Post Office Adds Wing With Vacated Houses Sale
March start planned for a 175000 extension to the main Post Office building in Dallas. Two houses in the 200 block of West Sterling are to be sold by GSA to clear space for the new wing. occupants must vacate within 20 days. The project, under the General Services Administration, will add 3740 square feet of workroom space and extend 70 feet on Ballard Street with six and one half feet facing West Sterling. Completion aimed for late March.
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N. B. Girard
Emin‘ai
Sterling
Rey
Hiehes
Igi
Fo Lather Slothe
United States
Baxter Taylor Jr
Feneral Berglees Adminstration
Pava
Ben Connally
Lidsite
GSA
Dallas
Post Office
Ballard
West Stirling
Bow
For
O Balthai
Gma
G3a
Giteroom
Lacith
Sun Spots the Chief Delayed
TES OFFICIAL visit to Baytown Elks Lodge for tomorrow night. State president’s delegation led by Rev B Jeiter Henckels and Exalted Ruler present. Court fines ordered for seven defendants who failed to appear. warrants issued. Mountie speaks. SSPE and Fork club to hear lecture by Sydney Montague about the Royal Mounted Police. Humble Dining Room hosts supper meeting.
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Judge Tin
Hanney
Texas Elks
Baytown Elks Lodge
Han
B _jeiter-Henckels
Mn Elks
Jidge O
McCullaugh
Ward
Mountie
Syeney Mlontagee
Royal Dith
Siab
Around Town Notes From a Fragmented Page
A scrambled local item reads like a town column with names and stray events. Mentions Uncle Charles, greeting by telephone gal Melinger, dust storms, and various locals in disjointed anecdotes. Several personal notes hint at health procedures, travel rumors, and everyday happenings in a small community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Charles
Gal Melinger
Bob Ewey
Jim Hunnie
Texas
Higginbotham Heads Jury Dope Probe
Higginbotham, a Bay town auto dealer, was appointed to Harris County Grand Jury to investigate the dope traffic in Houston. District Judge Frank Williford warned the jurors to examine drug trade effects, with a budget of SAO to cover the inquiry. The panel began a centering review with Captain George Seber directing Houston’s view squad. The next term docket slated for Friday.
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Floyd Higginbotham
Bay
Harris County Grant Jury
Houston
Moluity
Frank Williford Ory
Houstons
Grays
George Seber
Mouston
View Squad
Sea Sloan
Dallas PMA officials fired amid latest administration shakeup
Two high ranking Dallas office officials of the Production Marketing Administration were dismissed today. Regional manager Lathan J. White and assistant Harry A. Solomon were removed in the late bulletin, signaling streamline moves within the agency.
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PMA
Washington
Dallas
Lathan
J. White
Harry A. Solomon
Jails Addition and Repairs Near Finish in Baytown
Baytown officials report jail expansion and repairs near completion. Truman Cox and R P Stipe hold the contract for a 12 844 38 dollar addition with added wiring approved by the Commissioners Court. Wiring and plumbing bids from Jack Singer and Young Plumbing Company proceed as work wraps up. Police Chief A B McKee notes final hold ups are only plumbing equipment and mattresses. Red Ball Mattress Company supplied the 16 mattresses at 12 dollars each. other bids ranged from 18 to 35 dollars.
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Baytown
Truman Cox
Cox
R.P. Stipe
Commmissioners’ Court
Sbean
Jack Singer
Young Plumbing Company
Swell
A. B. Mckee
McKee
Ball' Mattress Company
Tooka Uke
Stipes
Commisders Court
Bee
Truman Demos Hope To Squelch Kefauver in Three Primaries
Pro Truman Democrats planned to defeat Estes Kefauver in three early state primaries including California and New Hampshire with Truman himself leading the charge. Sen Roberts Kerr and D Oklahoma will oppose Kefauver in Nebraska as Truman keeps his name in the race while urging party unity.
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Truman Demos
Kefanver
Washington
U.P
Estes Kefanver
Truman
Tennessee
California
New Hampshire
Roberts
Kerr
Oklahoma
Kefauver
Nebraska
Mr. Truman
Regh
Democratic Party
Blefauver
La Porte Side Of Tunnel To Be Done First
Work on the La Porte side of the Baytown La Porte Tunnel will be completed first under Farnsworth and Chambers Construction. De watering of tunnel entrances is underway with pumps as crews await steel. Once steel arrives, cut and cover work will begin followed by an open ramp to form the roadway into the tunnel. Ventilation and interior tube work will start soon.
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la Porte
Farnsworth-Chambers
Baytown-La Porte
D. James
Farnsworth and Chambers Construction Company
Farnsworth and Chambers
Farnsworth and
Chambers
James
Galveston Grain Shortage Adds to US Losses
Agriculture officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee detailing four new grain shortage cases. Galveston's wharves faced a $177,000 loss from wheat stored for the Army, after purchases from Valley Grain, Pillsbury Mills, and Rodeny Milling were found unfit for consumption, with joint claims filed against the firms and the city.
