Senate pushes bill to standardize armed forces justice
In Washington on February 3 the Senate moves toward a jurisdictional clash over a bill to establish a uniform code of justice for Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard disciplinary matters. A single defense establishment would hear appeals. current service courts would be limited to handling cases. Debate centered on who sits on courts and how standards apply across branches.
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Ashington
Senate
Comwes
Armed Services
Pat McCar “Brada
Pees Scott
Ster
Army
Air Force
Coast Guard
WSS
Congress
Vis
Brier McMahor
The
United
Icker
Ohio
Paul BH
Singis
Christian Princi
Local chatter at Pend Town social scene noted
A fragmented list of names and casual activities from Pend Town includes Nelson McElroy discussing Baylor days and barber shop chatter with Jaycees. Dryden and Baytown plans surface along with several locals like Svarez Oliver Mig and Shelton. The piece also references a rough ball spill, Kindergarten notes, and a brief remark about a longtime Texan resident.
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Cook
Jaycee
Nelson McElroy
Baylor
Dones
Jack Boyd
LaPorde
Dryden Pays
Greater
Baytown
Svarez
Dave Oliver
Bob Mig Northcatt
Jim Father
Kannarr
Ephenson, Jr
Homer Shelton
George Fellmor
Chester Rogers
Silis
Albert Nelson
Liberman Hargrave and Albert
Methodist _ kindergarten
C. W. Farr
Texas
May Ask Home Owners' Help- City Marshals Forces To Improve Street System
Baytown set for spring street improvement campaign with council to decide if property owners will share costs. Aimed at linking Old Baytown and Goose Creek with eight inch water mains along Market Street Road, bids for materials soon. Council approved $4500 from contingency for paving equipment from Ford Baker and Davis Construction, enabling lowering paving costs to about half. State of repairs includes purchases of air compressor and attachments for street work. Humble Oil and Refining Co and Southern Pacific Railroad to donate parts of the right of way. Water department to buy 500 new meters at 17.48 each. old water books written off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bulgier
Baytown
Old Baytown
Goose Creek
Market Street
Carbide
Carben Chemical Company
Texas City
Ford, Baker and Davis Construction Company
Darwin Fiddleton
Hell Pearce Steel
Maine
Middleton
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
Counci
A. V. Barber
Sai Y
Home Lumber Wins council approval for new yard here
Home Lumber Company owners W W Woods and P Denman won council approval to build a lumber yard in the No 2 fire zone after agreeing to modify plans to reduce fire hazard. Council members Faby and Godfrey voted against. Dr H L Davis argued concessions should be noted in minutes and not set a precedent. The plan narrows the fire risk and affects nearby property insurance rates.
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Home Lumber Company
W. W. Woods
P. den Man
Lumber Company
Woods
Denman
Faby
Godfrey
HL Davis
Dr. Davis
Buildig
Home Lumber
Refinery Plans About 100 Layoffs At Baytown Plant
Humble Oil and Refining Company will lay off about 100 workers at its Baytown refinery within days as output slackens in the mechanics department. Officials stress the layoff is temporary and first recall rights will apply when work returns. Weather mild in the East has cut fuel oil demand and reduced daily runs.
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Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Emplores Federation
Federation
Baytown Humble
North Texas Roads Open After Ice Melts
United Press reports North Central Texas freed from ice as three days of steady rain receded. All area highways opened while rivers swelled, then lowered, leaving light rain and drizzle stretching from Waco to Austin and across the Lower Rio Grande Valley to Laredo.
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United Press
Wormaley
Texas
Waco
Austin
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
Citizens Push Anti Slaughter Ordinance Over Plant Noise
A city council probe into the Duke Industries Plant on South Pruett continues after a delegation of property owners led by Mr and Mrs Biasin game and Mr and Mrs Burchett urged the city to prohibit on site slaughter. They proposed moving slaughter outside the city and bringing meat in for processing to avoid nuisance odors.
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Duke ~Industries
South Pruett
W. A Biasingame
407
West Republice
C. G. Burchett
West Republic
Biasingame
Annexed Area Joins District No 7 Under City Vote
Residents of Humble Oil and Refining Company annexed area were told by a city councilman their district changed from district No 1 to No 7. New voters can participate in the April 4 election as they become eligible to vote in Godfrey’s successor race, per City Attorney Donoghue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Woll
Fahy Godfrey
Nemins Godfrey
David Donoghue
New Law Requires Drilling Permits Before Operations
City council passed an amended ordinance requiring oil well operators within city limits to obtain permits and follow strict fire and safety rules. It sets surface casing depth to protect water, restrictions on waste, and bond and insurance requirements. Officials will survey water sands depths and enforce permit revocation for noncompliance.
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Kilgore
David Donoghue
Public Works
C. W. Grantham
Bill White
Hembie
E. ©. Mesher
New Law
United States Warns Russia and Ramps Military Moves
The United States vows to deter Soviet aggression with new measures including a counter blockade on Eastern Germany and strengthened Alaskan defenses. President Truman and Defense Secretary Johnson warn of swift U S action and emphasize deterrence as the Sicily carrier moves from Atlantic to Pacific.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Russia
Sons Johnson
U. S
Germany
Berlin
Alaska
Siberia
Sicily
Atlantic
Pacific
Joanson
University of Virginia
Johnson
Joe Stalin
America
Soviet Union
State Department
Truman
Aieske &Re
Ernest Gruening
Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Briton Held For Giving Away Atomic Plans Unofficially
London reports Klaus Julius Fuchs a British subject born German arreste d by Scotland Yard on a tip from the FBI. He was charged at Bow Street with passing atomic information in 1945 to an unknown person in the United States, allegedly for Russia. He faces up to 14 years under the Official Secrets Act. Evidence included arrest details and a preliminary hearing set for next Friday. The Atomic Energy Commission noted the information could have been highly valuable to Russia.
