer acted under a delusion of moral right. He says her mental state at the time negated criminal responsibility and that later statements to a police officer would not alter that conclusion.
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Mercy Killer
Philip) Wolfson
Samford
Duke and Duchess of Windsor visit Houston tonight
The Duke of Windsor and his Duchess arrive by train from New Orleans for a brief Houston stop before continuing to Mexico. They will dine with the Glenn MacCarthys at Shamrock Hotel, attend a small reception, and depart for San Antonio, with no public functions planned during their Texas stay. Mayor Oscar Holcombe will join the welcoming group.
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Houston
Duke of Windsor
New Orleans
Mexico
Glenn MacCarthys
Sham~rock Hotel
Oscar Holcombe
San Antonio
Holcombe
Duke and Duchess
Texas
Tunnel Speech Highlights Baytown Spirit at Rotary Club
L Durst of Brown and Root spoke at Grace Methodist Church noon meeting praising the Baytown area. He forecast dredging completion by mid February and first tube flowering by mid April amid steel industry strikes. Durst urged voting in every election to uphold democracy as plans for a Rotary Ann party on February 15 were announced.
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Baytown-La Forte
Baytown
Rotary Club
L . Durst
Houston
Brown and Heat Construction Company
Grace Methodist Church
Durst
J. W. Bell
Brown and Root
Rotary Ann
Murray Rogers
Rey
Clyde D. Foltz
J. H. Strickland
Concord
Georgia
Robert Strickland
Livestock Prices Report From Fort Worth Market
Fort Worth cattle and hog market shows active trade with gains in butcher hogs and feeders. Cattle: medium slaughter steers 19.00 to 23.50, fed yearlings 26.50, calves 19 to 25, cows 11 to 17, stockers scarce. Hogs: good to choice 185 to 260 pounds mostly 17.75, one lot 18.00. sows steady, feeder pigs 11.90 to 24.00.
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Fort Worth
CSDA
Council To Decide On Budget Change
City council awaits written deals as Missouri Pacific Railroad seeks a lease on North Shore Drive for a freight spur. Verbal reports indicate Humble Oil and Southern Pacific will grant right of way. Start of street cutting hinges on finalized written agreements with the two firms.
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Bro H. E. Davis
Jeff Stroud
Missouri Pacific Railroad
North Shore Drive
West Netro
Pearce Street
Commerce
Main
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mine Owners To Resume Talks
The article reports talks to resume between mine owners and the United Mine Workers amid coal labor disputes. It notes the president may invoke the Taft Hartley act if an emergency arises, though none is evident now. Government lawyers seek a court order to return about 105,000 striking miners to work, while N LR B attorneys push for a five day work week for the UMW's 400,000 members.
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National Labor Relations Board
Richmond B. Keech
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Temperance Leader To Speak Tonight
A temperance leader is set to address voters tonight as precincts brace for a busy election day. Instructions on how and where to vote on Saturday appear on page four of today's Sun.
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Temperance
Sun
Horace Mann Junior High Installs Student Officers
Horace Mann Junior High will install 14 student officers at a quartet of assemblies. Run off elections concluded yesterday. General Gerald Orton leads as president with Carmen Crow as vice president and Shirley Herring as secretary.
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Horace Mann Junior High School
Gerald Orton
Carmen Crow
Shirley Herring
Jackie Burwick
James Hollister
Joe Chitty
Billy Har~man
Kenneth Daw
Betty Graves
Vivian Crosby
Jimmy Williams
Cafetery
Bert Black
Lost and Found
Vic Davis
Robert Phillips
Betty Boils
Albert Costley
Tobye Frame
Barbara Stein
WW. D. Hinson
Horace Bann
O. A. Brown
Robert E. Lee Hish School
M. A. Brown
Benefit Baby Fair Sign Up Today by Bay Town Oddfellows
Registrations open for the Baby Fair sponsored by Bay Town Oddfellows and Rebekahs to be held February 20 at Robert H. Lee High School. Entry is free for walking age through six years, with tickets sold for the event and a Gulf Coast area show in Houston. Proceeds benefit the Hedgecroft Potie Clinic in Houston.
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Baytown Oddfellows and
Rebekahs
Robert H. Lee High School
Wrifay
Bears Roebuck and Company
West Texas
J. F. Alcom
Gulf Coast
Houston
Two 99 Year Sentences Added To Life Term
Beaumont Feb 2 A jury in a criminal district court added two 99 year terms to a life sentence for Kary T Chisholm 21 of Houston after he was found guilty of shooting Lee Bonura to death and robbing J N Decnir and Robert Sanders earlier in 1968 The judge said he would keep society free of him noting more than 50 robberies.
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Beaumont
Criminal District Court
Kary T. Chisholm
Houston
Chisphen
Lee Bonura
Chisholm
J. N. Decnir
Robert Sanders
Lfe
Owen M. Lord
Trenton Auto Crash Kills Six. Ingrid Bergman Film Opens
Six persons including two brothers were killed and three others critically injured in a New Jersey highway collision three miles north of Trenton. The crash followed a U turn at Bakers Basin Bridge over the canal. Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini’s film produced in Italy will debut February 15 in 18 theatres nationwide.
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Trenton
N. 7
Tin Brothers
New Jersey Superhighway
Bakers Basin
Ingrid
Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
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Freeport
CLR
W. Aaselo
214
Edison
Chambers
Duke
Wally
Big Sun
Beckie
DIST
Pecere Ave
E.T
Baytown Sun
Allez Lud Steel
Allis
St. Regis Paper
Pacif
Stan Oil
Stan OU N. J. Go Sunray Oil
Tex Gulf Sul
Texas Co
Tex Gulf
Oy Tidewater Corp
Timken Bearing
U. S. Steel
Woolworth Inc
N. O. Cotton
Horace Mann
Benefit
Baby Fair
Lipton
Hormel
Isconsi
Lisby’s
Fiat
Zac
Beker’s
Fizard
WICK
Heinz
Vox
Em Ks
Zic
Aer EG
U.S. NO
California
Valencia
Granges
LYSOL
Burma
Schick
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