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Galveston
Washington
Agriculture Department
Lst
Department
LeMoore, Grain and Feed Company
LeMoore
California
Garden City
Kansas
Tonganoxielevator Company
Tonganone
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Case
Valley Grain Company
Pillsbury Malls
Ines
Rodney Milling Company
O'Dwyer's Pal Moran Convicted of Extortion
James Moran, ally of former Maker William O'Dwyer, was found guilty in New York City of 23 counts of extortion and one count of conspiracy in a $500,000 a year shakedown involving firemen. He faces a potential 343 year sentence.
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New York
James ‘Moran
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Moran
Mota
Death of King George VI and Accession of Elizabeth II
King George VI died peacefully in his sleep at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth became queen, with Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as consort. Elizabeth was in Nairobi with plans to tour Ceylon Australia and New Zealand before returning to England. The birth date and reign details reflect a long rule starting in 1936.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Nairobi
Kenya
England
Philp
Duke of Edinburgh
Africa
Kilzuy
Jno
British Broadcasting Corporation
Buckingham Palace
George
BEF Firm In Wage Drive for Two-Cent Hike
The Baytown Employes Federation led a united industry-wide push for a 25 cent per hour wage increase. Delegates from AFL and independent unions, totaling about 275,000 workers, backed the drive at the Kansas City oil union conference. BEF Executive Council endorsed continuing the wage raise until victory and pledged aid to any union on strike.
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Gouneil
Baytown
Dawson
Kansas City
Clc Afl
Oliphint
BEF
Ser
BEP
Twa
Rustlers Haul Away Childs Pony in Black Sedan
A two year old Cheri Jean Odom of Price reported a Shetland pony stolen. Dispatchers said three to four men in a black sedan untied the pony from a lawn near apartment houses and drove it away. The pony, a Christmas gift from her grandfather, was a shaggy brown and white colt.
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A. L. Bryan
Little Pony Way
Staten
Cheri Jean Odom
L. A
Bucky) Odom
Sheri
Communists Demand Full Press Parley at Armistice Talks
A document presented by the Communists outlines a plan for a five North Korean and five UN delegation to meet within three months to discuss the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Korea and the settlement terms. The proposal names both sides and calls for negotiations under UN oversight, with the aim of ending foreign presence in the peninsula.
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Co Turner
United Nations
S. P
Baytown
Koreda -Bovernnyene
Korea
Lilibet First Female Ruler Since Victoria
Fragmented text reports on Lilibet as first female ruler since Queen Victoria. Mentions Elizabeth and George VI in a strained, garbled account with references to England, Scotland, and succession. No clear events, dates, or reliable details are discernible from the readable fragments.
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Lilibet
Victoria
UN Force Raids Reds In Surprise Korean Front Action
United Nations tank infantry forces crossed into Communist territory on the Western front near Choryan at dawn. More than 20 medium tanks moved across frozen paddies as engineers blasted paths, secured hills, and cleared mines while Allied infantrymen followed to hold the territory.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Ihi
United Nations
Wesern
Mosero
Red Terriary
Choryan
Towan
D Rift
Fakers Seek Eisenhower Drive Funds Warn Texans
Dallas report says a group calling itself a professional fund raisers campaign solicitors has asked Texans to contribute to Eisenhower Drive funds but only if known personally or by credentials. Jack Porter heads the Texas ver ver president organization and warned the public to be cautious. Contributions may be mailed to William P Francis at Esperson Busking in Houston.
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Dallas
Campuiza
Jack Porter
Texas Ver-Far
Potter
RC Maney
William BP
Prancis
Houston
Mrs Pittman Dies in Houston at 54
Mrs Fenrietta Pittman 54 of 45 Mather Street died yesterday at a Houston hospital after seven years in Baytown. Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Me Wright Chiureh, with burial in McKnight Cemetery under Pail US Tee Funeral Hour. Survivors include husband Eddie Les Pittman two sons, Floyd Pittman and Eh Mis, two daughters Mrs Titov of Houston and Miss Pittman of Baytown, plus a sister and two brothers.
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Fenrietta Pittman
Mather Street
Houston
Baytown
Wright Chiureh
Cushing
Inchuda
Eddie Les Pituany
Eh Mis
Floyd Pituman
Ates Titov
Attie Pittman
Baytow
Wier
Salvage on Barge Barred by Shoreline Tensions
Salvage crews failed to claim salvage on a drifting barge off Eri Bay as coastal laws and tidal waters limit actions. The captain noted damage to a motor car and hoped the barge owner would cover the costs, with claims to be filed by the tug crews.
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Eri Bay
Bayy 4
Hunt
Aormally
Gren
Fishermen Take Barge Salvage Case To Court
Fishermen submit a salvage dispute about a barge to Galveston court. The report notes court proceedings and a first hearing in the maritime case involving seamen and salvage claims.
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Galveston
Wes
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