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London
Hanwell
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs
Bow Street Court
United States
Russia
Scotland Bard
FBI
Fuchs
U. SA
Christmas Humphreys
Laurence Dunne
Leonard Burt
New Scotland Yard
Washington
Atomic _ ‘Energy Commission
Karl Fuchs
Scotland
Truman
Texas Senate Fails To Secure Quorum
AUSTIN February 3. Members of the Texas Senate recessed until Monday after failing to reach a quorum. The session lasted under 30 minutes as only 20 members appeared, short of the 21 needed to proceed. Revolt rose in the House as Rep. Jim Heflin resigned from the Revenue and Taxation Committee protesting Governor Shivers on the state hospital program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
Jim Heflin
Houston
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Baytown Youth X Rayed After Auto Accident
Edwin Ratley a 20 year old Baytown youth was X-rayed in Houston hospitals to determine injuries from an auto crash near San Augustine yesterday. His condition is serious. An employee of General Electric of Houston Ratley was en route to Louisiana when the accident happened. He is the son of Mrs Velma Brown of 900 South Pruett.
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Edwin Ratley
Baytown
Houston Hospital
San Augustine
Methodist Hospital
General Electronics Company
Houston
Ratley
Louisiana
Velma Brown
South Pruett
Is the secret ballot really secret in Texas history
The Sun defends the new secret ballot system describing signed slips kept sealed in a vault for six months and tied to ballot numbers for later verification. It asserts the system safeguards voter privacy and questions any doubt as a challenge to state government foundations.
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Texas
Ingrid Bergman Delivers Baby Boy in Rome
Rome February 3 Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini welcomed a son born last night weighing about seven pounds and 3 1 4 ounces. The baby’s eye and hair color noted as blue and dark. Rossellini visited the birth and Catholic authorities indicated baptism and education will be provided.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossi
Rossellini
St. Francis of Assisi
Guidotti
Bergman
Felix A. Morlion
Pra Dea University of Rome
Morlion
Guidetti
Miss Bergman
Hassellini
Iss Bergman
Villa Margherita Hospital
Mussolini
Villatorlonia
Lewis May Ignore Truman 70 Day No Strike Plea
Washington February 3 United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis offered to resume contract talks with mine owners but union sources expect him to reject President Truman s plea for a 70 day no strike period while a special fact finding board investigates. Northern and western operators had broken off talks, others anticipated agreement today. Separate mediation seeks to avert a nationwide telephone workers strike set for February 8 with Bell system company officials and CIO union reps. In St Louis Southwestern Bell reports a record high 3.86 percent return on capital, best since 1998.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Trushan
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Truman
Beard
Teertow
New York
Gyms S. Ching
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
CIO
William WW. Margolis
Ching
Western Electre Company
Tenation
St Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Best Setters To Win Prizes Tell Why Hoover Plans Must Be Used
Baytown Jaycees offer 75 in bonds for a letter writing contest urging adoption of Hoover Commission plans to cut government spending. Three winners receive 25 bonds each, with entries due February 18. Letters must begin The Hoover Commission reports should be adopted because and be sent to Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce with a second stamped envelope to a named senator or representative. Winners announced after February 12. Contest part of Operation Economy with broadcasts on local radio stations.
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Hoover
Baytown Jaycees
Hoover Commission
Jaycees
Baytown
Nally
Albert Thomas
Washington, D.C
U.S
Nate Pace, Jr
Busch Again Presses for Short Route Project
W. T Busch, president of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce, promotes the Houston Port Arthur Short Route and speeds up construction. A Tri-County Expediting Committee meeting in Port Arthur, with Harris Chambers and Jefferson counties, discusses pushing Highway 73 action by the State Highway Department. Members from Chambers, Anahuac, Houston and Port Arthur led the drive to secure early action.
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W. T Busch
Baytown
Port Arthur
Jim Richards
Highway Department
The
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Busch
Poll Taxes Spur Record Turnout In East Harris County
The East Harris County liquor sales issue heads to a local option election in Justice Precinct No 3 with a predicted record turnout. About 15 000 Baytown residents have paid poll taxes as voting pressure builds on drys versus wets, amid campaigns by the East Harris County Dry League and Precinct 2 Linor Centres Council.
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Harris County
Justice
Beatrice Massey
Baytown
East Harris County
Voice of Temperance
Texas
Morris
Channelview
Cloverleaf
Jacinta City
Dat
Houston
Trini River
Wrest
Ghaziaunty
Betnween
Cedar Bayou
Head Injury In 1948 Proves Fatal To Man
James B. Cooper of Channelview dies from a head injury suffered in a 1928 automobile crash near Baytown. Inquest revealed decades of intermittent paralysis and speech loss. Funeral set at Channelview Baptist Church with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park. survivors include wife Wrippie and three sons, plus parents and multiple relatives.
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Baytown
James B. Cooper
Channelview
Cooper
Tri City Beach
Evergreen Road
Houston
Roscoe Zierlein
Warren Cornerston
Channelview Baptist Church
Bert Mattingly
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Pauli A. Lee
Iruman Cooper
Los Angeles
California
Airs
Laura Lanier
Seattle
Washington
Two Crosby Babies Die of Polio On Farm Victim Toll
Two Crosby babies from a Crosby farm became among the first polio victims reported in the county today. The siblings, described as small children, contracted the disease during the Easter period and are under care at the local clinic.
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Crosby
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